Saturday, 11 March 2017

Weaning off Effexor - 75mg to 50mg



My doctor has me going from 75mg to 37.5 mg, but I'm not about that big of a jump, so we are going to sneak in a 50mg step, to make it smoother.

DO NOT COPY ME! I AM A PROFESSIONAL AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY HEALTH AND NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURS!

21/2/17 - Well, I'm already hung over so I can't feel much worse! XD
I also found out recently that other people can skip an effexor and not feel like electric death.

22/2/17 - Man, I have a headache. Let's take a little paracetamol.
I didn't take any yesterday because I like alcohol or pain killers in my system, not both.

It's been an hour, I still feel terrible.

I know what will help...


I might be singing this at work tomorrow.

23/2/17 - So tired today! I've been tired all day.

24/2/17 - Still so tired! I sleep enough and still wake up tired.
Eh, better than headaches.

26/2/17 - My memory has been exceptionally poor today!

1/3/17 - I'm less tired, but I'm nauseous again.
My stomach feels like it has shrunk and I can't each much.

3/3/17 - I should see the doctor soon for the 37.5mg dosage. I'm ready to step down again. 
I could just go down to 25mg by myself, but I like the idea of the gently stepping down.

4/3/17 - I couldn't tell if I had a headache from the effexor, a toothache, or teeth grinding in my sleep, so I used a mouth guard last night.
I'm grinding my teeth in my sleep again. Ugh.

6/3/17 - Ok, down to 37.5mg tonight!

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