Losing weight from stop taking antidepressants
Popped a xanax, did barely anything for me, so I drove home. She advised me to take one when the episode happened again. I live alone, so this whole thing is a bit scary. Now I am off, but I still get the zaps and ringing, and sick feeling, and hard to get up in the morning, but not at the intensity it was. Today is day 3 of my cold turkey from Effexor 75mg twice a day. Feel so blessed after reading so many horror stories. However in the past month I have become vegan and need to get these pills out of the system asap. The more I have thought about it I have decided that I want to work on the problems I was having more naturally and want to get off the Effexor. I get horrible nausea, equilibrium problems, headache, rushing sounds in my ears, hot flashes, the whole gam it. I was prescribed effexor as a result of my friend recommending it to me for my depression. You can see from the photo below, I put the granules in applesauce to swallow them. It caused me to have two about a year apart. If not, how long did you take it after quiting effexor. I just threw the beads in some applesauce and got them down that way. The bridge sounds good, although this was never recommended to me. Everytime I would try to get off them, she would ask me why. I am taking Wellbutrin and i wanted to know if it causes weight loss or gain. I could never taper without the horrible side effects many of you have described. Your body is going to need tons of rest to repair the damage this drug has done. wants me off it cold turkey for at least 7 days before, he says, he can put me on possibly Lexapro. About 2 months ago I started trying to ween myself by taking 1 tablet every other day. I just needed to talk to someone and get some advice and maybe reassurance. I told my internist I wanted to be weened off the Effexor XR. I also am taking a Liver Detox from Walgreens, and I think that is helping this crap get out of my body quicker. My income (of lack of) qualified me for 100% coverage for my Effexor. You obviously have never tried to quit Effexor. I am a 36 year old woman who has been on Effexor since I was 19 years old. Ive been on them for as long as i can remember. In their TV ads for Wellbutrin the manufacture now mentions seisures as one of the main side effects. It took almost 2 years to be rid of the symptoms and in the meantime I felt as though I had lost my mind and been sucked into some kind of alternate dimension where nightmares are real. If you dont understand, then you never truely experienced the withdrawls of Effexor. The more I read about how hard it is to get off this drug the more angry I get as to why I was put on it in the first place. It caused me to have two about a year apart. Starting one drug to end another might not be the best idea for everyone, as you might then have to detox from TWO drugs simultaneously. With now being post menopausal I have hopes of not needing the pills. I had been on Effexor 300 mg daily, I went cold turkey in 2012 until November 2013, it was terrible, I believe I suffered a mild Tia however going to dr about issues really does no good, they throw another on you. That is until out of no where I was at Toys R Us xmas shopping having a jolly time and boom that same feeling that put me in the ER came back. This drug, in combination with intense therapy and support groups, saved my life. I am feeling like a drug addict going through detox. I am on 150 Effexor to counter the hotflashes from tamoxifen. I wanted to abandon the cart full of toys and get the hell in the car so I could sit down. I did so cold turkey because at the time I had no idea that there was anything wrong with that. Are you still on this site for some questions Wendy please help. I am on Day 7 of a slow taper off this medication. I take a pill ASAP and within 2 hours am usually back to normal. You had said you were on Wellbutrin as well. The cost has gone up 80% in the last month. I hope I can get through this hoping tomorrow will be better. I divided up the next months pills and took out several granules over a weekly period at a time and put them in separate biggies, labeled them -15 granules, next week -25 and so on. Sometimes I think about just dying to make it stop. It was the start of my third month on Prozac that I started to wean from the drug. I had become discouraged I would never get off the medications. Dizzy, anxious, and this time I had an intense feeling of needing to walk and not stand still. I finally found some info online about why I was having such a hard time weaning from Effexor XR. The only thing that I had a minor problem with is that the generic Effexor is not little round balls. I felt this huge feeling of doom like I wanted to cry my eyes out accompanied by the off balance strange feeling. 5 mg. I currently have lost 6 pounds over the period of time. 2 days ago I quit completely. I started effexor during radiation for breast cancer. and at first, the first week was crazy, I was crying everyday, angry, agitated, and then full out rage, so emotional, just a mess. It should only be prescribed by a psychologist. Started at 35mg that was later increased to 75mg a day. I ran out of the pills once and experienced the horrors of withdrawal. Johns Wort would cause something called serotonin syndrome. I am starting Day 6 of 150 Effexor ER withdrawal aka Cold Turkey Hell. I started the new med and I am on day 6 for that one. Prozac has a much longer half-life, thus it can be used a the bridge Wendy speaks about. You took them like taking the 37. I tried the above method for the second time this year and found it too quick a reduction even with 10mg prozac. said just to switch over, but I had heard that you needed to wean so for the first week I took 75mg Effexor and 150mg Wellbutrin. Thank goodness I have been laid off from work this week. Now I only take Welburtin and it seems to work great. My Dr had me reduce mine to 2 13. I found this website as I am trying to get off effexor. Everyone talks about how awful Effexor (venlafaxine) is but I have loved being on it. They have no clue what it does to a person. I am SCARED TO DEATH of two side effects I was told welbutrin can cause. I also want to stay on Prozac for at least 2 months after finishing with effexor, as last year when I came off completely using this method I started to suffer from extreme insomnia. I have been on effexor for years, currently at 150mg. Then I was told I was having panic attacks. One week ago I stopped taking it all together. Do I now have to slowly ween off of prozac as well. Withdrawal has been hell for me, I guess I asked for it doing to cold turkey method but 2 weeks in, despite the daily nausea, I will never go back. Only place i was happy in a cool dark room. I was so worried about how I was going to do it until i found this post. I have wanted to wean myself off for years but have been too scared to do it. I stayed on it for about a month when I started to wean. Should I seek a second opinion and wean myself off. I do not know how much longer the zapping will take. I am in week 3 of my with drawl from effexor. I tried coming off of effexor it made me so dizzy and I could not stand my self I could not even think stright. Very tedious but seems to be the only way I can do it. Within the 1st wk I cut my dosage from 150 to 75. I was discharged from the ER because all the tests came back normal. How are you feeling just stopping the Effexor. Oh, one more thing, I was initially prescribed effexor for major depression. I then tried the Prozac bridge and success. I went to work the morning I went down to 37. I have had issues with depressions for two years. I skipped my Tuesday dose and woke up feeling good today. I felt 95% better within 20 minutes of taking it. I had tried getting off Effexor for 5 years but got so sick that I had to go beck on. She was the one who would complain about a headache if she missed a dose. I wanted to get off rameron and my doc at time put me on this horid stuff. When I wanted to wean off, I literally found myself going crazy and had to take medical leave in order to deal with the side effects. Going on walks every morning, juicing (veggies) highly recommend that. Through a strong faith and self-confidence, as well as the help of the drug, I came out of the sadness and recently just got married. In the last few months it felt like I was getting even more depressed, gaining weight, but not emotionally responding to anything, not crying or reacting, but falling deeper into a hole of avoidance. My daughter who has been on effexor for 10 years just tapered off. I am now taking 40ml daily of Prozac compared to the 300 ml of Effexor I was taking. My psychiatrist told me to discontinue the medication because it served its purpose of stopping the withdrawals from effexor but once it was completely in my system at 3 weeks and making me feel nervous it was obviously not what I needed to be on. 5 years after. I am now going to attempt the prozac bridge to get off the 37. After reading this blog several months ago, I got the nerve to try and get off Effexor one more time. One year ago, following severe anxiety symptoms, again I returned to the same dose of Effexor RX but this time my insurance dictated the generic form, Venlafazine ER. Tapering the Effexor slowly some dosage reductions were harder to deal with and once down to 75mg she added 10mg Lovan. My doctor discussed possibly putting me on welbutrin. My question is how long were you on the prozac. Until last week I had been taking a split dose of 225mg effexor. It did certainly help me out during some dark days after being diagnosed and dealing with treatment. The first three days off of it I could definately feel some signs of discontinuation. I have the brain-zap-behind-my-eye symptom that makes my left eye feel like the death star is blowing up. I really am encouraged that my new plan will work for me. What a relief to be able to work and think again. About a few days later it happened again in the shower. The impact they had on my body scared me. I went away on a houseboat for a week and forgot to take my efexor er 150mg with me. I have been taking Effexor for a year after a horrific month of overwhelming events occurred in my life. 5mg Effexor and 20mg Lovan and I must admit I am not feeling great but know I am through the worst of it. Thoses side effects were great:-) But the seisures caused me untold grief with the Motor Vehicle Department. I was hit with vertigo, including vomiting, and sharp electrical type brain pains but without ANY negative mental or emotional side effects. Days I struggle with anxiety, I do take Xanax but this is on a very rare occasion. I have been on Effexor 150 mg for 10 years. I plan to do this for one month, then reduce it again to 37. As directed, I increased to 75 mg and remained on that dose for approximately one year, I had ABSOLUTELY NO negative withdrawal systems. I have had some tremors, nervousness, and anxieties. I absolutely have this problem. I drive a garbage truck so I praying ill be fine for work tomorrow. The hot flashes subsided far before I stopped taking the drug. Withdrawal from this is painful, though thanks to the prozac it is minimizing. I still had about 10 pills left but figured I already went this far why give up. I have been trying to come off effexor for a little over a month. My doctor discussed possibly putting me on welbutrin. every year i would try wean off and have to resume due to how ill I felt. The first day I simply swapped pill for pill. I have taken it for approximately 4-5 years. It could be a weekend or it could be a month. I believe the higher the dose the more likely the seisure and as far as I know nothing such as too much coffee contributes. I am down to 37. Hi Nancy, Yes, I did eventually wean myself from the Prozac and it was fairly easy. So about 3 weeks ago I took my dose of 150 mg a day to every other day. It makes you a bit nervous, so if you have an anxiety problem. I was also taking 2mg of xanax right before bed every night for 4 years and have been off of that for a couple months now. I asked if it could be from my Effexor and of course, they said no way. I will be seeing my psychiatrist the 26th so I will let ya know what he thinks of my progress. Someone really needs to get this drug off the market. I am constantly crying or ready to physically hurt some one or myself. Each day I keep hoping the withdrawal systems will be gone, but they are still hanging on. YOU have to get a grip, YOU have to want out of this drug hell, and YOU CAN DO IT. My oncologist repeatedly recommended to wean to the lowest dosage available and then begin an every-other-day regimen until I finished the prescription. It makes you a bit nervous, so if you have an anxiety problem. The chills are almost gone, the sweats have slowed a little, but the brain hum is still bad. I have been on Wellbutrin SR 300mg for 1 month. While I was sleeping I felt like I was wide awake and thinking. I am under the understanding that many antidepressants counter the benefits of tamoxifen. After 18 days are you still having with drawes. But definitely speak with your doctor before doing anything as I am NOT a medical professional. I was taking Wellbutrin and Effexor at the same time. I felt a little symptoms but not too bad. All for my irritability which I would rather have then what I have dealt with the past 2 months. It was the first time I took any anti-depressant and it changed my life for the better. 5 mg per day of Effexor XR after gaining 20 pounds and wanting to sleep all the time on Lexapro. She dropped my dose to 35mg once a day, then once every other day for a week, then once every two days for a week and then none at all. I had no idea the side effects of this med or I never would have agreed to take it. I am glad I found your blog. Serotonin, which appears to be what makes us feel sick when quickly reducing below 37. I feel like my relationship with my boyfriend is going to end because of it. I just want to go to the hospital for some kind of relief. I continued that ratio for another two days. My 14year old daughter became pregnant, I found it had to cope with it so my doctor gave me effexor samples. My doctor helped me fill out the paperwork to apply for assistance from the pharmaceutical company. I am on day six of abruptly stopping my Venlor XR 150mg of 4 years, and i am struggling. then I just stopped. I do agree that weaning off effexor is much better than weaning off Prozac. If you are feeling suicidal, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at (800) 273-8255. I hope to be anti-depressant free in 2013 too. I stopped taking Effexor cold turkey for about a week. 5 mg pill of Effexor for about 2 wks now. Just stop for a minute, in the middle of a brain-blink (as I like to call them) and remember that YOU are in charge now. Effexor XL 150 mg daily was the last prescribed. Today is day 2 of 37. If I missed just one dose I got such crazy dreams, sweats, long disturbing sleep, feeling like I had the biggest hangover. I am down to 30 beads now after about 4 weeks and will probably reduce the reduction to 2 and 1 beads per day the closer I get to zero. DO NOT TRY TO DO THIS without a mate, friend or family member around. After being on 75 mg of Effexor for 4 years, I became pregnant. Sometimes it lasts all day, sometimes it is short lived. If I go on something again, maybe I will try something like Prozac that is not difficult to stop taking and will not cause weight gain. After that I just dropped the Effexor and went full strength on the Wellbutrin. I would never advise an alternate day approach to tapering as this is like ping-pong on your brain. I am day 2 of cold turkey Effexor 75mg WD. Then I remembered the prozac and got hold of some. Finding these posts is like finding a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. This has been incredibly difficult (as you all seem to know). I have been on it for 7 years for severe depression combined with lamotragine as a mood stabiliser for the last 5 yrs. I took myself to the ER because I was sitting at my desk one morning and had this intense feeling of vertigo and my chest felt fluttery. Hi Craig, were you able to successfully get off the Effexor. Knowing how bad this med affected me, I started a slow, deliberate wean over a period of months. I am SCARED TO DEATH of two side effects I was told welbutrin can cause. Old post, I realize, but here is what seems ODD to me. In their TV ads for Wellbutrin the manufacture now mentions seisures as one of the main side effects. Every time I get to the final stage of weaning I go into a deep depression and go back on them. I called my dr and she prescribed an anti-nausea med. I have tried weaning myself off and all the way down to just 25 mg a day, which is miniscule, but I cant seem to go for 20 hours without having awful withdrawl symptoms. I made the switch from Effexor 150mg to Wellbutrin 300mg. Daily B vitamin, Dramamine sparingly, regular meals, lots of water and being vocal about what Im experiencing has been helpful. I also eat very clean now and no longer have artificial sweetener and caffeine (which my dr said can cause mood changes). thank you, d xo. I have been tapering down 2 beads a day from the 75 mg capsule (250 to 150 to 75 and now 2 beads a day for a month. If you get a chance and are on Facebook, then consider joining or liking the group Ban Effexor.
I was just as happy as you are to switch from Prozac to Effexor. I will call her and find out about doing the bridge. You saved me all the horrible side effects from the drug. I tried to skip a day but big mistake-I got the runs, flu like aches, and nausea. until this last year. No one ever tells you about the downside of coming off these awful things. I no longer need it and he decreased it to 50 then to 35. At week 3, I started to feel this terrible nervous feeling in my stomach and chest that was making me feel extremely anxious. Took 2 at lunch (instant relief) and tomorrow ill do am and pm for couple of days. 5 and below, where each mg of med has a maginmarginally greater effect o. However, at least once a week I keep getting this out of breath, fluttery feeling in my chest. This is why the difficulty is as the dose gets to 37. I have got myself down to 19 of the round balls of the 37. Calmly recalibrate, rethink and revive to a new YOU. The 2nd time I was home and after hospitalization and exhaustive tests there was no doubt it was the Wellbutrin. I am just hoping taking the Prozac is going to do what he says. I went from 75-150 mg to aid in a bout of depression. I have been wanting off theses pills for so long but though fear of withdrawals have made little progress. Her Effexor stopped being effective for her OCD and we had to get her off to star Zoloft. I only taking 75 MG ER once a day but I have always worried that taking St. I was worried weaning from Prozac would be difficult considering my experience with Effexor XR. Maybe I should open the capsules and take half of the beads or maybe the syrup. I did lose some weight and at 55 my libido went through the roof. Are you still taking part Effexor, part Prozac. However, I will not use this drug any longer bc of this. By now everyone knows that this drug has wreaked a lot of havoc in many of our lives. Johns Wort have harmful side affects when taking effexor. Hi there, I feel really inspired by your post. The a Effexor helped but I want to give my body a break from medication. Given my life-long history with anxiety (no longer externally driven) I am pretty sure that I (my brain) will one day need help again. He said I can stop taking it after a month without the worries of withdrawals occuring from it. I simply cut in half, from 150 mg, then stopped. Yes, I did eventually wean myself from the Prozac and it was fairly easy (versus trying to quit Effexor without doing the bridge). Over the next 4 wks I got down to 35mg. It also helps product serotonin naturally in the brain. No withdrawal other than a few body aches and tired. Luckily I found a good doctor who did the Prozac swap-out, like you described above. I decided it was time to get my own life back so I started my own reduction of the drug. I have been on 300mg for 7 months and after attempts to reduce the dosage with disastorous consequences and on the advice of my psychiatrist admitted myself to a private psychiatric clinic. I still feel horrilbe from the with drawl of the effexor. Drink tons of water, take magnesium, fish oil, Omega oils, vitamins, B complex and overload on these, they help TONS. My doctor switched me to 37. I tried taking them further apart, taking half the beads out, nothing worked. I seem to be able to skip a day with out feeling weird. I have been Effexor free for almost 3 weeks now. I know you posted this long ago, but finally seem to have found somebody who decided to go full cold turkey. Wow, this drug is like coming off a street drug (not that I have been on drugs,but what I have seen on tv ). Do u next stop that or just replace one w the other. Ask your doctor about bridging the two drugs. I am on day 14 of a cold turkey withdrawal from 200mg Effexor XR, took for two years. I saw you took out the beads and put them in Apple sauce but how many beads did you use with that first day of taking Prozac. On Monday, I skipped my dose and woke up Tuesday morning with flu like symptoms (nausea, dizziness). Went to the doc to complain about this and this is when she said I was having panic attacks. I hope the Prozac bridge will work for me. So reducing from higher doses (which target norepinephrine anddopamine) does not significantly reduce effects on serotonin. It helps with hotflashes, and seems to curb some of the post treatment depression I often feel. I know what worked for me and the Prozac bridge definitely worked ease the withdrawals from the Effexor. The withdrawal symptoms have been manageable thus far but knowing about this taper will make discontinuing this potent medication successful. I would never suggest this drug to anyone it caused me to gain over 60 pounds and have me severe insomnia and now I feel not like myself and I will cry out of nowhere, and the list goes on. I used the Prozac Bridge and had no withdrawal symptoms at all. YOU can heal better with good therapy than you can with these toxic pills. I went from 225 effexor xr to 150 for 2 weeks no Prozac no problem. i took a few Valium to get through. Thank you for letting me share my experience from this awful drug. 5. Then 2 weeks ago cut it down again to about 30 mg day. I was able to taper down slowly without a bridge, but a few months later had terrible anxiety attacks, so my Dr. I pray no children are taking this, how could they communicate their symptoms. I wanna know how to safely take those granules. Best of luck to you and let me know if you have any other questions. I had been trying to get off effexor for 5 years prior to this. I am sure it was a much cleaner transition than my own crazy-stupid cold turkey method. I stopped in my tracks, told my boyfriend to grab me a water and held on to the shopping cart so tight bc I thought I just might pass out. It was more like my balance was off and I felt light headed accompanied by the tightness in my chest. More and more is being written about the connection between Wellbutrin and seisures please do some in depth homework. I am just not finding anyone who has done well with cold turkey and I need some encouragement. As much as I want to give up this process, I refuse. I still have a planned 2 months to go until I am effexor-free. Today is day 4 and had the worst symptoms nausea, light n noise sensitive. 5mg for another month then half of that and so on. Please let me know if the Prozac bridge worked. Left the office with a script for a tilt table test and a referral to a neurologist. So I would like to try weaning again but in researching I fear I may be one of those 1% who may not be able to ever wean. Filed Under: Health and Wellness Tagged With: anti-depressants, Effexor XR, medication Comments. Even with this snail-pace taper, I still experience slight withdrawal symptoms. My doctor (GP) has prescribed me a low dose of Zoloft 25 mg to start taking with effexor for several weeks and slowly increasing. But yesterday I missed my dose and today I am a mess. I was never told by any doctor over the last decade that discontinuation for any reason would be so horrible. I was so desperate for answers and had a feeling I was going through the discontinuation syndrome that I asked her to please ask her pyschiatrist if he knew of it. Yes, definitely an old post but my most popular. He has had a couple patients try this and it worked. Good luck to all trying to cut back on effexor. This information is not intended to replace any medical advice. I was put on Venlafaxine ER after a total hysterectomy in 2008 for hot flashes. My Dr. I just found your website and opened the 6 EFXR I have left and will try this method of bridging. Something I never considered because of the effexor. Glad you got through and I have a question. I had worked in a mental health clinic for several years and thought I knew what weaning was. I came off Ciprolex about 10 months ago with some withdrawl, but nothing like this. I do not want to rule out Effexor RX as an option but I will need a much better plan for withdrawing down from this drug. I took Effexor years ago for anxiety and I would get these horrible electric jolts through my entire body if I was late taking a pill. On her advice, this is what I did to stop taking Effexor XR. But my normal weight was 120 before menopause. It was helpful to me for 2 years, maybe 3 at the most, after that I was no longer responding to it but I kept taking it because I had a little boy to take care of and had to be stable for him. I took one 10 mg of Prozac and 26 Effexor XR granules. I decided I wanted to be rid of the drug and get off it cold turkey, but my dr disagreed and said that was a bad idea and I could crash severely (experience extreme depression). I am on the same dosage and am gaining a lot of weight so I want to stop taking the Effexor. You may be lucky, but I would build that Prozac up before taking the effexor away. Thank you so much for this blog which has helped me beyond measure. Thank you for posting about the Effexor-Prozac bridge. I wish I knew about the Prozac bridge back then. My brother was on paxil, which is older too. 5. My daughter was taking it for OCD symptoms and it had gotten her out of depression. Take away this god awful nightmare of withdrawals. My doctor then said there was no point in weaning me off but I am having severe withdrawl symptoms. I could not function without taking that pill every day. I am almost completely weened with no problems. Like several women have already stated, I was first prescribed Effexor 10 years ago to help reduce symptoms related to cancer treatment. I have been completely off of Effexor since November 24,2012 after taking it for a year. 2. Within 1 hour I was feeling nearly normal. Fast forward 5 years, while experiencing a six-week severe bout of anxiety, I went back on Effexor RX. Talk to your doctor about the Prozac bridge. Finally I just took 1 bead out of the capsule every other day until I had four left, then I took four beads for a few days, then to three, then to two and finally one for several days. 5 for 1 week then 1 13. If you feel dizzy, drink a glass of water and go to bed. I wish I never went to the Dr that day, and got the script for Effexor. put me on Prozac which I loved. I starting taking it right before I started chemotherapy and for about 2. I have a great partner and life, and I fear totally messing it up because of this emotional side effect to the withdrawal. The pharmacy ordered the brand but my insurance would not pay for it. The half-life of effexor and its metabolites are super short, and this is why the symptoms appear after even one missed dose. Thoses side effects were great:-) But the seisures caused me untold grief with the Motor Vehicle Department. I tried doing what everyone else did and failed. At first I tried to get off too quickly and got so sick, like none, then one, then none and so on. I have been taking Effexor XR and most recently Venlafaxine HCL 75mg one time a day for probably 8 to 10 years. It has extreme withdrawal symptoms even if you miss only one day. I am so thankful I found out about the bridge and had a physician willing to work with me. Best of luck to those of you still trying to get off this drug. All this has made it even harder for me to be going through all of this. I do remember considering to stop cold turkey but who knew how long the symptoms would last. I have been on venlafaxine for hot flashes caused by chemo. Just today I realised I had forgotten my dose (300mg) and I have had the most awful symptoms. In my experience, I took it every other day, then every 3rd day and so on. My mom had an appointment with her psychiatrist the following day. I have read about people getting off effexor and getting hit with worse anxiety. Looking back, my life only got worse while on this drug, in fact it fell apart. And they were (the pharmaceutical company) not getting another dime of my money. Within 5 hours of a missed dose (75mg in am and 75 in pm) I am experiencing withdrawal: brain fog, brain zaps, nausea, dizziness, headache. Effexor is marginally less and less effective at higher doses at least for serotonin. Xanax did calm my nerves but the imbalanced feeling and sort of out of body feeling was still there until I went to bed. I have been doing the bridge method for 7 months now. I previously was on Celexa and gained that 5 or 6 pounds. I feel so much lighter in the head and no suicide thoughts like I used to have everyday. I believe the higher the dose the more likely the seisure and as far as I know nothing such as too much coffee contributes. I work full-time and really want to minimise the side effects. The only thing I have now is hot flashes and I have been through menopause a while ago and I get itchy all over. I did lose some weight and at 55 my libido went through the roof. I have gone from 130 o 138 since the Effexor. Anyway, a week before I sent your info to my doctor, another lady also sent the same to her. One day I missed a dose of the Effexor and had amazing dizziness. I had wrote down and manage and it was rough but we eventually got her off but she did have a headache. The 2nd time I was home and after hospitalization and exhaustive tests there was no doubt it was the Wellbutrin. I have been taking antidepressants for 20 years, Effexor for the last 7. I cried the whole way feeling completly hopeless. Wendy I was wondering how you are doing now with anxiety. I know it has been awhile since this post, but reading it I finally have hope and I pick my prescription of Prozac up tomorrow. Thankfully, not everyone experiences the extreme withdrawal that I did. I did the every other day thing but I staggered it so it was like every 36 hours. I stopped it because I thought I was seeing my weight creep up a little and tried to use Xanax as a rescue med (at night, especially great for sleeping). ween me off about 5 wks ago. I continued that particular ratio for another two or three days. I wonder now if I even am alive to so much of the world. The Wellbutrin was for depression and the Effexor for hot flashes. I printed off your information and faxed it to my Gynecologist and she had never heard of the Effexor-Prozac Bridge. Prozac and Effexor are antidepressants with different compounds, Switching from one to the other in order to stop and have less side effects is DEFINITELY something to be happy about. My biggest reason was I would like to have children within the next year. Standing in line to get food at our Holiday party just chatting and boom HERE WE GO AGAIN. In sum, it explains the chemistry of Effexor and Prozac. 5 mg capsule just with water or you made them dissolve in a kind of liquid. Makes me feel sick, the upside is smoking no longer appeals to me either. 5 mg a day but my dr. I took what I read online to my general practitioner and thankfully she was familiar with the Effexor-Prozac Bridge. Please do not replace this information as professional medical advice. I can totally relate as I was taking Paxil for a while. Do you know anyone who has done it cold turkey. I am over a bout of depression after a few deaths in my family. Within 2 hours I vomited. Thank you for this forum and thanks to everyone for adding comments and sharing their particular story. Hello Wendy, Did you eventually wean off prozac, too. I felt as though my brain was having seizures and the electric shocks were so severe that they would wake me from exhausted sleep. But if I skip a day or 2 of Prozac, I start to feel very mild withdrawal symptoms again. I took effexor for 15 years, from the age of 25 until I was 40 and the withdrawal was the most brutal, horrendous experience of my entire life. I can handle the physical withdrawl, but the mental, mood swings, rage, anger, withdrawl I have experienced is so intense, I do not feel like I can control myself. I think one thing that we all have to remind ourselves is this: All that crazy crying, wanting to kill everything and anything and over the top mood swings, ARE controllable, just merely by our very admission to ourselves that they exist. I agree some of the side effects I experienced were bad (inhibited platelet aggregation being the worst) but I must say for me, this was the wonder drug. I took the Prozac for almost a month and it stopped all my withdrawal symptoms from Prozac within a week. More and more is being written about the connection between Wellbutrin and seisures please do some in depth homework. I should have gotten a head start with the Prozac first. Anyone pulled that one off or care to share any advice. Happened AGAIN a few days later at work but was much more intense. I weaned off from the Prozac shortly after I used it to get off of the Effexor. Please let me know how this went for you. 5 a day for the next week. (Effexor stops your brain from producing it naturally and provides it. Went on Effexor after loosing twins in adoption. I have a few little dizzy spells daily but they are getting few and far between. She thought that if they kept me in a zombie state, it was good. I chose to have my Dr. Today I got greedy and took the plunge to 75mg effexor and added 10mg Prozac. She said if it worked for us she would recommend to her other patients wanting off of it. I awoke on day 5 with a fabulously clear head. Also, a shout out to all who have taken the time to share their experiences. Thanks for your story am going to ask my doctor tomorrow if I can do the Prozac Bridge. Do you know how long this withdrawal can last. It was the start of my third month on Prozac that I started to wean from the drug. I was put on Venlefaxine to relieve my hot flashes. So I went for a follow up appt and was treated for vertigo. This is my own, personal experience successfully weaning from the anti-depressant. I had no idea about any withdrawal from the effector.
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