I have been on it for almost a year, and i am just started to ween myself off. is it hard? any side-effects?
2006-10-09 11:07:46 · 8 answers · asked by Smart Girl 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I was on it for a couple of years. It was not difficult for me to ween off. I felt a little jittery for a few weeks. The weird feelings do go away though, just be patient.
2006-10-09 11:36:19 · answer #1 · answered by catzrme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't ween yourself off without a doctors advice. Effexor has the most severve withdraw effects out of all the anti-depressants. It also is one of the best and most effective also, why do you want to go off? I love and live by my Effexor.
Good luck. I did it 3 times and each time I felt like I was getting the flu. Plenty of side effects and uncomfortable feeligns like dizzyness, tingling, tremors, foginess, a yucky feeling like you have a temperture, and other crappy effects. Do not take yourself off of it. If you have to, do it ever so slowly, 37.5 mg at a time every 2 weeks.
The best too is to start taking another anti-depressant instead and then after a month or so stop taking it. Otherwise, caution, you will feel like crap if you stop taking it. I know that I never miss a dose at all cost, even if I'm forced to go to someone else like a friend to borrow some for a while.
2006-10-09 23:10:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to ween myself off as well and it took a couple tries because I kept getting anxiety attacks whenever I tried.
2006-10-09 18:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by jendika 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm currently on it. I tried to ween myself off of it, but I got suicidal. It has to be done in conjunction with a schedule given to you by the person who prescribed it.
2006-10-09 18:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by stargazer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It worked for a while, but I had to wean myself off. I wanted to wean myself also, get to the place where I could handle my depression on my own. Effexor started to make me psychotic.
It was hard to wean myself off. There are a lot of side effects. Make sure you are able to handle it, but get off the monster.
2006-10-09 18:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by mickjam 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was on it for a while- years ago. It did help with my depression. I think a side effect I had was head aches in the bery beginning.
2006-10-09 18:12:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just got off of effexor and i did'nt have no withdraw symptoms
2006-10-10 06:37:49 · answer #7 · answered by hapi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a good drug, why wean? improved symptoms? beware of recurrance possibility, good luck
2006-10-09 18:10:52 · answer #8 · answered by HK3738 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋