Posted by smoothste1 on September 25, 2012, at 11:50:04
I have been on vanlafexine for about 11 years.First at 10mg then up to 225mg.The thing is i really do not feel well or normal thoughts and feelings,i feel like effexor is a waste of time,it does absolutly nothing to stop depression,so i just plod along.About 8 years ago i made my mind i wanted to get off effexor,so i was on xl version,and every day i would break open a capsule and take so many beads out each day.Basically i would take more out each week.This took me 1 year cutting down slowly.The best way so i thought.Then i was down to the last day of taking any beads,i took aprox 6/7 beads then i was finished with it.The next morning,i was so mentally ill.It was like a blanket covered my head,everything was blurred,the low was almost suisudal.I was on 100mg dexedrine also and the dexedrine when i took it,didnt work properly.I was not getting any good feeling from effexor withdrawl.I could feel it working a bit in my brain but the withdrawl of effexor was at the very front of my brain.I went to see my doc.Immediatly after a year of withdrawl he put me on 225mg again.I was just glad to get rid of the head pains.This year,i dont know how others cope,i went to see a new gp,she put me not on the capsule xl effexor,but round white pills.About the size of 5p.After 10 days i started to feel slightly diffrent,but i didnt understand or know it was a change of med with the effexor,well not the med but the type of med.Time went on and i got worse and worse.I could not go out,i was terrified,the feeling i had was awful,heartbeat out of rythen,sleep was up the wall.Until i was going totally mad,if i stood up to answer the phone from the sofa i would go dizzy,then black out and fall backwards this happened 30 plus times.The time went so slow,then i realised what it was,the efexor tablet form.I rushed to the docs and explained,she didnt seam to bothered but prescribed the capsuals.It must of took at least a couple of months to stop becoming dizzy and pass out......But i do not like effexor.I want off-it.I really do.Can somebody explain the best way to withdraw from it,can i take something else to help with the withdrawl maybe prozac,im not sure at all.And if my side effects is like 1 in 10,000 well im sure there leaflet knows how many millions are on this drug.My mum and nan died a few years ago,but if i cut 1 down to try it,i become extremely bereaved,dangerously sad and i want to cry as i miss them.Its an awful drug i hate it.Please get me off this cocktail of beads....
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