Posted by Emmi on May 22, 2005, at 10:22:08
In reply to Re: 4 Weeks off Effexor - joint pain » Janie, posted by winddancer on April 17, 2005, at 22:20:20
Thank GOD someone mentioned joint pain and muscle soreness. I thought I was losing my mind.
My Doc has been ordering my meds from pharmacy.ca. They can make any med in any quantity so we're diminishing effexor by 10mg at a time. I was at 150 and finally am down to 65 mg. Once I hit 85mg, I thought I had lock-jaw! the tension!! Next came sore neck, sore knees (can no longer scrouch down to play with my puppy) then sore shoulders etc etc. Is this normal and will it go away once the effexor is out of my body??I need to have a physical exam and I'm afraid my family doctor will chalk all this up to Effexor when maybe somehting else is going on. Who knows..maybe its arthitis or something. I'm pretty scared. I'm only 40 years old and have been in excellent physical condition. No I cam hardly go for walks it hurts so much.
Can anyone tell me if this goes away? Also, I'm thinking of reducing 10mg after two weeks at each level rather than doing one month at each new level.
I just want this stuff OUT of me!Emmi.
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