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Re: Efexor XR - Long Term Withdrawal - Anyone Else?

Posted by Paul Mokeski on April 27, 2002, at 14:15:42

In reply to Re: Efexor XR - Long Term Withdrawal - Anyone Else?, posted by Phil on April 27, 2002, at 7:28:08


Thanks for the reply. The answer is that Effexor was the end of the line for me. I had tried every other antidepressant, both SSRI and tricyclic. The only drugs I found to be effective were Prozac and Wellbutrin, and I had the same reaction to them as you did to Effexor - an awful rash, head to toe. Effexor evened out my moods, but left me exhausted. Anyway, I was really hoping to hear from anyone that had been off of Effexor long term without switching to a different medication. I have gone off other medications without having any after effects. I wish I'd have tapered off, but I figured I'd be ok since I was only taking 75 mg. Boy was I wrong. Is there any evidence to indicate that quitting cold turkey can have lasting effects over a year later?

> Did you switch to another drug. I wonder why you didn't taper off Effexor. Prozac has a very long half-life. I wonder if you might benefit from a small script for Prozac.
> My psychopharmacologist at the time went thru a lot of combos w/ me. I had been on Paxil for years but he would just roll from one drug to the other, no withdrawal. I was allergic to Effexor; pruritus; I itched very badly from 8-10 every night (really). When I told him, he said we've got to stop it now, the itch won't go away. He just went right into something else, no prob.
> I really recommend psychopharm's over family MD's.
> To give you an example, a woman I work with was on 100 mg Prozac with 20 mg Celexa, not good.
> I printed some things from babble for her and she stopped the Celexa that night. Gotta be careful.
>
> Sorry this is so long,
> Phil


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