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Posted by Tesssi on May 27, 2004, at 20:24:55
I am new to this board and would like to know if anyone has used prozac to help with the effects of coming off of effexor? I tapered down to 37.5mg over a period of 3 months and then stopped taking it as directed. The withdrawal was pure hell. I went to a different doctor today who gave me prozac to take in hopes of easing the withdrawal effects. Has this worked for anyone? I am trying to get off effexor AGAIN tomorrow with the help of prozac and am scared of the effects. They were horrific. Please let me know if anyone has used prozac in this way and if it helped. Any other advice??? Thanks.
Posted by linkadge on May 27, 2004, at 20:38:11
In reply to Effexor withdrawal and prozac, posted by Tesssi on May 27, 2004, at 20:24:55
It does work but I wouldn't take more than 10mg of prozac personally. 10mg of prozac will more than mimic the seotogenic effects of 37.5 effexor.
Prozac has a very long hlaf life, and so it will leave your system very slowly and ease withdrawl.
Linkadge
Posted by psychosage on May 27, 2004, at 22:23:14
In reply to Effexor withdrawal and prozac, posted by Tesssi on May 27, 2004, at 20:24:55
> I am new to this board and would like to know if anyone has used prozac to help with the effects of coming off of effexor? I tapered down to 37.5mg over a period of 3 months and then stopped taking it as directed. The withdrawal was pure hell. I went to a different doctor today who gave me prozac to take in hopes of easing the withdrawal effects. Has this worked for anyone? I am trying to get off effexor AGAIN tomorrow with the help of prozac and am scared of the effects. They were horrific. Please let me know if anyone has used prozac in this way and if it helped. Any other advice??? Thanks.
here is the antidepressant withdrawal article again if you have not seen it:
Posted by Tesssi on May 28, 2004, at 8:16:40
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal/ NYTimes article link, posted by psychosage on May 27, 2004, at 22:23:14
Thanks for the information, my mind is eased a little bit, but i did not sleep well knowing that withdrawal symptoms may be back. Wish me luck. Here we go again.
Posted by TJB on May 31, 2004, at 8:40:25
In reply to Effexor withdrawal and prozac, posted by Tesssi on May 27, 2004, at 20:24:55
It definetly worked for me. I took 20mg one day - felt better for a couple of days - when the withdrawals started creeping up again I took another 20mg. That was all it took for me. If you've never taken Prozac before you can probably even just try 10mgs at a time just to avoid Prozac side effects.
Good Luck.
Posted by Tesssi on May 31, 2004, at 14:56:02
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal and prozac, posted by TJB on May 31, 2004, at 8:40:25
Did you have withdrawal from the prozac and how long did you take it to help with the effexor withdrawal? What side effects did you experience?
Posted by TJB on June 1, 2004, at 16:01:21
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal and prozac-TJB?, posted by Tesssi on May 31, 2004, at 14:56:02
No withdrawal from the Prozac. The only time I've ever had withdrawal from Prozac was when I had been on a higher than average dose for a long time. And even then the withdrawal was NOTHING compared to Effexor withdrawal. Its been awhile but I'm pretty sure I only needed to take 20mg of Prozac on two different occasions. Like 4 or 5 days apart. I had already gone through about 2 or 3 weeks of Effexor withdrawal when I heard about taking the Prozac. Prozac has a VERY LONG half life compared to other AD's and it seems to kind of attach itself to whatever Effexor is left in your system and is like an automatic taper. It made a dramatic difference for me. I've actually used it to withdraw from another AD the same way. The thing is that if you've never taken Prozac before I can't say what side effects you may have from it. Usually though, at a low dose and for a short period of time the Prozac shouldn't have many side effects if any. Personally, Prozac has been the easiest AD to tolerate for me.
Good Luck
Posted by Tesssi on June 1, 2004, at 16:41:56
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal and prozac-TJB?, posted by TJB on June 1, 2004, at 16:01:21
Thanks for the info TJB-feeling more confident everyday!!!
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