Posted by LisaH817 on March 30, 2006, at 16:38:25
In reply to Re: OK now I am afraid, posted by amberlee on March 29, 2006, at 11:15:06
> I'm so happy I found this site!!! I have spent many many years on Effexor and I thought I was the only one in the world who had brain zaps!! Thank God for you all!!! They are the worst...I don't have a good doc so I have to kinda figure this out on my own. My Effexor was upped in Jan because of a severe bout with depression. I am now trying to go back to my regular dosage, but hte withdrawals drive me mad. I was on 75ml and then I started taking an extra 37.5 a day....I wanna go back to 75ml, but even trying to decrease by 37.5ml gives my brain zaps!! Anyone got any ideas how to avoid or lessen the severity!!!Thanks
I was on 150 mg a day and a week ago dropped to 112.5 mg a day. The very first day, I woke up early and had a headache and feeling like I was having withdrawl effects. I took my next dose and started to feel better within about an hour. Every day since it's been getting better. It's been a week now and today I feel pretty good. I have taken some benedryl some days and this other medication I have that's a tranquilizer on occassion that have helped.
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