After 4 days of pure hell on earth I quit taking my meds. Before you all freak out here’s what I have to say. I was only on the lowest dose of Effexor for only 4 days ( as I stated above) when I called it quits (which would be today). So it’s not like they bumped me up to the highest dosage possible and I just said “screw it I’m not going to take it.” (I know the risks of suddenly stopping when you take higher dosages of meds). I’m not taking it anymore because of a horrible side effect I got from it, nausea. I could not sleep because of it (at least 2-4 hours each night), I couldn’t eat because of it and it was extremely hard to keep my food down which took so much effort to do (and I almost threw up at my friend’s house so that was pretty fucking embarrassing). The other side effects I had weren’t was bad but this was the worst. I already have issues with my digestive system and honest to god this made it 10x worse. I told my therapist I’m not taking the meds anymore but she hasn’t replied. So far I’ve felt pretty good today since I haven’t taken it! I’ve been able to eat more than I could before. Hopefully within these few days I’ll be back to my normal self!
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Hey kudos 🙂
I guess maybe I should warn you that it will not necessarily be the smoothest of rides, and can take a long time to stabilise, depending on how long you were on medication.
Two years since I started to come off, one since I stopped, and I am still adapting.
But I hope it will put you more in touch with yourself, so you can better feel who you are and what you want to do.
Take care 🙂
Hello!
I was only put on the medication Wednesday and now it’s Saturday. It’s only been 4 days since I took it which I don’t think is to long? I still feel a bit nauseas but not as bad as it was before. I’m sure it will take a few days for me to get back to normal but overal I’m glad I stopped! I can eat properly, now that my stomach isn’t to bothered by the meds!
Thanks for the concern! Take care as well ?
~Amanda
Side effects can definitely be a problem. I’d recommend talking to your doc and trying a different med. Not all of them will mess with your stomach. 4 days on is not enough to see if the med works, but its definitely enough to have side effects.