Posted by Stavros on November 22, 2003, at 22:57:55
In reply to How many mg Prozac?, posted by Dr...Not! on November 22, 2003, at 11:05:44
I suffered the withdrawls of Effexor the first time I went off it after several months on a typical therapeutic dosages. I don't fully rememember but I did know that withdrawls would and did take place. I hated it all but compared to the hopelessness that I felt I could bear it. The second time (recently)i went on Effexor was at the lowest dose 37.5 and my experience was better as well as withdrawls too. That is when my excellent Pdoc recommend i take a cap of prozac to offset of any withdrawls but i again didn't care about the zaps, flu like stuff etc. Don't get me wrong it was terrible but with the lower dose it only lasted a few days? All to say that I do not know what dose of Prozac to take the ills away from Effexor withdrawls. I would imagine someone over the last few years posted it somewhere on this site? While Effexor has caused some of us ill I know there are probably just as many people who have gained a new life from it. Every Rx written has the potential to be a death certificate. Matters of the chemical mind are very difficult to know. I have no idea why any MD would chose psychiatry? The stress would be way too much for me. Zoloft made me so suicidal and for my girlfriend it helps hold her life together???There are no panaceas out there for any of us other than hope. I need you all to represent both the pros and cons. I am considering going on Effexor, very los doses for a 3rd time among other things. These are trying times for all of us babblers.
Take it lite,
S
PS placebo effect can be as high as 50% and I need every little bit to get me over this hump/mountian and out of my own prison.
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