Posted by msbarker2u on January 12, 2005, at 13:44:43
In reply to Effexor Withdrawl - I did it, so can you, posted by soshie on October 31, 2003, at 14:41:33
Well am I glad I found this thread. This is unbelievable. I was on 175 mgs. (started on 35mgs I believe) for 6 years. Efxr was prescribed to me for PMDD symptoms. It worked great for about the first 2 years, then the dosage had to be upped to compensate. The first time I tried to stop taking this medicine was about 4 years ago when I was pregnant. The pg. ended in miscarriage, so I went back on. The withdrawals were terrible but I didn't know it wasn't just me. I had 2 more miscarriages while on Effexor and I was wondering if anyone else had this experience. Docs said there was no explanation for the miscarriages. Anyway, over the course of the years I have gained 50 lbs. and didn't connect it to the Effexor until reading some of these posts. Wow. Unbelievable. I have been struggling with weight loss, doing aerobics for 1 hour per day, 5 days a week and lost nothing. Absolutely nothing and that was after 2 months. I finally decided to stop taking this med for PMDD when I realized it wasn't working anymore anyway. Several weeks ago started halfing the capsule, then halfing that, etc. Sunday night I took 20 of the little balls and still felt so darn bad I decided to just quit. Couldn't get worse could it? Oh yes it can get worse. It has now been 3 days without any Effexor at all and these are my symptoms to date: brain shivers, eyes shifting back and forth, muscle and back soreness that is unbelievable, bleeding gums, itching which has subsided, horrible nightmares, headaches, nausea without actually vomiting, spells of anger, then saddness, tiredness that goes beyond anything I have experienced, irrational fear of absolutely nothing. Day 3 with nothing is a bit better than Days 1 and 2. I have a Master of Behavioral Studies in Counseling Psychology and worked as a Chemical Dependency counselor (in-patient). This is the kind of stuff you see in de-tox. To think I'm going through this and never got high is crazy. I think I could have been on any recreational drug or alcohol and not have had withdrawals this bad. The heart palpitations in the middle of the night almost had me thinking I should go to the ER except for the fact I had read about them on this thread. I had read all the symptoms for the Paxil Flu, and I know I have the Effexor Flu. When will this all stop? Anybody know? Thanks for any input.
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