Effexor xr withdrawals

[cargirl66]

I  am having severe withdrawal symptoms from having to quit cold turkey from effexor xr. The reason why I had to quit is because I had to leave my job to go home and take care of my father who is dying of cancer, my medication is to expensive 368.00 for a 90 day supply, my doctor had me on 225mg a day for depression.
I  am having severe vomiting, dizziness,night sweats and migraine like headaches, also today I have started shaking uncontrolably.Will these symptoms go away? How much longer will they last ? I have beeen taking effexor xr 225mg now for 2 years.

[sparkeler]

It is not smart to quit these medications cold turkey.  I would see a doctor or symptoms can last for a few weeks.

[Martha52]

I was on effexor xr for a while before going on lexapro.  I tried to quit myself like you are and what a terrible time I had.  I was so nasty (and I do mean nasty) that I didn't care what I told people.  I screamed at my family and cried a lot.  I had terrible electric shock symptoms, stomach cramps, and dizziness with headache.  Finally my doctor had me take a small portion of the pill for 2 weeks (I believe it was 1/2).  That eased the transition for me.  The same with lexapro; just a half tablet helped me ease off.  Right now I am going on 3 weeks with no medication.  Just some dizziness a headache.  I know what it is like to have to get off these as I lost my health insurance and cannot afford the price.  Also, I am SICK of taking medication and sometimes I try telling myself; "Hey you are alright and can do this on your own".  I had bad anxiety attacks or maybe I guess you could call them panic attacks and couldn't go very far by myself.  I hope that this doesn't come back.  Good luck to you, I understand what  you are going through.

[cargirl66]

Thank you for your comments, I wish I could go back on the medication but unfortunately  you have to have money to see a doctor.I do have a very nasty raging angry bouts and really scares the **** out of me and my family! I am going to try and get an appt. at our towns free clinic maybe I can get some kind of help there until I can get a job to coordinate with my dads healthcare nurse. Again thank you all and wish me luck!