Ab Effexor

Hey, to anybody who found this blog. I survived (of course). Haven't taken Effexor in over nine months now. Going off was worth it . I...

Over two weeks since I stopped taking Effexor. I'm not having any headaches, but I feel so, so down. Like it's never going to get b...

I guess I haven't updated in about a week. I took my last Effexor capsule over a week ago, and I never got the bad week that I expected ...

Updates: - I'm still doing well. Well enough that I let myself have some caffeinated tea, when I had been avoiding caffeine for over a ...

Whether it was a good idea or not, I haven't had any Effexor at all in about 36 hours. My psychiatrist suggested tapering it down much m...

In a sample pack of Effexor XR that my doctor gave me, there was a website "http://www.mytime2talk.com/" given as a resource that ...

Day 7 : Kind of dizzy. A bit of a headache. No major problems. I thought it would be a good resource to count the number of "beads...

Day 6 : Not horrible today. Kind of moody in the morning. Staying off of caffeine really helps avoid bad mood swings, although that isn...

Day 5 , morning : Caffeine makes things much, much worse. If more obligations/responsibilities pop up for me today, I will likely start cryi...

Day 4 , morning : Pretty snappy/irritable early on, but again fine within an hour or so of taking my morning dose. Still doing fine, except...

Uh oh. Okay, I'm still feeling physically okay, but my emotional state has just taken a swing downward. I'm not crying, especially ...

By this point, I didn't actually expect to be doing this well . I can't complain though. :) When I've missed doses in the past...

Day 3 , morning : This morning felt sort of ominous. I was starting to feel some strange sinus pressure, more mild, localized headaches (di...

Day 2 : Still some headaches, but they are manageable. I have some hope that, unlike time I tapered down from 375 --> 300 mg, I have bet...

On Monday, I took my morning dose of 150 mg Effexor XR, along with my other medications (50 mg generic Zoloft, 5 mcg of Cytomel) as usual, b...