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Withdrawal Syndrome, Help my Mom

Withdrawal Syndrome, Help my Mom

Anyone know anything about withdrawal syndrome? I think my mom has it and the drs arent being any help. My mom was takin g350mg of effexor xr a day for like 4 years, the the dr told her to just stop cold turkey and presribed another antidepressant at a low dose, I stated that this should nto be done. My mom is very sick now,with :
dizziness or light headedness, nausea,headaches,lethargy,anxiety and/or agitation
(tingling (paresthesias), numbness or "electric" shock-like sensations in the head or limbs
tremors) sweating)insomnia,(irritability,vertigo (dizziness).. The drs just keep switching her meds, I think she needs to go back to effexor and get stablized and then taper off....Anyone know the right treatment? Shes wasting away and isnt herself and is so miserable, shes only 66....HELP!!!!?!??



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Seems to me you're a hundred percent in the right. As much as I hate them, sounds like lawyer time to me. Sixty six is not an age to be a jonesing junkie.. especially when you had placed your trust in "professionalism".
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you do not quit effexor cold turkey. she was on a vey high dose and should have been tapered. take her a different dr. if you have to. take care. Corena
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thanks for you opinions, sometimes its hard to see if youre right in a sintuation....we took her to the er to get e valuated, bcuz her dr said do...that turned out to mbe a mess, the hospital was awful.......hated myself for brining her there then having to leave her like that so scared....
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