Posted by anonymous on February 26, 1999, at 22:09:52
In reply to effexor withdrawal, posted by cbachman on February 26, 1999, at 21:25:40
> I seem to be experiencing some strange symptoms whenever I miss a dose of effexor. I wake up with nightmares and hallucinations and severe pain in my head behind my eyes. As soon as I take the missed 75mg dose the symptoms subside after about 30min to an hour. I also tried decreasing the amt by 1/4 and had the same severe head/eye pain and sweating. This has happened too many times to be caused by something else ...I finally figured out that as soon I a replaced the missed dose I was okay.
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> What have you heard regarding the withdrawal of this medication?
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> I appreciate your response, in advance.
There have been many reports of withdrawal symptoms from SSRI's and other new antidepressants. Since effexor is a combo drug, this sounds plausible to me. Have you consulted your psychiatrist?
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