Posted by PoohBear on February 7, 2005, at 12:24:54
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal - very bad news » worm, posted by californiagirl on February 7, 2005, at 0:26:23
> i have been completely off effexor for two days now. It didn't seem to work for my depression. i am nauseus and dizzy. i tried taking dramamine but puked. i was only on the drug for 8 weeks but was unable to sleep and in the past week decreased my dosage. i have been depressed and crying. what should i do to make it more tolerable? i am a student and need to make it through my day. please help.
Go get a prescription for Prozac, 20mg per day. Plus Benedryl helps with the headaches and swooshy head feeling. I ramped down using Prozac and it works.
I'm hoping that you ramped down your Effexor and didn't quit cold.
I tapered off over ten days at the end of December and have been completely 'off' Effexor now for 5 weeks. I am still taking Prozac (I feel great on it) and plan to for the foreseeable future. I no longer take Benedryl.
Good Luck!
Tony
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