Posted by nikkimarie on April 18, 2008, at 0:30:33
In reply to Re: Effexor XR withdrawal symptoms @ 37.5mg/day, posted by nikkimarie on April 11, 2008, at 15:08:58
Thanks to everyone who has been responding. I am glad to know I am not alone here. Cause sometimes, that's exactly how I feel. ALONE! I had no problems when I was on Effexor, and I've now realized that I did ween myself off way too quickly.
Here's my story. I told my doc I didn't want to be on the pills anymore. I had felt great, and I thought I was back to normal! She had me lower my does from 75mg to 37.5mg. She told me if I started feeling any side effects to take 20mg of celexa. And I had asked, "if I don't feel right with the lower does of effexor I should take the celexa?" and she reassured me, "yes".
Well, my goal was to get off of effexor without needing another med. So, I had said, I would ween off of the effexor and try not to start the celexa.
I do not have insurance, and effexor is VERY expensive. So I had only ordered 2 weeks worth. I took my two weeks worth of 37.5, and I felt great. At that point, I had begun to think it was harder to start them than to get off of them. I didn't experience ANY wd symptoms, so I said, "screw it! I'm done! I'm fine."
Well, now, two months later, I started feeling dizzy, lightheaded, loopy, not completely there. I started getting anxious, and I had no patience.
I've dealt with those symptoms for about a week now. I'm now to the point where I am leaving my house again. I do still feel somewhat "out of it", but I'm dealing with it, and not letting it get the best of me.
I still start to get anxious, but I'm just trying to tell myself that there's really nothing wrong. and that I AM OK.
At first I didn't realize I had only weened myself off for two weeks, I had forgotten that I didn't get an entire weeks worth if pills. And just the other day, I found my empty bottle and noticed that it was only 14 pills. So it's all starting to make sense now.
Ugh, It's been a tough week. And not just because of these meds, I've had a VERY stressful week due to family issues, and it was very hard, but I'm getting through it. I'm starting to feel better, and happy.
My only question is, will it last? Or am I going to start feeling out of control again next week?
I'm not necessarily asking for an answer to that. It's more of a "thinking out loud" kinda thing.
I know I'm not crazy, and deep down, I know there isn't something "physically" wrong with me. It's just my mind wandering and wanting answers. Cause we as humans need an answer for EVERYTHING. Isn't that the reason they came up with the famous line: "everything happens for a reason". Just a line to shut us up, and make us think that's the answer.
Ugh, anyway, I know this is a long post. And I just want to thank anyone who takes the time to read this entire thing..atleast I know someone out there actually cares!
I wish you all the best...we're all in this together!!!
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