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Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news

Posted by Jasamigo on December 12, 2003, at 2:31:38

In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news, posted by bsj on December 11, 2003, at 16:03:20

I have been taking effexor for the past 9 months and I am ready to stop. I told my doctor that I cannot handle the terrible side effects. I take 225mg a day, and when I miss one day's worth, I start to freak out. First of all, I end up sleeping 20 hours+, wake up in a panic, and find myself feeling very alone. I start crying, basically just because my mind tells me it is the right thing to do. I cry and cry until--well i just continue crying. I cannot function. I can't go to work, or school. I just have to sit in bed for the next 24 hours until it goes away. I live alone, but when I have withdrawl, I have to go to my parents house. I cannot be alone. I make my mother stay home from work and sit in the room with me. I cry if she leaves. I have no idea why-- i have never been a "home-sick" sort of person. I get these vicious domino-effect anxieties about life and dying and love and not having a husband and not have kids and being sick and feeling alone and dying alone. And, thus, it just spirals out of control. It is a very upsetting feeling when I dont have a dose of Effexor, not to mention nauseating. Has anyone every experienced the feeling like a sheet of saran-wrap is in front of your eyes? Like, everything is fuzzy and no matter how hard you try, your vision is scratchy. Anyways, I cannot wait to get off of this medicine. Tomorrow I start decreasing. I am worried.
Jennifer


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