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My doctor started me on it because I told her I was really stressed out with my 3 kids. Of course, at the time of the office visit, I was PMSing and couldn't control my emotions very well. She started me on it that visit and I took it, thinking it had to be okay because the FDA approved it, right? I took it for 5 years and when I tried to go off it, I couldn't. I got really sick and dizzy and kept getting these "brain freezes". My brain actually felt tingly all over. After doing a lot of research, I realized I wasn't the only one and there were actually a group of people trying to have it taken off the market. My doctor kept telling me I had to wean off it, but slowing the taper didn't even help. I was even opening the capsules up and counting out the little beads inside to make the dosage smaller, less noticeably to my body. Finally, after much pleading with my doctor, she was willing to give me a Prozac tablet to counter the effects of the withdrawal from the Effexor. It worked and I was able to get off and I said never again!!!!! I don't care how b*tchy I get from PMS, nothing was worth that. I've been off it now for 6 months and the "brain freezes" have finally stopped. I still cringe when I have to type it in a medication list on a report I'm doing. I keep thinking these poor souls have no idea what it will be like to stop it. |
Effexor -- I took that for 5 years and - had an awful time getting off it.
