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Re: Effexor brain flutters

Posted by Reets612 on June 18, 2001, at 0:28:44

In reply to Effexor brain flutters, posted by lisa99 on June 8, 2001, at 10:19:57

Hi Lisa,

I felt the same brain flutters for about the 1st 3 weeks while withdrawing. I broke open the capsules and then slowly decreased the amount of the little balls that I took everyday. On the 2nd week I started taking Sam-e, 5HTP and Valerian and that seemed to improve my moods. I have had several really bad mood swings where I felt I was unable to control my temper. I have been feeling ok for the past week...with just a little bout of depression. I have noticed that since taking Effexor, I have a little black blindspot in my left hand field of vision. I am going to make an appt with my opthamologist to see what is up with that. Effexor helped at first but, I think the side effects are very dangerous and I'm not sure what the final outcome will be for my taking Effexor for 15 months. Needless to say, I will never take Effexor again.

Thanks, Rita

> I tried to come off Effexor XR in September at the same time going on to Topamax (which I had been on before but had absolutely no effect). It was a nightmare. I had a reverse effect to the Topamax in that I had the worst swings ever. With respect to the Effexor XR, I had the terrible dizziness/blood-brain surges which affected my vision and hearing. I came off the Topamax, and went back on to only 37.5 of Effexor. Based upon entries on this website which I discovered after this ordeal (THANK GOD FOR DR. BOB'S SITE), I decided about two months ago to try to come off the Effexor again but wean myself off for awhile at 1/2 of the 37.5...in the middle of that taper, I was given Effexor SR "by mistake" at the pharmacy (apparently it is in their best interest monetarily to push for patients to take SR--it was not prescribed for me, nor was my doctor called, but I'm not going to do anything about it). I returned to the XR and again begain the weaning process. I did that for about 3 weeks with eventually taking it once every other day, then third day, etc. I've been off it completely for about 5-7 days, and am experiencing a lesser version of the same dizziness/blood-brain surges I had back in September. I also experience the phenomena that it feels that if you move your head too quickly the "outside" of your head moves but the "inside" takes a few seconds to "catch up" and realign itself to the outside.
>
> I've been on the Effexor XR for probably 12 to 18 months in combination with Wellbutrin and Depakote (and Klonopin mostly for Restless Leg Syndrome).
>
> QUESTIONS:
> 1. Has anyone experienced what I am describing;
> 2. How long does it generally take to experience COMPLETE withdrawal from Effexor XR; and
> 3. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding the tapering approach I took and if I should try some other tapering method?


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