Posted by Mr. Scott on January 5, 2002, at 21:36:05
In reply to Re: Effexor Help?, posted by MaKi on January 5, 2002, at 19:19:39
Hello Maki,
Yes, I am now at 75mg and heading upward. Now that I've got myself involved with this drug I've got to see it through to the end and see what kind of mileage I can get out of it. Right now I'm at 75mg and tomorrow I'm going up to 150mg. My understanding is that the difficult part of withdrawal is at 75mg and below and I hope thats true. When I come if (assuming it doesn't work) I'll substitute Prozac or even Zoloft in it's place to taper off. And after that I'm done with Antidepressants until the next generation of them becomes available.
As for side effects in trying to reduce from 75mg back to 37.5mg, they are definately there. Nausea, dizziness, shocklike senstions, lethargy and more. It's not pretty, but neither is my normal depressed state although right now it's a toss up and my normal depressed state is free of charge.
I would say make up your mind about whether you're comitted to a trial of this drug before moving on up. It will not be pleasant coming off. On the flipside it might just work for you. I understand your questioning very much. I do it all day long about many things. There are no gurantees in life unfortunately. Let me know what your progress is.
Scott
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