Posted by zinya on July 14, 2003, at 9:56:08
In reply to Re: Efferox side effects, posted by ibncm on July 14, 2003, at 9:34:11
oh my goodness. Is there anything you can do to get more capsules asap? Even if you were thinking of intentionally stopping the medication, it's clear from everyone's experience here that this is a drug which MUST be tapered off VERY gradually.
It's a bit unclear to me if you ran out intentionally or not.
I urge you to do anything you can to reach your doctor or pharmacy or whatever is necessary to get more capsules, either to resume your 150 level if it was somehow unintentional that you ran out OR, if you ran out intentionally because you were planning to quit, to at least take 75 mg for a while and then 37.5 after that for a while before trying to go completely off.
Please let us hear from you further as well to know that you are all right. You shouldn't assume from reading of symptoms others have here that it's inevitable to go through what you are experiencing now and it is very, very hard on your body to go "cold turkey" off this. Please do everything you can to get more Effexor today, either way, whether you're trying to quit or not.
That, at least, would be my hearty advice, based on everything people have shared here over several months.
sending you good wishes,
zinya
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