I'm getting off Effexor. This is my story and voyage with the medication called Effexor, now in generic form Venlafaxine, and the way I'm getting off one of the most difficult antidepressants made.
Friday, September 10, 2010
120 mgs and down
Ok so last week, I went through the capsules and counted each one for the week down to 120 mgs. and I've been doing great. My energy level has been good and I haven't had any issues with it. Tomorrow I will go down to the 110 mgs and see how that goes for the next week. I feel like I'm having good success with this process so far. I will be happy to get to 100 mgs because that will mean I am getting closer to the goal. They do say, however, that you can experience withdrawal symptoms for up to a year after you have discontinued the medication. Hopefully this won't happen. I do hope that if there is anyone else out there trying to get off this stuff that this helps. I felt a little disappointed that my doctor didn't feel that he could help me with this process because he wasn't familiar enough with the medication. I'm grateful to Dr. Glenmullen for putting out a book that has a step by step process even though I haven't gotten that far in his book, it was still a helpful piece of information to me.
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depression,
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medication withdrawal,
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