Posted by darkhorse on October 22, 2004, at 6:11:24
In reply to Re: How to get off Effexor, posted by NeverGiveUp on October 21, 2004, at 8:59:34
> Just to followup-- did you stay on Prozac or just use it for one week to ease Effexor withdrawal (I think that is what you meant)? Were you on both simultaneously? Also, was 75 mg Effexor your maximum dose or had you been tapering down prior to that?
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> Thanks alot for you helpful post! Dan
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> > > I am curious if people have had difficulty transitioning from say Effexor XR to another SSRI or if that transition is not as harsh?
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> > Not at all Dan, I was switched from Effex 75 to Prozac 20 for a week and there was hardly any problem :
> > I think that Prozac is the gold standard when you want to have a smooth withdrawal from any other SSRI or Effex,because it has an extremley very long half- life and it self tapers...just like Valium with the short acting benzos like Xanax,Ativan...because I did that too...
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Yes I took Prozac for a week to withdraw from effex
I took both for first 2 days and cut effex cold turkey with no problem at all.and when I finished the prozac week(20mg),I did not have any side effects at all...
I took Effex up to 150 mg,and then I tapered to 100 (1 Week), then 75 for 3 weeks then the prozac week and that was all.
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