Posted by SLS on April 13, 2005, at 7:24:56
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - how long left???, posted by darren reynolds on April 10, 2005, at 23:32:26
> I was taking 300mg/day and stopped abruptly 30 days ago. I have yet to see any IMPROVEMENT in the symptoms. I have had insomnia, fevers and chills, ringing in the ears, loss of balance and coordination, and a form of depression that Ive never experienced before.
I think the more abruptly you discontinue an SSRI and the more severe are the withdrawal symptoms, the longer those symptoms persist after discontinuation. It's sort of like the kindling of an epileptic to have more frequent and severe convulsions.
For many people, it seems, going "cold turkey" is disasterous and leads to protracted suffering.
You can either interupt the withdrawal syndrome by taking Prozac for a short period of time or use something palliative like Benadryl to mitigate some of the withdrawal symptoms.
- Scott
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