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				Re: How hard is it to wean off your medication? - 
            
          
		
		
				
		
				August 18th 2017, 12:20 AM
			
			
			
		 
		
	
                
            	
		
		
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					Originally Posted by  ~*Just Keep Swimming*~
					 
				 
				 
I'm on Effexor, which is the worse one for withdrawal. 
 
And yeah, I will definitely be making an appointment when school starts. 
			
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 Yeah, I have heard  that about effexor but I have come off it twice. Once I was on it for like 6-8 months and then the other time I was on it for 3 months. I didn't experience withdrawal symptoms either time. 
 
That being said, I also tend to not really experience ANY type of results from the medication so that fact could easily contribute to the reason as to why I do not have withdrawal symptoms. 
 
Your APRN should be able to help you work through it. I know my mom tapered off paxil over a six-eight week period and she struggled a bit in the beginning but it got better towards the end of the time period. 
 
		
	
		
		
                
		
		
		
	
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