Posted by karla on August 11, 2002, at 22:35:13
In reply to Re: Anyone figure out how to get off Effexor XR, posted by ST on August 11, 2002, at 16:19:57
I have taken 225mg of effexor for a year now. I just decided to quit taking it because it was no longer doing what it was suppose to and it was costing me about $75/month in co-pays. I had no problem for 5 days I felt fine. Then I started crying at everything and anything and have major axiety attaches and getting flu like symptoms. I get my pills in capsule form so I was forced to go to 75mg capsule. I felt fine as soon as I started to take it. I learned this is no medicine you can go cold turkey from. I am going to go to my dr and ask him for lower dose of it and get off. I don't want to be on anything that is this addictive and makes me feel so horrible. It reminds me of cocaine withdrawl I went threw years ago and thought that was the last I would see of withdraws. Guess I was wrong. Thanks for your advice. Wish I would have read it a couple weeks ago.
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