Effexor withdrawal length of time

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Avatar m tn Effexor and other snris and Paxil, an ssri, are the most difficult antidepressants to stop using, especially if you've been on them for any length of time. Any doctor who tells you to quit this drug cold turkey, run, don't walk, to a good psychiatrist who understands how to do this. There is something called Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome, which virtually no doctors or psychiatrists know about and is mostly found in the addiction treatment world.
Avatar f tn If the withdrawal continues for any length of time, or if it turns emotional, the best cure is to go back on the Effexor and taper more slowly (and I'd say cut out the wellbutrin until that happens). Good luck.
Avatar n tn Imipramine won't help with effexor withdrawal, will just add the side effects of imipramine. You should wait until you've finished withdrawing from the effexor before you go back on the imipramine. The problem is, they have different mechanisms of operation, that's why a different class of drug won't help with your withdrawal. That's also in the book.
Avatar f tn But if you were only depressed for a short amount of time, it could be withdrawal. Everyone responds differently to withdrawals. But to give you an example, two of my friends went on and off Effexor without any further depression. So if you continue to experience depression, I would consider going back on it. Good luck.
Avatar m tn re on these drugs receptor sites for targeted neurotransmitters turn off because the brain no longer deems them necessary, and when we go off these drugs these receptors try to reawaken. This is believed to be the cause of much of the withdrawal symptoms, and the brain has a very hard time the longer one's on a drug like this adapting back to working naturally. Sometimes it takes a really long time, sometimes a really short time, sometimes never, sometimes a medium time.
Avatar n tn I had to be on both medications at the same time for a long time because of the effexor withdrawal... it was so hard to come off the effexor, I was at the lowest dose for a very long time, 25mg, because I couldn't get off of it the withdrawal symptoms were too bad for me.
Avatar n tn m writing this because I was searching information of the medicine for withdrawal. I ran out of the med for 2 days for the first time in a year and I thought I was going to die. I had nausea, headache, palpitations, I couldn't drive my head was spinning. Ugly feeling I changed my mood very drastically and started to yell at my 10 year/old. My husband had to come back from work and go to the pharmacy and pick up the med. I took it and withing 2 hrs I'm fine again.
Avatar m tn You suffered withdrawal from missing your Effexor dose. This med should be tapered off of slowly, as should virtually all of these kind of meds. Even tapering slowly you may suffer some withdrawal. It's normal, though uncomfortable. I don't know if there's a generic for Effexor, maybe the doc will know.
990051 tn?1249190363 Do you think that "withdrawal" from these two are lessened/worsened by the length of time you're taking them? If I can 'use' the Efexor to 'withdraw' from Zoloft then withdraw from Efexor because I'll take that for a shorter period of time? I know there's no "easy out" with these drugs but I managed to withdraw from Aropax (Paxil) cold turkey and it wasn't pleasant of course...but nothing even REMOTELY like the withdrawals from Zoloft...
Avatar m tn I almost have to believe that effexor, or lack of effexor may play a direct role in altering other body chemicals such as blood, hormones and even glands. Anyway, I don't think many medical professionals truly understand how this medicine can impact a person's health on the whole. My question is how long did your symptoms last once you stopped the med after a slow tapering.
955569 tn?1255489680 about 1yr on it solid.. stopped for like a month couldnt deal withdraw went back on for about a month then just decided to quit.
Avatar f tn ( struggled with this off and on my entire life ) At this time i was trying to finish college, working full time and still raising my 3 children so i knew stopping Effexor and trying to cope with the withdraws was not an option for me at that time. My Dr. upped my dosage again. I am now taking 500mg of Effexor XR. I am terrified that if I should choose to attempt to wean off of this that it could wind me up in the hospital to DETOX off this med.
534854 tn?1234076108 I have been on effexor xr, 300mg a day for approx. 13yrs. During that time I went off a couple times, about 5 and 6yrs ago. I remember it being horrible, but because of my completely non-existent memory, I don't remember all of it. I know only one other person who has been on effexor xr almost as long and we have similar problems with our health. I can't find anything on the internet about the long term effects on your body, like kidneys, etc. and wondered if anyone knows?
Avatar m tn Get back on a small dose now!! Get a new doctor if you can. At this time for a Effexor withdrawal is so well known that it is criminal your doctor doesn't know about it. You will need the above mentioned things to help you withdrawal. So very sorry you are going though this hell. So many have suffered at the mercy of Effexor.
Avatar m tn i am almost off of effexor after taking it for ten years. (150 mg effexor XR.) I didn't add any other medication as I decreased the effexor. I used a method I found online which made sense to me (http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/anti-depressants-withdrawal/introduction/). It also addresses the issue of the half life of the drug in your system which is significant if you've been on the time-released, apparently since it builds up to a greater level. Anyway.
611559 tn?1233776445 After some time, I felt that I was doing well mentally, and I discontinued one of my Effexor pills per day. That was about 1 year ago. About two and 1/2 weeks ago, after attempting to lose weight unsuccessfully for months, I dropped to 75 mg. per day for about 3 days and then stopped taking Effexor completely. [I realize the stupidity of doing this without a doctor's supervision. However the Dr.
Avatar n tn Hey Opus, No you don't HAVE to wean off anything to go onto something else. This is a way to ensure safety is the main object. I've made it clear this is my habit for the purpose of knowing which drug does what. If you mix then you have no idea at all what is causing what. The habit was introduced to me by my long term pdoc who likes to know what is going on, as I do. If you have 4 drugs in your system, as this poster does, how would he or she know what is what?
Avatar f tn I spoke with my doctor and tapered off the dosage of effexor and started on Prozac to help with the withdrawal symptoms. I took my last 1/4 pill of 37.5 effexor 1 week ago. I have been so sick, unable to eat, drink, crying, phobic, scared, nauseated and unable to function. I am really worried about my job as I have been emotional there and unable to do my job properly. Yesturday I felt that I just couldn't get through it, drove to work but don't know how I did it.
20290546 tn?1494336970 I'd like to talk more about my Effexor withdrawal. It's been over a month and the physical withdrawal is gone, however the feeling that I thought I had for just a few days is gone as well. I feel horrible. I feel worse than I did before I went on Effexor almost 5 years ago. I have been reading and searching for anything that will make how I'm feeling mentally go away. Bad news is that even people who were at 37.5 to over 300mg which is where I was, go through the same thing.
4250427 tn?1351716367 You were on a large dose, and it will take quite a time to get it out of your system. If you have read other posts about withdrawal from Effexor, you will see that it is difficult. You could go back and see the doctor about this, or sit it out, and wait to feel better. Some people say it takes quite a time, but in my case, I was on 150mg daily, and did withdraw at once. I had never heard about all the withdrawal symptoms, and in my case I was feeling better after a couple of weeks.
Avatar f tn Now since doing some research on the internet, I am wondering if he is experiencing withdrawal symptoms from the sudden onset and discontinuation of Effexor and Depakote, and maybe even serotonin syndrome from taking the Prozac with the Depakote? Please advise. Any information from another psychiatric professional would be extremely helpful!
451366 tn?1211304932 I have really felt like I am going insane. I have never really been a depressed person before. I went on Effexor because of multiple happenings in my life at the time and I felt that I needed a little extra help. That was two years ago. I stayed on it because my doctor said it would help with my menopausal symptoms. Now that I have weaned off of it... just... I feel worse than I ever have. My question is; How long do these withdrawal symptoms last?