Posted by novelagent on March 30, 2012, at 4:41:36
When I was on 225mg and couldn't refill my Effexor for a week, I would get terrible nightmares while I did without it. For the past 4 months, I've been on 75mg, and for the past 4 weeks, I've been on 37.5mg. I'm about a week left of the remaining 37.5mg, and then I have to fly solo and not taking anymore, as I will be going off the Effexor once the 37.5mg runs out this week.
My doc's a resident, so I have to tell her things like "Effexor withdrawal causes nightmares" and now I think I have to explain, after already telling her that, that there's drugs for blocking nightmares. I doubt she even knows that. I really do.
Anyhow, has anyone experienced nightmares from Effexor withdrawal? How long do they last (weeks? months?)?
For all I know, I'm tapering slowly enough to avoid them, but I doubt it. I only know about the REM drugs from reading once in passing they're used to block nightmares in general. Do they work? side effects?
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