Posted by sick of being sick on January 6, 2004, at 15:31:23
In reply to Re: Effexor Symptoms » sick of being sick, posted by selene on January 6, 2004, at 10:42:36
>Well I just got back from the doctors. She gave me 20mg of Prozac for a week then 10mg of Prozac for a week. This is suppose to ease the Effexor withdrawals. I'm actually feeling a little better today, still feel a little "drunk" and have a bad headache, but can actually function. I went to the grocery store today - that was a big step for me.
I'll be off all these drugs in two weeks and I'm never going back on an antidepressant. I'd reather be a real bitch one week a month then feel this way all the time.
Thanks for your support
Oh, Jeez. Is that what PMDD is? I should have been soaking in Effexor XR for years then! My current psychiatrist had told me that Effexor is being used now for PMS and perimenopausal symptoms. He was surprised that I was having those still even though I was on 300 mg, so he added Prozac for "those days" as he put it. It actually did help for a while.
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> Oh yeah, the Benadryl WITH the Prozac is what works for me for withdrawals, as previous posts had mentioned. I suppose it's because Effexor affects histamine in addition to seratonin.
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> How are they treating you now?
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