Posted by tbone64 on December 16, 2004, at 19:29:40
In reply to Ever tried cold turkey?, posted by Camille Dumont on November 8, 2003, at 19:48:05
> You have no idea how much it scares me to read all the withdrawal stories about Effexor. I've been on it for about a year now and I dread the day I'll have to go off it.
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> I remember when I was only on 75mg and I went cold turkey for 2 days and it was pure hell. Now I'm no 225 and I'm so very very afraid.
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> I wonder wether its better to tamper it off and get less brutal side effects but over a long period of time or to take two weeks off, lock oneself in one's room, flush the pills and wait it out.
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> Has anybody ever tried going cold turkey and succeded?I don't know if anyone has succeeded, but I am going to give it a hell of a try. I went two days (inadvertently) and thought I was going crazy! I then figured out my symptoms were from not taking my Effexor, and the symptoms went away after taking it again.
After learning all I could from the internet (the information pamphlet that came with the Effexor only stated not to suddenly discontinue the medication) I realized the severity of the symptoms that I could have from this withdrawl. I finally decided to take the whole bottle and flush it down the toilet. I know I am going to suffer for a while, but I have decided that I will not continue to poison my body with this crap.
I will have to find some other solution to my depression, but I will no longer take any of the short-acting SSRIs.
Good luck to all of you, my prayers are with you.
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