effexor quitting cold turkey is this ok

[dhrama]

i have been takin and am out of the med is it alright to quit the  effexor xr  cold turkey        and xanax since my breast cancer in  

[katarina777]

Or, better even, tell them you are already experiencing withdrawals. Sometimes, it takes a while before this actually happens as the drug stays in your system for a while, usually. Depends on if it's short acting or not.

It's good that you have a  few xanax left, take half the dose now until you can speak to a doctor or nurse  about the situation.

[katarina777]

Call your doctor, or whoever has been prescribing the effexor, and explain that you are out of the medicine and have heard it's a risk, and bad to quit cold turkey, and to please call into the pharmacy, or get a script for, or samples, for a few more of the pills to keep you from going through withdrawals.

They will understand completely and do it right away/

[bluebutterfly2222]

No, there is a "discontinuation syndrome" with Effexor unless you taper off very gradually, and if you have been on Xanax at more than a low dose, and for very long, there is a risk of seizure activity if you stop it abruptly.

You need to get in touch with your doctor to obtain refills and/or instructions for discontinuing these meds.

Best wishes...

[SueYoung55]

I'm thinking that's not a good idea.

I'll let one of the "professionals" chime in though.