Posted by KimberlyDi on June 2, 2003, at 16:16:46
In reply to Re: Tapering down??, posted by jb07 on May 8, 2003, at 13:06:59
I am a recovering alcoholic. Effexor eliminates my cravings for alcohol, I presume because it numbs me. Be careful. Your concerns about becoming an alcoholic could be justified. It will take more & more drinks to numb you. Talk to your doctor about it.
Good luck! Kim
> I too have to get off this drug. Funny, the evening drinking binges happened to me?? I guess once the medication wore off, I turned to alcohol for my escape and numb feeling??
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> If anybody else had the same drinking episodes in the evening, please feel free to share them with the board...I am beginning to think I am an alcoholic???
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> B/C this alcoholism runs in my family...and I am beginning to get scared!!!
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> P.S. I have tapered down to 18mg....broke open a 75 mg pill and split it into 4. I feel much better, b/c the drug is slowly getting out of my body, but am still having a few drinks every night to numb me out!!!
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