Hello,

I just wanted to share my experiences with eflexor withdrawals. I was on 300mg for 2 years and have just totally got it out of my system. The drug is totally evil, but I took it. I just want to share my experience of withdrawing from it and hopefully give people hope that they will feel better again. This time last week I just wanted to die and thought that I would never feel well again and I promised myself that I would post something once well because when I was researching last week I could find nothing to say how long or give me any reassurance.

I cut my dose down from 300, 150, 75, 37.5 and then 0. I spaced it about a week or 2 apart, basically I gave myself a week of maintaining that level once I felt better from the effects of withdrawing from the higher amount. 300 to 150 hurt and I was ok until 37.5  to 0....then I wanted to die.

I took my last pill (37.5) on Friday morning. By saturday arvo, nausea, dizziness, headaches started. It was manageable. That night I couldnt sleep, shivers, shakes, vomitting and dizzy. Sunday hit and I had all of those symptoms, but amplified. I could eat, threw up all the time and was soooo dizzy. I also started to get really cranky, emotional and crying at nothing. Apparently this is normal and I had to keep reminding myself of this. It really sucked considering I had to work nightshift.

Finally slept with the help of tablets and when I awoke I was felt slightly better, not great but better. Tues, Wed, Thurs past. The nausea went, but the dizziness remained and especially driving or reading made it worse. Friday arrived and it was the first time I wasn't dizzy every second I was awake.

It now has been 9 days and the dizziness has gone. I feel fantastic and cannot stop smiling. Hang in there anyone reading this, it does get better. 7 days ago I wanted to die and thought it would never end, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.