[Martinelv]

So there's me, finally giving up on trying to wean off Effexor. Been shivering and sweating like a vicar in a brothel for the past week, but apart from that, OK. So what do I do, yes, I go back on the Effexor. Bad, bad mistake. I had 70mg an hour ago and for some fantastical reason, my brain has decided to go into ultra-mega panic mode. Apart from the shivers, I was fine before I popped those pills, and I never had any problems when I first started them. Jesus, what the hell ?

I can just see my brain synapses, the filthy rebelious bastards, pausing in their betrayal of my sanity, twirling their DNA like the moustache of a fat french cook. Bastards.

:x

 

[g-funk]

so you went from nothing to 70 mg? oops... its all about regular, even doses you bloody fool! (i found this out the hard way) i know exactly how you feel. it's the nausea I cant bear

 

[Guest]

I can't even fathom taking 70 mgs of ANYTHING

the highest amount of meds I am on now is 1 mg and thats of Klonopin

 

[g-funk]

different doses for different drugs, it sounds a lot but benzos and ssris are different, and effexor is an snri which is different again. 70 mg of effexor is actually relatively low dose

 

[maria]

yeah, for example 75 mg of Seroquel equals approximately 1 mg Risperdal, both antipsychotics

e:hmmm, actually this has nothing to do with it
oh yes it has

 

[Martinelv]

To clarify, I'd been weaning off from 37.5 * 2 a day, which I'd been on for about 4 months. I gradually tapered off, taking 37.5mg every other day, then every three days..etc, but a week after my last dose (which was yesterday) I was a wreck, so I chucked 37.5 * 2 down my throat to try and stop the 'head zap' thing.

Anyway, I'm alright today...the madness only lasted a couple of hours.