Posted by notfred on September 29, 2006, at 19:38:21
In reply to Re: I signed the BAN EFFEXOR petition » notfred, posted by SLS on September 29, 2006, at 9:52:46
Did you experience any brain zaps?
>At one point in the ~10 years I took effexor
I was under a HMO that did not carry Effexor on their approved list. I had to get approved every 3 months and was sometimes forced to stop Effexor w/o a taper. If I did not take Ativan I would get the zaps for a 1-2 days. Then it was over. I did not find the zaps a big deal as I already have a huge startle response and a very twitchy NS. To me the zaps seemed more of the same, though clearly caused by stopping Effexor.I do not understand how anyone would expect to stop a very powerful med at once and be free of problems. It is simply reckless. It is a **huge** shock to the CNS. How does kicking the legs out from under something help it to get better ?
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