panthergirl

Tried this for three days.... got so sick I had to stop. I've now not taken it for two days and I *still* feel weird! I wonder how long it will take to get it out of my system?

Based on all of the horror stories of withdrawal that I read on another forum, at least I knew enough not to stay on it any longer than that. Now I'm convinced it was the right thing to do. Blech.

I barely remember anything from the three days I was on it...

Raveno

what do you mean by weird? when I quit my effexor cold turk, I had 'brain shocks' it sucked, but thats it..

panthergirl

I was only taking it for three days, so I don't have full blown withdrawal symptoms (I went through that with Paxil and it was horrible).

The first two days of not taking it I still felt very spacey, slightly nauseous, my face and neck muscles felt twitchy and achy. I got completely constipated after only 3 days on the drug (it took four days off it for that to resolve itself) so I cannot imagine what happens to people after months or years.

Today, the fourth day off it, I feel mostly better but my facial/jaw muscles still feel a little strange. At least I'm not nauseous anymore and can eat.

I'll start on 2.5mg of Lexapro on Monday or Tuesday, after I feel like this is out of my system completely.