bszarek001
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- Sep 30, 2013
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- 07/2012
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Hi everyone,
For those of you with experience with savella and Effexor, I'm hoping you can provide some insight. I was on Effexor for about 8 weeks. It took me about 2 weeks to get past the nausea, but I had headaches every day I was on the drug. It wasn't terrible, but enough to make me want to switch. I switched to savella... I was fine while I was doing the titration pack, but as soon as I went to 50mgx2 day, the headaches became almost paralyzing. I backed down to 25mgx 2 day and along with the headaches came crazy dizziness. The fibro pain management of the SNRI meds has been nice, but I'd much rather be in pain then deal with these side effects...
At any rate, a couple of questions. Has anyone else dealt with these side effects with these drugs? If so, how long before they went away (either while on the drug or while weaning off/stopping)? Any tips or tricks on how to deal with them while quitting these meds? Thanks everyone!
For those of you with experience with savella and Effexor, I'm hoping you can provide some insight. I was on Effexor for about 8 weeks. It took me about 2 weeks to get past the nausea, but I had headaches every day I was on the drug. It wasn't terrible, but enough to make me want to switch. I switched to savella... I was fine while I was doing the titration pack, but as soon as I went to 50mgx2 day, the headaches became almost paralyzing. I backed down to 25mgx 2 day and along with the headaches came crazy dizziness. The fibro pain management of the SNRI meds has been nice, but I'd much rather be in pain then deal with these side effects...
At any rate, a couple of questions. Has anyone else dealt with these side effects with these drugs? If so, how long before they went away (either while on the drug or while weaning off/stopping)? Any tips or tricks on how to deal with them while quitting these meds? Thanks everyone!