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Boy do I ever know what your feeling. I just got off them after taking them for only a couple months,but mine withdrawl symptoms were horrible. I actually went to the emergency room because I felt so funny. It last about a good solid 2 weeks for me. I work for a doctors office so I learn a lot about these meds,and had much better results from Pristique,but insurance didn't cover the med. After the episode that I had with Effexor I vowed I would never take a medication in the anti-depressant family again. Hope this helps and good luck!

And one other suggestion that help me out,but take in moderation was taking a small dose of Addivan when the symptoms were more unbearable at times.

I'm sorry to hear about your problems with Effexor. It worked great for me at one time, which was greatly needed. It right after my son's suicide and I was in a deep depression. I was already on Wellbutrin and Serzone. So I was taken off the Serzone and was given Effexor along w/Wellbutrin.

Anyway, through the course of time, I did go off of Effexor, not sure if it was due to weight gain or sexual side effects.

Tell me more about you electical shock symptoms. I only experienced that during an episode w/ my first panic attack after being weaned off of Wellbutrin with the added help of Xanax. I was weaned off for only 2 months before I had my first panic attack and had returned from a 10 road trip to unpleasant surprise at home.

Anyway, when I was put on any type of anti-depressant such as Zoloft and then Wellbutrin it was TOO energizing and scared me at the time. So I was put on Remeron.

My questions on you feeling like elecctrical shocks is that after I take my Remeron which makes you sleepy, an hour later, then my arms, legs, hands start to jerk or have spasms and hands would ache. Then I would have to take my Restoril (temazepam) to calm it down and sleep.

I still wake up with aching thumbs, and body aches. So just curious as to what your symptoms are.