Posted by mcp on August 11, 2004, at 20:52:38
In reply to Re: Effexor withdrawal, any way to avoid? » searching4ans, posted by fires on August 11, 2004, at 18:25:31
I am so sick of this bs. I was thrust off Ativan cold turkey because it is addictive. The results were awful. They put me on all sort of "nonaddictive" meds. I stop them because I don't like going through life like a zombie. I had horrible withdrawals from zyprexa and lexapro. Discontinuation Syndrome is yet another glaring example of the greed and lack of ethics of pharmacuetical companies. They are all addictive. Bottom line. Once I figured this out I went back on the Ativan. At least it didn't give me the side effects of the "nonaddictive" meds.
> > I have heard the horror stories of Effexor withdrawals. I am supposed to cut back but did anyone find away to cut back without the withdrawals?
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> I dropped from 225 mg to 75 mg. I just dropped 37.5 mg at a time and stayed at each drop for at least 2 weeks.
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> BTW, my MDs say that it's not really withdrawal, but rather discontinuation. They say withdrawal implies addiction.
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