Posted by Lorin O. on December 5, 2001, at 14:43:20
In reply to Re: withdrawal, posted by ronda on January 24, 2001, at 16:34:29
Out of desperation I actually tried a couple of Theraflu tablets last night before bed (was undergoing fairly horrible Effexor withdrawal - nausea/dizziness/and that weird "brain shiver" thing. Ugh.). Believe it or not, I woke up today feeling about 80% better! Could actually focus, sit at my desk, and get some work done. Like others, I have no idea why this works. I'm certainly not a shill for the Theraflu people. Still have some residual withdrawal feelings, but am MUCH better today.
Go figure.
Good luck to anyone else going through this. Just know there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Lorin O.
> I hope this helps everyone who is experiencing withdrawal
> because it helped me. I was one effexor for about
> 7 months and began to wean myself off of it because
> I was just too numb. No sex drive, tired, no
> emotions. Don't get me wrong, effexor made me feel
> a lot better, I just didn't like the side effects.
> Anyway, while trying to wean myself off of this
> drug, which by the way was MURDER, somehow I caught
> a cold. Anyway, you could imagine the pain I was
> going thru trying to wean myself off of this medicine
> I mean guys, I thought I was going crazy and would
> die, I took some Theraflu (nighttime formula). In
> less than 10 minutes, and I am not kidding, all of
> the dizziness, headaches, swimming of my head,
> sweatiness, went away. I didn't know what the hell
> was going on. Well, I took the theraflu and Niquil
> for about a week, and that was it. No withdrawal
> no nothing. Now, I don't know if this will work
> for you guys, but it worked for me. I don't know
> why cold medicine worked, but it did. I asked my
> doctor, and she said she didn't have an answer.
> Anyway, I thought I'd let you guys know. I know
> how withdrawal is, and I know I would have done
> anything to make it stop. If anyone tries this,
> let me know if it worked. Good luck.
>
> Ronda
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