Effexor withdrawals.

jtunderdog

jtunderdog

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Oh my gosh, this is horrible. I have been contemplating getting off of this crap because even after 3 months I still get the shakes everytime I take it and I know it causes weight gain. I am going to take a dose today, but skipped yesterday and man I feel like garbage. My mind is cloudy and I can't concentrate, I am dizzy (understatement), my vision is blurry, my head is killing me, I am nervous, and nauseated. What a freaking combination. I just finished doing legs and it was all I could do to make it through the workout. Anyone else every been on this crap? How bad were the withdrawals for you?
 
thats f'ed up bro, glad i turned it down when my dr offered it to me!
 
I have been on it like 3 months becaue I simply had too much going on. Depression, two jobs, full time student, family, martial arts, and some other stuff as well. Too much. I was having anxiety issues (thyroid was off) and he put me on that crap. I just took a pill after a day and a half. I am going to wean myself really slowly. The side effects I am having are common. The one I am not looking forward (not really any) to is the brain shock. I am not sure what that means, but I did have some weird twitching in my upper back and legs today.
 
effexor is one of the most wicked drugs. Getting off takes some pain and help of supps like 5-HTP and SAME help with neurotransmitters making withdrawals a lot more bearable.
Do this while weaning off slowly........I went through the same thing. I thought I would shoot myself.
 
Im going to Wal mart and getting some. I am going to start the drop to every day and a half 75 mgs. Then every other. I am going to try to get the 37.5s and then do them in the same fashion. This stinks. He offered me zoloft or effexor and I had bad sexual sides with zoloft as well as crazy dreams. Not limp weiner but no desire even on test at one point. My wife thought I didn't want her and that sucked. Thanks for the advice guys.
 
Yeah, anti-depressents are crappy especially effexor. the doctor gave me it for anxiety and I took it for less than a week before stopping because it made me feel worse. I instead was prescribed Xanax as needed. I don't like taking crap every day, but once your dependent on it, it is incredibly hard to stop. Even more so with the Xanax because it's possible to have a seizure from stopping cold turkey. It's pretty screwed.
 
I have xanax as needed also. I am going to just use it if I have an anxiety attack. I have also discovered that some of my anxiety came from the singulair I was on. I got some samples the other day when I had strep and could not sleep because I was shaking. I have about 300 bucks worth of the crap now and can' t take it. I am hoping my son can use it as he has asthma as well. I have to watch the xanax myself. With my insomnia it is an easy fix, but like you said it is highly addictive.
 
i would go to your doc and have him/her ween you off instead of you doing it yourself...meds like thse and what not arent things to be taken lightly and you can reallly give yourself some really unwanted sides by coming off to fast etc...
 
jtunderdog said:
I have xanax as needed also. I am going to just use it if I have an anxiety attack. I have also discovered that some of my anxiety came from the singulair I was on. .
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now I realize how great it is that I NEVER go to the dr. They put you on something, then something else to fight the side effects of the other, then another to fight the side effects of that.....a neverending process.

how can you say something is "working" when the side effects are worse than the "problem" it fixes?
 
im on 10mg's of lexapro everyday since i started having bad anxiety and it works great for me. When i dont take it i get mad easier but thats about it.
 
I can write a book on anti depressants.....I was on Effexor XR 475mgs for the last 5 years and loved it....I have panic disorder.....Well I lost my health insurance in April and couldn't afford to pay 500 per month for my Effexor and go figure they don't have generic for the XR I had the worst cold turkey withdrawal.....these unbeleivable "electric zaps" went thorough my body for about a month......long story short after the Effexor was out of my system I started having terrible panic attacks for a while I was becoming housebound anyway I went back to the doctor he put me on Lexapro and Zanax and that didn't work so back again and I went on Paxil and Ativan and that seems to be a good affordable combo for me. Just curious when you guys say you have panic attacks what is everyone's different attacks consist of? Just curious......
 
My worst one was last year about 1 o clock in the morning. I was in a movie with some friends. I noticed i was hot as heck it never dawned on me it was anxiety. I walked out of the movie because my heart was reved up to about 165 or so BPM. constantly. I walked out side to cool off and relax and i felt like my throat was swelling shut i couldnt swallow felt like i was going to die. I couldnt breath good at all. I didnt drive up there so i called my mom and made her get out in the cold at 1 in the morning to come pick me up haha. I felt like i was 10 i really was scared though. I got home and i layed down but it felt like if i fell asleep then i would quit breathing. I eventually fell asleep and woke up feeling fine. Ive had several but now i can control them a bit and keep them from getting so bad. Ill never forget that night.
 
Yep that is some of the things I experience except I get the I gotta get outta here thing going on........I have to just be alone when I am having a stupid attack.....
 
One thing that I don't think anyone else has mentioned is switching to an antidepressant with a longer half life such as Prozac while you are tapering off. Effexor is probably the worst antidepressant to try to get off of (according to physician reports and my own experience with it). It has a short half life, so your body has very little time to adjust to missed/reduced doses. Effexor is an SNRI (meaning that it effects norepinephrine in addition to serotonin), so there could be some withdrawls as a result of switching to just an SSRI, but they should be mild in comparison to quitting Effexor cold turkey. Going off of Prozac, even cold turkey, isn't a problem for most people because it takes so long to fully exit your body anyway. I don't have plans to ever be on any antidepressants ever again. Not only have I not needed them, but discontinuing them really is a terrible experience.
 
I get tight throat, shortness of breath, I have actually gone to the er twice. My bp goes up. I usually just feel like I am not going to be able to catch my breath, and then my hands get numb. I have asthma too, so the reality of not breathing has some basis when my sinuses act up. It honestly is the scariest crap ever. By the way I have had the brain shocks today. I am going to talk to my general prac. this week as it looks like I am going anyway. I have strep and got a shot of roceffin last week and have been on avelox. No better after 5 days. Thanks to everyone for the input. I have tried prozac and it didn't work well for me, so I am not sure that is an option either.
 
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