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Posted by annamarie on October 16, 2001, at 0:18:57
Hi, I'm coming off of 150 mg of Effexor a day because my doctor wanted me to "also" be on 25 mg of Seroquel to help with sleep.
I am additionally taking 450 mg of lithium, along with 100 mg of Topomax. I have stopped taking the Seroquel after a week, cut the Topomax to 50 mg and reduced the Effexor to 112.5mg. I'll do this for 2 weeks and then go down to 75 mg on the effexor and to 35 then try none. Yes, I'm a mess. My head is a fog, I'm lost and slightly confused....but I'm not at all depressed.What I'm looking for is some support that I'm doing it the right way. Any thoughts please?
Posted by Lorraine on October 23, 2001, at 10:07:52
In reply to Coming off Effexor XR after being on it for years, posted by annamarie on October 16, 2001, at 0:18:57
I had a really tough time getting off of Effexor. It was easy for the first cuts--to 75 mg, then just got very tough. I have read that the thing to do is to augment the Effexor (which has a very short half life that is supposed to contribute to the withdrawal difficulties) with Prozac (which has a much longer half life) for about a week when you hit the fairly inevitable rough patch. Other people have said that thera-flu helps--check to make sure you have no med interactions though. I think Psychcentral has some good info on Effexor withdrawal. You can do it. (Benzos might help too.) My experience though was that Effexor worked for me and that once I got off, I couldn't get it to work for me again. Anyway, good luck...keep us posted
> Hi, I'm coming off of 150 mg of Effexor a day because my doctor wanted me to "also" be on 25 mg of Seroquel to help with sleep.
> I am additionally taking 450 mg of lithium, along with 100 mg of Topomax. I have stopped taking the Seroquel after a week, cut the Topomax to 50 mg and reduced the Effexor to 112.5mg. I'll do this for 2 weeks and then go down to 75 mg on the effexor and to 35 then try none. Yes, I'm a mess. My head is a fog, I'm lost and slightly confused....but I'm not at all depressed.
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> What I'm looking for is some support that I'm doing it the right way. Any thoughts please?
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