Today is the first day that I have been off of Ativan. Now that I've survived I think I can start to think about how to get off Effexor, XR (EXR). Two days last week I stopped taking EXR because I was waiting for the refills to come in and I knew I was coming up short. Well those two days didn't go too well. The second day I was feeling "fuzzy" in my head and dizzy-that swimming, loss of coordination, confusing feeling. I didn't even equate it to not taking EXR. But I said to myself, let me look up the withdrawal symptoms on the internet. Well, as you know there was nothing official or from the pharaceutical company. I found symptoms from you looking for answers and giving up. It scared me. One person said I'll just stay on it forever than having to deal with the withdrawal symptoms. I thought, OMG, can I do this? Well, I went to the kitchen and swallowed my three pills and went back to the computer. I found two people that went cold turkey and suffered for three weeks-THREE WEEKS! There was no way I could do this cold turkey feeling like this. This is horrible. I would talk to my doctor and find out how to switch to Valerian. I also decided that I would track my progress so when you google withdrawal effects from EXR you would know what you would feel and go through. I'm not a doctor, psychiatrist; I have no medical experience except from my personal experiences and my own trial and errors. Please, please if you're wanting to get off of EXR, talk to your doctor! The weaning off process can be deadly and most of all miserable to the 1000th power.
Well day 1: I feel great and have no anxiety!
Tomorrow I decided I would skip taking the EXR and take it Monday.
This'll be easy.
I have willpower.
I am strong.
I don't have to be afraid.
I am more than a conqueror.
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My name is Brian Lane and i would like to show you my personal experience with Ativan.
I am 30 years old .I started taking this drug about 10 years ago to help with some pretty bad anxiety and depression I was having at the time. I started taking a 1mg dose twice a day 1 in morning and 1 before bed. I tapered myself down to .5mg twice a day and then finally was able to get off it for about 3 months this year. I just started taking it in .5mg doses again due to the anxiety and depression resurfacing after 10 years. I dont know if its coming back because I got off the medicine or just that I am having a relapse but I have to honestly tell you that those years in between when I was taking it were the best years of my life. Just be VERY careful not to take this in larger doses.
Side Effects :
sleepiness, addiction It really helped me for what I was taking it for but it was very difficult to stop.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Brian Lane
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