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Old 06-19-2009, 11:17 AM   #2 (permalink)
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YES, call your prescriber! We're not doctors here (thank goodness for that) and shouldn't be handing out that kind of advice.

What I can share is that everyone is going to have a different experience or reaction to wean off a med. I kept reading horror stories on the internet about stopping EffexorXR. Tingling, electric shocks, paralysis, etc. and I also had people tell me it was hellish coming off of it. So I followed what my prescriber advised and kept in contact with her. A month later I was done with zero side effects.

I'm sure you won't be the first one that didn't call your doc first, just let him/her know what you're doing and see what they suggest.
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