Posted by justjustine on February 3, 2004, at 14:43:07
In reply to Effexor w/d.....ack! Help!, posted by Laurajean on February 2, 2004, at 23:59:18
yes, i had all these symptoms. i used (and am still using, actually) vicodin. it was the only thing that helped in any real, immediate way.
i'm on week 4 effexor-free. i also recommend acupuncture - i've gone in 3 times in the last week and a half and feel it has helped immensely. i knew an acupuncturist who had experience with drug withdrawals - she hadn't dealt with effexor, but she had seen a lot of my problems in other withdrawal syndromes and i think that helped as well.
be sure to stay hydrated. ginger tea is good for your stomach. pot is better, but you have to take a lot for it to be effective, and that might not agree with you (thank god it agrees with me!). i went from 150 to 75 by myself over 2 months, then agreed with my doctor to go down to 37 for a week then to 0. i really suffered a LOT, but believe it would have only been a long and horrible wait to try to taper down more slowly.
best of luck! you will come out the other side - i'm starting to myself, so i know it's true. and what's even better is when your sex drive comes back - i am having psychedelic orgasms i could never have imagined in my life! it's like i was all numb and now my whole nervous system seems to be rebounding. and the end my tongue is hypersensitive to touch, to the point that i feel like i could almost have an "oral orgasm" - okay that's probably too much information, but it's just what's real!
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