Re: Thought I was dying...was only Effexor withdrawls

Posted by Michelle on 08/04/04 at 03:56 AM

Dawn, I agree that Dr\'s should let patients know what they are getting into. I am currently weaning off Effexor 150mg. In the past, I had \"forgotten\" a dose and thought I was having a heart attack. I am only 32 and a nurse. I was tachycardic (fast heart rate) and my blood pressure was so slow they couldn\'t hear a diastolic number. The DR\'s didn\'t even know what was going on. I then realized I had forgotten a dose, it happened one other time and the same blood pressure problem happened. I was also dizzy and had a headache. I just didn\'t feel quite right.I told my Dr I wanted off this horrible medicine, I didn\'t want anything controlling my life like it was. I am down to my last 2 doses 37.5mg and as you can tell I have insomnia, fatigue and nausea. Once again, I don\'t feel quite right. Good luck to you. I will tell everyone I know how horrible this medicine is. Michelle

Replies	Posted By	#	Date & Time
Re: Re: Thought I was dying...was only Effexor withdrawls	chris	0	04/07/05 08:35 AM
Re: Re: Thought I was dying...was only Effexor withdrawls	Jennifer	0	02/06/05 01:56 PM
Re: Re: Thought I was dying...was only Effexor withdrawls	Glen	1	12/06/04 10:02 AM
Effexor	andrea	1	08/30/04 05:12 PM