Posted by Medusa on October 15, 2005, at 5:19:47
In reply to Effexor - side effects, posted by Purl on October 12, 2005, at 14:14:39
I wasn't sure whether it was a side effect or a symptom of w/drawal since venlafaxine has such a short half-life. (Wasn't on the XR.) With a combination of venlafaxine and an SSRI (sertraline or fluoxetine), I felt closer to "normal" than ever before.
BUT the w/drawal from the venlafaxine is horrible. Maybe I should have tried the XR, not sure if it was even available back then though. As a dose wore off, I'd get horrible cold-hot sweats, headaches, shakey, the list goes on. When I went off it, I decreased the dose VERY slowly and I was still a zombie.
A few years ago, someone was banned (or given a time-out or something) for saying venlafaxine was the devil. I'm not sure that would have happened if the decision-maker had had personal experience with the stuff.
Good luck with this.
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