Bye bye Zocor and Effexor XR.

[dennilfloss]

You did your job as needed but the side effects (especially the near-constant nausea, dyspepsia and leg cramps) have become too bothersome lately so I've decided to regain my quality of life. Gonna stop the Zocor immediately and ween myself off the Effexor as per my physician's instructions.

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[manlymatt83]

:thumbsup:

 

[Chadder007]

I swear side effects are getting worse for prescription drugs....

 

[Scouzer]

Effexor XR is WICKED to quit. I hope your not on a large dose!

I was on a mere 75mg and it took me 3 weeks to quit. I would be sitting around then it'd feel like I have electrical shocks in my brain. It was not terribly painful but an EXTREMELY strange and unsettling feeling. That feeling kept going for a month after I quit.

If I tried to quit too fast, the shocks would get more frequent and more painful. They forced me to quit slowly.

Seriously. It was unpleasant as hell.

 

[dennilfloss]

I'm on 37.5mg Effexor XR. 40mg for Zocor.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Effexor XR is WICKED to quit. I hope your not on a large dose!

I was on a mere 75mg and it took me 3 weeks to quit. I would be sitting around then it'd feel like I have electrical shocks in my brain. It was not terribly painful but an EXTREMELY strange and unsettling feeling. That feeling kept going for a month after I quit.

If I tried to quit too fast, the shocks would get more frequent and more painful. They forced me to quit slowly.

Seriously. It was unpleasant as hell.

After a few months I ran out of the ample samples the psych provided me - I didn't like being dependent on a medication so I thought it was as good a time as any to quit. The first three days were the worst, but after a week most of the unpleasant withdrawal symptoms were gone.

 

[Kadarin]

I feel left out of the whole lifestyle prescription drug thing, because I do not get anxiety attacks, I'm not depressed, I'm not bipolar, and I have neither ADD nor ADHD.

 

[KeithTalent]

Effexor is absolutely evil shit and shouldn't even be on the market in my opinion.

Good luck with dropping both of them. :thumbsup:

KT

 

[Modelworks]

Effexor should come with a black box warning. My doctor compares it to getting off heroin. I have not ever tried to totally quit it, but the times I ran out and went one or two days without were pure hell. It is some really nasty stuff to do without, brain shocks, nausea, headaches, sweating, chills. I'm taking 300mg a day and have been for over two years. If I ever have to quit it they are going to have to put me in a coma while I do !

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
I feel left out of the whole lifestyle prescription drug thing, because I do not get anxiety attacks, I'm not depressed, I'm not bipolar, and I have neither ADD nor ADHD.

Just start using recreational drugs.

 

[Linux23]

Paxil is a b!tch to quit. I still get brain shocks years after quitting that shit.

These SSRI's are not worth the bullsh!t benefit they claim to have with all of the negative side effects.