Effexor XR Withdrawal Experience

I had to stop taking the medication immedialety after a routine physical indicated a slight liver infection (one of the rare side affects).

I was on Effexor XR once before and gradually and successfully got off the medication. Unfortunately this was not the case this time. The first full day without the 2 75mg of meds in my system was the worst!! Nothing I ate from lunchtime on stayed in my system. I got SO violently 'ill' I actually sprained my wrists holding onto the porcelain tank for fear that if I didn't hang on I would fly around the room like a deflating balloon!

The following days trying to sit upright for more than 20 minutes failed. I kept getting nausious and was affraid to eat anything. The headaches, the nausea, stiff muscles, loss of appetite (even though you have to eat), extreme mood swings, the constant crying for starters... it was terrible.

It is my 5th day - seriously, it has only been 5 days - without the medication in my system and I now feel as if I am walking around under water. As if everything is in slow motion, I get nausious if my head is slightly tilted down, I can only keep down Ginger Ale and Saltines and condensed chicken noodle soup for now.

I am sort of scared as to what else may happen but I just felt the need to let people know what CAN happen if the medication is stopped - not gradually - but stopped 'cold turkey'.

So if you must stop this medication for risks of side affects, make sure you have the ability to be out of commission for a week or so to let the worst part pass, otherwords, graduating down the dosage over a period of time IS THE BEST way.

Whatever happens now, I will not go back on Effexor XR, it helped me once and it was great, but now, the withdrawal and side effects - it's just not worth it, I will find something else.

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