What are symptoms for effexor withdrawal ?
If she reduced the dose slowly, it shouldn’t be too bad. People usually experience strange sensations in their head, also possibly dizziness, weakness, nausea, headache, rebound depression, anxiety, insomnia, poor concentration, upper respiratory symptoms, other strange sensations (paresthesias). Having said that, it doesn’t mean that she will experience all or even any of those. The key in reducing the likelihood of a discontinuation syndrome is reducing the dose as slowly as you can over a long period of time. Unfortunately, Effexor is one of the most difficult to stop taking, as is Paxil. Some people can benefit from switching to another AD, like Prozac, which has a long half-life and virtually no “withdrawal”. ETA: maddkow247 – Effexor is the antidepressant (SNRI class), not the antihistamine (Allegra).
