How I Managed to Stop the Effexor Torture

The best way I know to stop taking Effexor XR and avoid the withdrawal side effects.

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• Withdrawal
• Effexor
• Effexor XR
• Prozac
• Paxil
• Anti-depressants

[TimGXR750]

Holy shit women....Next video you make, do it about Getting a Fucking new hairstyle....Whoever is your stylist .....I would've fired her a long time ago....You look like pure shit....

[MrBazzzzinga]

Next time you post video please lower background TV or whatever that noise is. Your information is extremely useful and can save life but please post video without background noise

[Scorpionbite8]

Quitting benzos is also difficult. Definately use the ween down technique, instead of cold turkey. Good job.

[johnfam2010]

Also have been through the horrors of Effexor XR addiction and withdrawal! Was upped to 450 mg a day, and have been off totally for a year now.  Thank you for your honesty and openness about this subject. I still can't talk about it alot, as I still can't totally believe that I went through all of that pain and torture. And what it did to my family.....

[emailjohn]

I'm glad I was only on 37.5 and did quit cold turkey, however agree with your view of not doing it that way, however I think the bigger problem for me at least was the inability to think clearly after 2 years of stopped use. Still twitching in my sleep, not being able to comprehend anything and forgetting my head if it wasn't attached as well as constant blurred vision.  This is a horrible drug people do not allow yourself to be put on this stuff without putting up a fight.

[polpotlives123]

My V.A. nurse practisoner just prcribed this stuff..No way i am going to get hooked on these pills..Thanks to youtube and being able to find out how others feel...I am just going to deal with life as it is..

[vampyrius123]

weird.. I never had any withdrawal symptoms..but I was sure fucked up while on it..so maybe my subcontious mind was just soo happy I stopped :P Hope you are well now and dont need any crappy medication anymore :)

[nutcaseginger]

you seem amazing, your style is so cool, I really found this advice useful, I really dont feel the benefits of the meds and I sleep on the medication, I am going to try your way too come off them, I'm also on quetiapine and i am not sure if it is helping or not

[rabidbilly]

...the main difference between my method and otiamaria's method is i am not transferring to another antidepressant. another difference is i'm doing it alone. i don't trust my (former) doctor any more than i trust my dog. actually, i trust my dog a whole lot more.

i advise anyone else to, if they possibly can, use her method, not mine.

best of luck.

[rabidbilly]

...and my minor symptom is brain zaps (you effexor fans all know what those are, i'm sure) when i happen to let the 1/3 capsule vary on the low side. i don't count the littel time pills exactly, maybe i should.

i can tell by what happens when i take this slightly low time pill count that i am going to have to decrease the dose VERY slowly, like otiamaria says.

after seeing this video i know she's right. you (and i) should reduce the dose VERY gradually...