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When people suddenly stop using EFFEXOR XR, they can get symptoms from stopping the medicine too fast.
Seeing as it's, well, DAY 70 of my tapering off and I'm having such violent reactions, I'm going to make a bold statement and say that there is NO SUCH THING as slow enough. The "too fast" in the Wyeth statement above slyly places the blame on the consumer, rather than the manufacturer. Jerks.
Took my final dose (10 mg) this past Saturday, and today, I feel as if I'm not in physical control of much of anything above my shoulders. My mind is clear-ish, but my brain is being violently shocked, and I'm dizzy, nauseated, twitchy, and in a great deal of pain from a stabbing headache. Would very much like to go out to find something to eat, but I'm having a great deal of difficulty standing up and walking in a straight line.
When all of this is finally exorcised from my body, I will make it my sworn mission to let people - friends, strangers who stumble across this account on the internet, anyone who needs to know, that they should never even contemplate starting to take Effexor XR, because no matter any benefits it may have, the withdrawal is too large a price to pay.
