Posted by Camille Dumont on July 26, 2004, at 14:44:39
In reply to Re: Effexor Symptoms, posted by lostCause on July 26, 2004, at 14:25:13
Well, since I'm one of the "dumb enough" who did exactly that ... that is stop cold turkey from effexor 300 and celexa 20 ... I'll share my experience.
It was bad ... but tolerable for the first 4 days but on the fifth it was very very bad. I would throw up and could not hold any food. I kept hurting myself because I kept falling or bumping into stuff because I was so dizzy ... and I could barely make it from my bed to the bathroom ... I was sweating ... felt like I had a fever, caughing and being really miserable. When I started shaking I started to be afraid ... and then the suicidal thoughts crept up on me slowly, those insinuous little voices repeating to you over and over again how easy it would be to off yourself. So when I caught myself actually considering means I ran to the kitchen and popped two aspirins and a celexa and went to bed.
Lo and behold, 4 hours later I woke up without the dizzyness, without the nausea or the cold-like symptoms and I was actually hungry.
I think I would recommend going to your doctor's office and INSIST on him giving you somethign to mask the withdrawal ... I hear prosac is good for that ... Celexa just happened to be available in my case.
Your doctor will most likely scold you and what not but I mean whats done is done ... he will probably tell you to go back on a lower dose ... 75 or 150 maybe ... but really insist on something else incase the withdrawal happens ... its better to have it at hand than have to crawl in the doctor's office when you feel really bad.
Best of luck.
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