Oh yea....Effexor is the devil. My wife and I has been on 225mg for a few months now. We were given it because of back and neck pain. But, geeesh, you go to long without one and you have all kinds of freaky stuff......brain shivers, hearing goes in and out, and just the overall of feeling freaky. We are trying to ween off but its hard.....not to mention our insurance covers very little of it. Good Luck and God Bless!
Hi there~
I was on effexor for a few months when I didn't see it helping me. I too tried to just stop and it freaked me out also.
This is a horrible drug to get away from. What I did is broke apart my capsule & started taking 1/2, then less than that, less & less, over a period of about a month. When I finally got down to nothing and didn't put anything in my system again, I didn't feel any withdrawals.
Please give her hope. It can be done.
Hi I was on lexapro and that is an SSRI and I just stopped all together I was taking 10mg a day for 3 months and I didn't have any problems that I know I was also taking trileptal and I was told I had to taper of and I didn't either and I been of it for almost 2 weeks.
I don't know if that helps anyways good luck ok
Effexor is really hard to get off. I have tried to taper before and the w/d *****! It has to be done under medical care. Slow, small changes. What does she take it for? And, you can't cut it because it is a capsule that has little granules in it. Does she have depression? Maybe she can be switched over to another antidepressant while weaning off the Effexor?