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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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Gravol was my friend through this, my stomach still isn't great, it does come in waves and just trying to ride through it is all you can do. Please no that its completely normal what your going through, its a terrible drug to get off of, pretty sure as bad as heroin. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out, if i can help at all i would be glad to.
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After a month on 37.5 mg. Eff my anxiety and trembling were so bad that my doc and I decided to go back up to 75mg
She said I should start feeling better within a week. A week is over and I’m still anxious, trembling and now have headache and backache. I decided to would raise it again today and see if this helps. I don’t want to raise it but I am thinking that I may have to raise it until I feel better, stay at that level long enough until I feel ready to taper it much more slowly. Although I waited 2 months before lowering it from 75mg to 37.5 I don’t think I was ready to do that because I was still having withdrawal symptoms but I figured 2 months was long enough to wait. This was before I heard about doctor Horowitz and read his book.
Has anyone else had this experience with having to raise it back up and then tapered it much more slowly ?