How long will Effexor Withdrawal Symptoms Last?

sherryh747 · Guest

Help! I was taking Effexor 37.5 mg every other day for over two months, after having taken 75 mg a day for about one year. I didn't seem to have any trouble reducing the dosage, so I went to my doctor and said I wanted off it completely. Since I am diabetic, I knew he wanted me on something that would help with depression, so I said why not go back on Prozac with Xanax to deal with my Panic Attacks... that had worked in the past. Since then my life has been a living hell. I have panic attacks now that I haven't had in years and when I get them, I think of driving into a tree or something.... It's so frightening, I don't know who or what is controlling my mind. This is now my fourth week off Effexor, how long will this continue???

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I was prescribed 75mgx2 per day Effexor, starting at the age of 12. For the next 4-5 medicated years I struggled with constant adrenal fatigue, memory loss, loss of cognitive function, cerebral storms (imagine somebody driving 10-penny nails into the base of your skull for a few seconds) and general loss of touch with the world outside myself.

Sometime after I turned 16 I had adjusted somewhat and I started researching exactly what I was taking. After realizing what I was taking I suggested to my doctor I should be brought down. After which I felt far better than I had in years. It took some time to adjust to the person I had become while I was "away".

At 22yrs I had somehow acquired Type-2 Diabetes, nominal aphasia (can't remember nouns, kinda like stuttering except with only a certain type of words), mild depression, muscle and joint pain, back and knee muscle weakness, constant mood swings, cardiac arrhythmia, wide range oral allergy syndrome, knees that sound like tissue paper, and most symptoms occuring with cushings syndrome.

Looking back I did have a few endocrine related symptoms as a child that should have put up red flags for every doctor I had. But sadly they didin't.

When I was 12 they tested my IQ at 143, now I would probably test at around 130 because of my cognitive deficiencies which I'm painfully aware of every day.

The hourly blood sugar bell curve can be debilitating at times. But I'm coping with what I have and challenging myself to out-perform my "healthy" peers both physically and mentally. I give everything I have to achieve my goals as I may not be around to complete them tomorrow. I had a very close call with arrhythmia a while ago, which was induced by no particular trigger.

At 22yrs I try not to pay attention as I watch my injuries start to heal slower, my hair get grey, and the various "duct tape" solutions to my daily regimen grow in number.

At times I feel a bit cheated as you may guess. If a 16yr old can see the source of a problem through such a medicated fog as that, when people with years of experience fail to do so, I am concerned for the safety of the many others also similarly medicated.

From time to time, when the moment dictates, I alone ask a simple rhetorical,"Why?", out loud. An every time I find the same quality of answer with no ears to listen, that I did with trained M.D.'s at my disposal.

Be thankful and remind yourself daily that you still have your health.

How long will Effexor Withdrawal Symptoms Last?

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