Posted by KaraS on January 21, 2005, at 23:15:39
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR?, posted by becci on January 21, 2005, at 22:55:50
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> > Have you tried adding in a small amount of another serotonergic agent? I decreased very slowly off of Effexor. I had two bad days at the end when I went off of the last 10 mg. of it. At that point I started on Cymbalta and ALL of the problems went away. Prozac is supposed to be very good to use for this purpose as well.
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> thanks but no. i am trying to get off all my psyc meds one at a time, i don't want to add new ones. i have gained serious wieght over the past year and a half (about 75 lbs) I was even excersizing for a bit, then after six months and still gaing rapid weight I said "screw exercising if it doesn't help" So I really don't want to add anything new for long term use. I just talked to my mom though and she brought over some klonopin to help me through this (short term hopefully)
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>I wasn't talking about adding in something new for long-term use. I took a small amount of Cymbalta (about 10 mgs) for a few days. When I stopped that, all of the Effexor symptoms were gone. It stopped ALL of the suffering in my case. I understand if you don't want to take anything else. I'm just saying that this helped me.
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