Posted by snoozie on February 18, 2004, at 0:21:47
In reply to Re: Effexor w/d.....ack! Help! » justjustine, posted by Dr...Not! on February 4, 2004, at 11:54:44
Thank god I found this forum...I've been tapering off effexor for the last two weeks and have been itching like crazy. Thought maybe I had a disease or something. Yesterday was my first day with no effexor and seems like I am having every withdrawal symptom mentioned...
itchiness, headaches, nausea, pounding heart, jitters, vertigo, weird dreams, you name it.The really strange thing is when I told my dr. I didn't want to be on effexor anymore due to its side effects, he told me to just stop taking it. Didn't seem to know anything about withdrawal. I even made him look up the drug literature and of course, there was nothing written about withdrawal symptoms. I insisted on tapering off and the doc went along with it -- can't even imagine how bad the withdrawal would be cold-turkey when tapering has been this unpleasant. However, I am determined to see this through...just hope it doesn't last too long!
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