Posted by SLS on September 30, 2006, at 16:54:31
In reply to Re: I signed the BAN EFFEXOR petition » SLS, posted by tizza on September 30, 2006, at 16:05:20
> I tapered from 150mg to 75mg for a month, then I opened up my 75mg caps and took a few out pellets everyday for 6 weeks until I was down to nothing. I felt totally fine during this process, but after my last cap with about 6 pellets in it I totally lost my mind. I was bed ridden for 2 weeks, scattered for another 2 weeks and then started feeling better after about 6 weeks. My short term memory is gone and it has been 1 year now since I took an AD. Thanks for asking scott, I used benadry for the vertigo which helped a bit but if I had of known about the prozac thing I would have done it for sure. You're right too many doctors are clueless about this and need to get informed about it NOW. Thanks again for asking. Paul
That is absolutely horrible. You know, I hear stories like yours, and they are almost too brutal to believe. However, I have come to accept these stories. Either receptor densities are not reverting back to pretreatment levels or there is a kindling effect going on somewhere. 20/20 hindsight, but using a flexible-dosing strategy at the end would have been interesting, if not humane. Prozac, too.Sorry.
- Scott
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