I can't do it · 7:16pm Apr 12th, 2016
Or at least I might not be able to after tomorrow.
Effexor is evil. Pure evil. I've been reading patient experiences with withdrawal online and most of them say it takes months for withdrawal symptoms to dissappear.
Well, I don't have months, so if I feel as bad as I do now tomorrow, I'm going back on it. I have moving to do and commissions to draw and right now I feel like I'm not in control of my own body and if I get out of bed I throw up. I'm getting the brain zaps, but they feel less like zaps and more like a wave travelling across my brain and out my ears.
I don't care anymore. Seriously, this must be a mild version of what heroin addicts experience.
If a doctor ever suggests putting you on Effexor* tell them no. There are plenty of alternative anti-depressants out there that don't make you dependent.
*Also known as Venlafaxine.
Are hugs okay? The online variety that is, obviously. I am so sorry it's not working out.
Do whatever you gotta do, it sucks that you've gotta grapple with this.
Hugs are definitely okay.
And yeah it's pretty bad. So many people have said it takes them months so if I still feel like garbage tomorrow I'm going back on it
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*huuugs*
And yeah, that sounds in line with what I've heard about Effexor withdrawal.
I wish it wasn't like this.
I've had withdrawal before that's made me into a zombie before. I hope you feel better soon...!
Yeeeah.... I quit Effexor and Klonopin cold turkey and was NOT OKAY. It was like a never-ending hangover. I could barely focus.
Currently taking a low dose of Prozac. Aside from some emotional blunting, I am more or less still me.
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How long did it take for you to feel back to normal after quitting?
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Thanks. I'm totally going back on it if I feel worse tomorrow. Things are supposed to get better when something leaves your system- not worse! This drug is poison.
3866165 the worst had been the first month, obviously. I suffered a lot of the symptoms you're describing. Fortunately I was on vacation for the worst of it. The next 2-3 months I had headaches, nausea, and trouble sleeping, but no where near the level of discomfort from the first month. I was able to do college and work part-time. Eventually the symptoms tapered off. It was not fun, though. Never again.
I'll have to remember that.
That just plain stinks.
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Uggh. Yeah I can't wait a month. I need to be normal for my new job. Thanks for the info. x
Hugz
Take care of yourself anyway you need to
I've never been on any serious prescription drugs... The things I'm hearing about modern medicine remind me we're not as far as I think we are...
Good luck to you, and I hope you're better tomorrow... today? You're probably reading this at a time when today is more appropriate.
That sounds way worse than most meds I've either seen people on or heard about.
Do you have to be off them for work? Hopefully they can work with you on this; it seems like tapering off completely is going to be a tough process.
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No, I was trying to come off them before starting my new job at the suggstion of my shrink.
Well that ain't gonna happen. I don't have a month to lie around feeling like I have the flu or a bad hangover. And I'm certainly not going to attempt weaning myself off when again while I'm performing my new job.
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I went back on them. I can't cope.
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Yeah... I'm surprised they'd recommend trying to get off the meds under the circumstances. I mean, I'd assume there's at least theoretical value in being on them, otherwise the doctor wouldn't have prescribed them. Why try to pull you off them now if things aren't terribly better?
I dunno. Anti-deps are tricky. I hope it gets better.