Posted by Justineb on March 24, 2001, at 20:11:40
In reply to McGuyver - A Breath of Fresh Air, posted by Cam W. on March 23, 2001, at 8:45:15
Dear Friend,
Effexor is awesome while it works. I took 75mg for a year before it lost its effectiveness and it was the best damn year of my life. It's been common for me to have to change anti-d's about every other year or so. I seem to build some kind of tolerance and upping the dose only brings out massive side effects in me (I'm pretty drug-sensitive I guess). There were no complaints from my corner about being on the drug, it was getting off of the drug that was loony. I was (underline, italicize, exclamation) Strung Out! My psych was completely flabbergasted. She had no idea that Effexor could produce withdrawl symptoms that bad. If she had known (ie; if the company that makes this drug had told her) she could have spared me a lot of pain. She would never have taken a patient on benzodiazapenes off of their meds cold turkey. Effexor withdrawl is so similair to benzodiazopene (controlled substance) withdrawl in some people that doctors and patients really need to be informed before they make the decision to take the drug. I know I would have thought twice about it.
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