Posted by zinya on November 20, 2003, at 13:36:58
In reply to Day 2 of No Effexor XR - Withdrawals, posted by Samadhi on November 19, 2003, at 20:55:36
hi Samadhi,
i realized after writing yesterday (in "'Fraid i spoke too soon - about sweating") that it was you who i had written to earlier... Anyway, i did have to backtrack on my earlier assurance to you if you're interested in reading above...For now, is there ANY way you could get word to your md. as to what you're going through and implore him for a "starter pack" for you to use as an "ender pack" to help you keep weaning off ... even though you've gone off already, i'm afraid you haven't seen the worst yet ... It may not seem like it but from 75 mg is a HUGE drop -- like off a cliff really... From everyone's experience here so far, i think it's bad enough just dropping from 37.5 to zero, much less from 75.
As i wrote somewhere yesterday - but perhaps not on here - i spent yesterday as the high (!!) point in a few days of increasingly feeling like i was hooked up to an electric fence! Every part of my nerve system, esp. in my arms and hands completely 'sizzled' or fried... making my carpal tunnel no longer a 'focal point' but now merely the 'icing on the cake' of a whole body-wide network of absolutely crazed sensations...
And my dropoff has been from 9 -- NINE -- mg, which i tapered down to before quitting. It has been seeming to keep the brain shivers and dizziness from being intolerable but sheesh, this is close enough to going thru hell... I almost decided to take a 9 mg again last night in keeping with my own "theory" built on reading a year's worth of people's experiences here almost - i first found this site last week of November last year ... but then before i would have taken it, sensations started to ease up and i decided to forego - The last 9 mg i took was Monday night ... But if it gets as bad again today (kind of so-so for now) i will definitely take another 9 mg ... Taking another dose at same or lower level to combat these horrid SE's does NOT seem to re-addict a person or prolong the agony but truly helps the body adjust to the staggering restructuring of brain it is going through in absence of Effexor.
yuck, aargh, ugh, eek.
good luck, samadhi - boy do i empathize and sure wish you relief!
zinya
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