Posted by Havenator on January 8, 2001, at 12:54:05
In reply to Withdrawal, posted by tracey on January 4, 2001, at 19:04:47
> I started looking here to see if anyone else experience this weird cloudy, drunken feeling when they stopped taking effexor like I did. My doc gave me about 5 weeks worth of samples to start with, which ran out the week before Christmas. I've just recently gotten insurance, and my prescription deductible hadn't been met yet for the year, so I wanted to wait until after the new year to get the prescription filled so I wouldn't have to pay another deductible the next time I got it filled. I had no idea that I would experience withdrawal or I would have called my doc and asked for more samples. I've been afraid I was about to have an anuerism or something with the way I've been feeling. Now after reading everything on here, I'm kind of having second thoughts about starting to take it again. My doc prescribed it because I was having anxiety, but mostly because he thought it would help me lose weight because he said I had something similar to an obsessive-compulsive relationship with food. However, it seems many people have gained weight with it. I'm not sure what to do, but as a single working mother I don't want to spend $75 on a prescription that I shouldn't take. Please help.
I have been taking Effexor XR for 2 years at 300 mg. I had to go off due to insurance and loss of employement. COLD TURKEY IS NO WAY TO GO!!!! This is a nasty withdrawl. I would rather go through back surgery all over again. Can't imagine a doctor perscribing this for help in weight loss...I gained. Most people I talked to have the same experience. I did have good success with the drug for depression and for treatment of Fibromyalgia. However, if it's one thing I have learned in the past 15 years of being on different drugs...diet is the true key to weight...but knowing what kind of diet is right for your body is the hard part. I hope you are doing better!
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