Posted by responsiblek9 on November 20, 2003, at 18:33:20
In reply to Re: Efexor XR - Long Term Withdrawal - Anyone Else?, posted by KatieUK on November 18, 2003, at 20:00:49
Katie Mine seems to be getting a bit better. It is week 7 and in the past couple days I have been a lot clearer and the exhaustion is letting up a bit. Still having the heart issues . but the other stuff is letting up a bit. I have been drinking gatorade a bit and taking some vitamins to help. It seems to be helping. Zinc and magnesium. Vitamin C when I remember LOL. Took a whikle to feel like eating again though. But that is passing. Slowly getting the sleep cycle changed around. I had the swapped sleep cycle. sleep in day awake all night LOL. I did go ut and sit in the sum with my eyes closed for the light to hit the back of my eyes. Sunlamp type stuff can help too. This helped a bit with the depression a bit. They have studies on sunlight and depression. It does help . he other one was to try to stay as mentally busy as i could. Computer helped there . The muscle spasms are getting better. I did ask for and got a med to stop that. Also was dehydrated a bit too. was weird even though i was drinking plenty of water. So had to up my salt intake a bit.( I tend to avoid salt because of my meniers disease) That stopped the cramping and helped with the muscle spasms along with taking as hot a bath as i could stand for the electric shock feeling in my body. That relaxed my muscles a bit and seemed to help. I was taking 3 to 4 soaks a day. Oh I wish i had a hot tub. I would have lived in it LOL. But it helped greatly . I felt cold all the time so I sat on a heating pad there for a while . maybe these things will help. I was dragging up anything i could for the withdrawal effects and these have helped make it bearable. And my irritability went down because i got the pain down.
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