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

Posted by Leslie on 04/04/06 at 11:11 PM

I am so thankful to have found this site!!!!Just knew there had to be more to this. I took effexor for over two years. I can\'t remember when I started to back down my dose, but felt it was time to try to get off. I have always had problems with even being late taking my dose. Each dose cut back sent me into such a state of what I termed the \"woo-woo\'s\". I have all that you have described. It has taken almost a year to get where I am tonight. I have been for a few months now taking the 37.5 dose and opening and taking first a half for a month or so, and then thirds and then fourths. I have run out am going without for the first time today. It\'s awful. Even at a fourth of the lowest dose I am still feeling the full withdrawls! It\'s crazy! My doctor doesn\'t understand why I\'m having so much trouble and gave me a prescription for meclizine to help with the way my head feels. Hasn\'t helped. I hope this is out of my system soon. Right now I feel like running to the store tomorrow and getting more. I hate this feeling in my head and my ears and eyes. And thanks to all of you, I now understand why I am eating so much and why I\'m not sleeping either. More needs to be said about this drug. Has anyone ever gotten off of this with no problems, really? If not, maybe they sould pull it. Hope you are much better now. Thank you so much for sharing. Just know now that are so many going through the same makes me feel so much better. It\'s not me, it\'s the effexor!