Posted by apenname on July 28, 2005, at 0:30:25
In reply to Re: Effexor XR withdrawals, posted by 4WD on July 27, 2005, at 21:52:00
Don't forget to check out this post by rabble_rouser about a more extended set of vitamins one can take that may have more effect:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/wdrawl/20050611/msgs/517178.htmlHe's got some other posts about the research he did on the vitamins (search for "rabble_rouser vitamins").
As for my experience, I was on Effexor XR 262.5mg for 2 years, 5-6 months of Lexapro and Wellbutrin trying, and then Effexor XR 225mg (lower due to high blood pressure) for 2 more years. (I finally found some records - I may have wrong estimates in previous posts of mine). It feels like longer, though, in my memory. It took me 2 months and 2 weeks to finally taper down to enough Effexor XR (5mg) to stop cold, but that was only one month ago.
Life continues to have it's challenges, fun, and stressors, but I seem to be dealing with it well with what I've learned in therapy (continuing). So far no clear withdrawal effects in this past month. I'm sticking with the megafoods multivitamins (make sure whichever one you pick up you take the correct recommended daily dose - I noticed the women's formula wanted to you take more than 1 a day!) and my 2 calcium+D 600 mg a day. I plan to stay with that forever, anti-depressants or not.
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