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Feb 12, 2013, 06:52 PM
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I missed a couple of doses over the weekend because I was feeling super low and didn't get out of bed.
For the past 2 days have felt so awful it is unreal!!! Really dizzy and nauseous, unable to sit up, tired and unable to eat or drink without vomitting. Occurred to me that although it could be a bug it could also be down to missing meds! Anyone else experienced this? It's a UK drug if no ones heard of it |
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Feb 12, 2013, 07:06 PM
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Venlafaxine is the generic Effexor. I take it every morning
 Effexor REALLY makes you sick if you miss a dose, so it is very probable that is causing your misery. Is there a reason you have been skipping doses? It isn't a good idea for your immediate health if you stop it cold turkey. Try to take it again and continue or decrease slowly because it will keep making you sick, skipping here and there.
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Feb 12, 2013, 11:50 PM
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Yikes. Missing effexor isn't good. It can cause nasty effects very quickly. I used to start getting withdrawals if I was even a few hours late taking it.
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Feb 13, 2013, 08:10 AM
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i was on venlafaxine for 15 yrs, came off it last April, i did it by support from my GP, sort of tappering the dose's over 6wks, back to the point!
i ran out of my meds one weekend, i just forgot too order more , any way i felt sooo bad, dizzy, sickness,out of breath, rapid heart beat, my dad took me to out of surgery clinic , GP there prescribed my meds and within a couple of hours i was fine, so the answer is that yes stoppage of these meds can be very very distressing i was on 150mg aday
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Feb 13, 2013, 02:19 PM
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Don't ever miss a dosage. If you ever going to taper down do it slowly and under constant supervision. That med is infamous for severe mental and physical withdrawals.
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Feb 13, 2013, 07:01 PM
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Nothing like learning something the hard way!!!
I think I missed Friday, Saturday and Sundays doses. Monday is when the symptoms hit with a bang and ended up sleeping at mums house because I couldn't get home I felt so unwell! Tuesday worse but mum managed to get me home. Today had been a bit better although still nauseous with a blinding headache that isn't improving but I have taken meds yesterday and today and it will be the first thing I do when I wake up tomorrow!!! Any idea how long this goes on for? I'm seeing dr already on monday |
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Feb 16, 2013, 07:46 PM
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(Well, I never got bad withdrawals, but it seems that everyone else has)
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Feb 16, 2013, 10:12 PM
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oh yeah - you don't ever want to miss an Effexor dose. only thing worse is benzo withdrawal. Do not miss meds.
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Mar 07, 2013, 10:06 PM
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This scares me. I've been on just about every SSRI land none of them have worked. The only SSRIs that I haven't been on is Zoloft and Effexor and I want to ask my PDoc about making a change. But all these withdrawl issues with Effexor is scaring the hell out of me.
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Mar 08, 2013, 05:42 AM
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Mar 08, 2013, 11:50 AM
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I was taking 600mg of Wellbutrin and it didn't do anything. I had heard that Effexor is the stop gap med for people that don't respond to other antidepressants.
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Mar 08, 2013, 11:42 PM
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I was put on it because the SSRI class (one drug in it at least) gave me the side effect of flatness. It was a second choice, not a trump card.
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