just like it takes a while to wean off it takes a while to wean back
onto it...

I went off medications a long time ago - my last on was paxil -
luckily it was not as bad for me as it is for you - i did continute
to take sleeping aids for about 3 months after going off the paxil
and then slowly weaned myself off of those - my main withdrawl was a
24 hour headache, naseau & the shakes - whcih lasted about 3 months -
when they stopped is when i finally started to wean myself off the
sleeping pills

You should speak to your doctor immediatly if you have not done so
already - tell them everything that is going on - they may be able to
get you something to help you sleep until you are adjusted back to
the medecine

Also you may want to reda up on how the medication works, not just
what you go thru when you come off it - sometimes understand how and
what the medication does and why helps you to understand what is
going on when you take it and dont take it and can help prepare you
for what is going on

take it day by day - we are here for you if you need to talk anytime


--- In emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com, "Jay" <medic117@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Well it has not been a good few days. I have wanted off of the
> effexor xr due to side effects but the doc wanted me to see all
sorts
> of specialists before he changed me. He also did not give me enough
> refills to makeit to next appt. Well being the stong headed and
> sometimes stupid person saw this as an oppertunity to stop the
hated
> effexor.
>
> Well needless to say I crashed, not from the stopping but from the
> witdrawl symptoms. I do not know which is worse the PTSD, ADD, and
> Bi-polar or the withdrawl? I read up on effexor withdrawl and there
> are some real horror stories out there. People have taken up to a
> year to be weaned off of it and have gone so far as to count the
> granules inside the capsules to take ever lower doses and still had
> withdrawl lasting weeks after ending it.
>
> I have not slept well at all nightmares, more like night terrors
that
> wake me in a sweat. Uncontrolled shaking and no appitite. The
> flashbacks started ysterday and have been uncontrolable and
> devistating.
>
> I started back on the meds after 3 days and that was last Friday so
> today is day 4 back on the meds and still no improvement at all. I
do
> not want to be around anyone, even family. I just started a new job
> 10 days ago and this is happening so I am also terrified of what is
> going to happen.
>
> I called off of work today in hopes that I can get a little sleep
and
> maybe just try and reset a bit. I just do not care anymore about
> anything and I know that is very bad.
>
> Jay
>