Posted by zinya on June 23, 2003, at 0:01:00
In reply to Should I stop effexor, posted by racergurl74 on June 22, 2003, at 21:19:10
hi racer,
It's so hard to suggest anything about dosages when we're not doctors and not seeing you, but i would tend to agree with sierra that tapering off seems really important. From everything i've read here of people going through withdrawal -- and now with your nausea you say is really bad after skipping 2 days... it seems like any abrupt cessation causes harsh side effects.You didn't say what dose you were on, but i assume it's either 37.5 or 75 from what you say. I guess if it were me -- and you have only 75 mg capsules left (is it XR? capsules?) -- then i'd open up a capsule and take half the granules and then the other half 24 hrs later and do that for a few days to help taper off and hopefully minimize side effects.
Good luck to you... and write again to let us know how things are... And do understand that one thing we all learn for sure from this website is that every one of reacts differently to these drugs, so what works for one person is almost guaranteed to *not* work exactly the same way for the next person.
zinya
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