Posted by Camille Dumont on May 20, 2005, at 0:17:07
In reply to Effexor, does anyone just feel supressed?, posted by sami on May 19, 2005, at 21:18:19
I took effoxor for about 2 years at 300mg most of the time. After forgetting my pills for a weekend I learned my lesson : never miss a dose.
It was only when I decided to stop it (despite silly GP insisting I needed it for life ... but its my life after all) that I realized how much it supressed all the emotions and feelings. Even physical pain was 100 times more intense after I stopped. Its as if the pills took away my capacity to feel discomfort, mental or physical. For a few weeks I was like "wow, I have a headache", "wow, that smell is really strong" and so on. It was as if a veil had been lifted all around me and I was trully "awake" again. It took time to readjust to having all these intense feelings and sensations but it did go back to normall after a while.
As for the withdrawal from Effexor, its pretty much the worse one in terms of ADs. I did what all doctors tell you not to do : go from 300 to 0 in one shot. Its not pretty, believe me. You get nightmares so bad that you,re afraid to sleep, panic attacks, nausea, the shakes, sweating, very strong suicidal thoughts, feelign like you want to hurt people for the slightest thing etc.
If you can't take off 2 weeks form work or school and have someone there to care for you, don't ever try it cold turkey. You'll be ok for 1 or 2 days at first ... depending on how much you've been taking but its really a trip down in hell.
My advice : take a few of your pills and put them in your backpack or something. Then if you realize you've missed a dose you can take it right away.
poster:Camille Dumont
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