It’s been 6 days since I halved my dose from 75mg to 37.5mg. I have been breaking the tablet in half and having one part in the morning and one in the evening because they aren’t slow release ones and the palpitations will get me! Last night I didn’t take my second half and woke up with the worst palpitations I’ve had since being on SSRIs. Today I took the whole 37.5mg without breaking it in half because my heart was so bad. I will now have to just take half again tomorrow morning.
Going to document my symptoms to see how they vary as I come off this drug.
Withdrawal Symptoms so far:
Heart Palpitations
Nausea
Headaches
Head Spasms
Dizzy
Anxiety and Nervousness in my stomach
Diarrhoea and Constipation (why me)
Worrying
Feeling like my face is tightening, melting, weird spasming
Funny dreams and closed eye hallucinations
Eye pain (to do with headaches?)
Teeth grinding/clenching making my teeth and jaw hurt
Feeling run down and tired
Sore throat and swollen glands
Stomach pains and abdominal pains
NO MEMORY!! Feel so stupid can’t even think of words sometimes or remember things. Hopefully this will improve as I want to do well this year at uni.
Not sure if this is a symptom as I am a fatty already but I CANT STOP EATING CRAP! Even more so than usual I think. Apparently weight gain is not uncommon when coming off effexor.
Also I have a dry mouth constantly, keep needing to drink water. Peeing a lot. Annoying.
Problem focusing my eyes. Maybe I need glasses? Maybe I will be a FOUR EYES?
Experienced the electric shock sensations, when I get a shock or a fright like my dog barking suddenly, feel the normal fright sensation but then my head will spasm and I’ll get a funny electric shock in a part of my body. Just then it was my wrist, earlier my leg was tingling weirdly.
Obviously all this is making me feel like shit, ill and I am quite worried that I will be depressed and suicidal again but I can do things to make things easier for myself, keeping in mind these physical symptoms will not last long (perhaps, read that can last up to a year!!!!!).
What is important is that I have a dog now, she relies on me and I am hers. I have a great and unique wide family that loves me, friends, a job, a house and I am at university.
These are all good things. There are lots of bad things I could list that mainly revolve around money, but I wont think of them now. Later when I am not on the edge.
Anyway this is the first time I have ever written anything like this down. I hope it is of some help to people who are going through the same thing.
