Effexor XR and withdrawl

Hello everyone. That one guy who wrote. i know how he feels but to comment on what someone else said about keep trying drugs there is one that will work. Well what do you do when you get such bad withdrawls when you taper down on the medication and then stop.. I have tried about 8 times to get off of the Effexor. I was taking 225mg/day but then I found out I was pregnant. they said there was not enough study on mother taking Effexor while pregnant so I tried to quit. The symptoms I get are brain shakes, nausea, headache, and just overal the shakes. The brain shakes are the worst. It feels like a shock every minute. and then the nausea shortly there after. I have had my husband feed me and give me drinks with a spoon I could not even hold my own weight or my head up.. It was really awful. I have no clue how to get out of this...

i need to me on another medication. I can nto stand being on this medication. I find it is not working..

I have a son who is ADHD and well I am beyond tired of everything .. I have another son who is constantly being abused by the other one. My oldest son is 6 (ADHD) and the baby is 2. I can not get up in the morning I have my 6 year old running around destroying things and laughing about it thinking it is a big joke. and he is constantly yelling and screaming.. It is crazy.. He has holes in his walls and most of his toys are destroyed because he gets so crazy that he destroys things. I am worried that me or his brother will be next.. he loves to play with knives and scissors.. his brother almost had his nose broken fingers broken just because his brother kicks him and tries to break his fingers. Mostly because he is looking at him.. I have just had it lately with everyone and everything.. I can not take anymore #######4 or I will be in the nut house...

I am on Effexor and for me personally find that it is doing wonders for my anxiety and depression.

One thing that you shouldn't have done was do it cold turkey, you need to be weened off the medication so the withdrawal isn't as bad. I have heard horror stories of Effexor withdrawal, and people who have been taken off this has just felt horrible. I'd call your doctor hon, talk to him/her and get his/her advice.

I was on effexor and it worked great. However, with a doctor's helped decided it was time to go off of it. I was slowly weaned, and I was shocked at how slowly, but the side effects were still so awful. I wanted to die it was so bad. I was vomiting. Had nightmares. I remember that shock sensation you felt also. I knew it was going to be hard because even when I missed a pill I would get dizzy. I even had a car accident during the withdrawl process. I just felt to foggy and drunk all the time. I cant imagine how it would have felt if I had stopped cold turkey. I truly believe that if you should not stop taking any medication without consulting a doctor. In my case the doctor knew what was going on and so that at any point in time I thought I was really going over the edge I would be able to call him. I made it through the withdrawl but it was so horrible that I will never take it again. I have been on celexa, paxil, and prozac at different times and never had the horrible withdrawls that I felt with effexor.