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Re: I'm off! (8 weeks) » grannyclampett

Posted by Jiggitykid on June 16, 2004, at 11:46:43

In reply to Re: I'm off! (8 weeks) » Laurajean, posted by grannyclampett on June 16, 2004, at 9:24:59

GrannyClampett - I went cold-turkey, not having any idea about the withdrawal until I was full-blown into it. I didn't go back on any because I just couldn't put one more granule into my body. Most advise tapering, the way your doctor did. As for the feeling like you'll cry at any second - that's a TOTALLY NORMAL part of withdrawal and it will take about a month, give or take, for it to subside. It took me a month after my last dose to feel like I might be normal again, and then another month to gain complete control over my teariness. The exhaustion was hard to measure, but it has been since November that I quit taking it, and just last month I could stop taking what was helping me with the exhaustion. I have IA already, so again, exhaustion is a hard thing to measure with me.

I'm not a professional, but I'd say that the weepiness isn't perimenopausal (which I'm entering too). It's the *(&#^#& efffexor. Give it at least 4 weeks, then see if you notice a difference.

Hang in there - this ride stinks, but it does end and you can get your body back. :-)


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