Posted by jclint on December 2, 2004, at 13:31:33
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? dancingstar » ask, posted by MKB on December 2, 2004, at 12:23:50
"There are posts on these (or other?) boards...sorry I can't pinpoint them now...from people who have gone through withdrawal from both street drugs and from Effexor. They (more than one person) have said that going off Effexor is worse than going off street drugs. I suppose only someone who has done both can really compare them."
'Street drugs'? I can't see how anyone can compare the withdrawal of something as vague as that with effexor. Even someone who has 'done both' is not a reliable source of info, there's just too many variables. How long was their habit? How much did they consume per day? etc etc. The nature of street drugs is that many use them with no consequences, while some become horribly addicted and have hellish withdrawals as a result. I refuse to believe that anyone has had an effexor withdrawal more brutal than a full, long-term heroin withdrawal, which is the type that everyone inevitably associates with the drug.
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