Posted by zinya on November 9, 2003, at 3:30:38
In reply to Re: electric shocks proper stopping of Effexor, posted by Gina bobit on November 9, 2003, at 2:48:09
I hate to offer such strong advice but i would URGE you to take half of whatever your last dose was on Effexor (even if it means dividing up granules from a capsule) to take NOW as a way of easing your withdrawal symptoms.
I say this guardedly because you haven't said whether you quit cold turkey, or what dosage level you were at, either at your peak and at your last dose level before quitting.
I am a HUGE advocate -- based first on having read months of experiences on this website and then (now) going through my own withdrawal ... very very very gradually precisely because of the experiences of others i'd read here. And it is NOT a setback to your withdrawal to take another one or part of one now. So many fall prey to thinking that taking another dose now would somehow screw up your withdrawal, but from everything i've read it's really quite the opposite. Your brain needs the softest "landing" possible coming off Effexor (or any AD) coming off very gradually.
If you're interested in more of the hows and whys of my own experience, read the posts just above which i posted earlier today.
I wish you the very best of luck, but it sounds to me like you need relief and the best immediate relief (which won't re-habituate you or anything) would be to take either a normal dose of whatever your last dose level was or taking a reduced version of it like half of that last dose level -- to help your brain adjust to the withdrawal as it has to restructure itself again ... and to give you critical relief from the withdrawal symptoms..
good luck!
zinya
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