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Reply: Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms

debajean , I just saw your last post, that you "really have no time for all this." Totally...

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418 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms debajean , I just saw your last post, that you "really have no time for all this." Totally...

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debajean , that sounds like an awfully fast weaning down. If you read the earlier pages of...

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418 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms debajean , that sounds like an awfully fast weaning down. If you read the earlier pages of...

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Call your doctor.

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KiKidenee , despite what you may feel, you are NOT "stupid for coming to this so late in...

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Thanks for your post. Symptoms all sound pretty accurate to what we go through, although not...

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418 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms Thanks for your post. Symptoms all sound pretty accurate to what we go through, although not...

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About the sinus pressure. I have been off Effexor completely for 7 weeks, after tapering...

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418 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms About the sinus pressure. I have been off Effexor completely for 7 weeks, after tapering...

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Evidently, some people are extremely sensitive to the medication. I was told that I am one...

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418 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms Evidently, some people are extremely sensitive to the medication. I was told that I am one...

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Lynn, I am not a medical professional, just a fellow patient. I did a bit of research and...

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418 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:Effexor XR Withdrawal Symptoms Lynn, I am not a medical professional, just a fellow patient. I did a bit of research and...

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Thanks again. I have been taking fish oil for several years to help lower cholesterol,...

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Thanks again. I have been taking fish oil for several years to help lower cholesterol, currently 360 mg Omega-3 (1200mg pills) 2x day, so 720 total daily. Also take Red Yeast Rice 2x daily for same reason. Will add more fish oil for a while, as you suggested. To update: After a miserable three days of symptoms that were not waning at all, I called my doctor for advice. She had previously suggested taking Prozac for a week or two once I ended all Effexor, because I "might experience a bit of rebound." I declined at the time, not wanting to add yet another drug to my system. (Have never taken it.) But I took the offer in desperation and started it 3 days ago. (A daughter is due to deliver a baby at any moment, and I am to babysit my toddler grandson while parents are at the hospital. So, I clearly have to have my wits about me, right now!) It's the smallest dose available, with instructions to cut it in half. She explained that it has a longer half-life, so once I stop the regime, it will leave my system more slowly, lessening the discontinuation symptoms. Effexor has a short half-life, so it causes withdrawal immediately when dose drops or ends, I suppose like heavy coffee drinkers who can't function without that morning cup. But brain zaps, etc., are way worse than a little headache. Per your advice, I will also add extra Vit E. Did more research and read about the depletion that happens, as you explained. At the moment, symptoms are manageable. If I was not on call to babysit a toddler (at literally any moment now) for a couple of days, I would probably have skipped Prozac and patiently gone the vitamin/supplement route only. But sometimes, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I will post an update once the Prozac is done. I have to add, I find it very disturbing that this or any drug that is meant to help can then cause so many problems for so long after its use is no longer needed (or is no longer affordable). One person described it as the "heroin of antidepressants." Can't say I disagree.View Thread

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Thanks for your post. Seems like good, practical advice and I really appreciate your words...

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