Posted by Snowdancer on July 1, 2000, at 22:56:07
In reply to Re: Effexor-side effects, posted by Lesley on July 1, 2000, at 22:46:05
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> > OH Most definately! People call them everything from
> > brain spikes to nerve spikes in the brain to brain
> > flashes, oh it's unreal! We all no exactly what
> > the other person is trying to describe as soon as they
> > start! It's unreal, I hated going back on this med
> > after all the he!! I went through while going off
> > it, and never went through any of it with prozac. My
> > dr blew a gasket when I took myself off though and
> > a couple mo later told me to go back on it so I did
> > since I was in the hptl due to crashing hard and
> > trying to od. I really had to listen to his advice
> > at that point and to keep my husband satisfied. yes
> > I remember all to well the dizzy episodes where I
> > would just turn my head or even move my eyes from
> > one object to another and get them brain flashes,
> > nerve spikes, what ever they are! And the sweating
> > is horrid not to mention the nightmares. I think
> > I'm better off not taking this stuff but then I
> > hit rock bottom when coming off it. The only reason
> > I quit prozac (my miracle pill!) was my body seemed
> > to build up a tolerance to it and I gained 30 lbs.
> > which added to my depression ofcourse! Well good
> > luck to you, feel free to email me if you have any
> > addl questions! snowdancer@ameritech.net :)
>
>
> Its been 3 days since quitting Effexor and 1 week since my really bad day. I've been taking 20 mg prozac again. This morning the head zaps started again with tingling down my arm. My husband convinced me to take 37mg effexor and see if it relieved the problem and it did after about an hour. But I'm not sure I should be taking both meds at the same time and I also want to quit effexor altogether.
> I found a website, Health-center.com, that also had a site for Effexor withdrawals, as a matter of fact, there were 30 pages of comments from people that have experienced all these same things. I printed it out & am going to take it to my doctor as proof that other people experience these same symptoms.That's a great idea! I hate to tell you this but
when I stopped my effexor the first time, I went
from 150mg to 75mg for a week and a half then 37mg
for the last week and I STILL went through pure
he!! going off it slowly like that... I'd say
you have two choices, go off it slowly and still
go through the withdrawls or cold turkey, which
I also did once and pure he!! but like I told my
husband, "I just want this sh!t out of me!!!"
damned if we do and damned if we don't unfortunately,
I feel for you, I would love to go back on prozac
but my system built up a tolerance to it and it
just stopped working after years of relief from the
black hole... God I wish you all the luck, I would
like to think that taking the 20mg of prozac would
help relieve some of the withdrawl symptoms but
maybe because they are two different types of ad's
that is why it does not help. Wish I could help
you more, I SURE know what you are going through...
good luck and keep me posted please! >> SD
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