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    I take Effexor XR 75mg for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression. So, I went to get my prescription refilled yesterday. Later that evening I went out to eat dinner with friends and during dinner I opened the bottle and took my medicine as usual, not really looking at it, trying not to draw attention to what I take. Last night I couldn't go to bed until like 6pm. I had EXTREMELY vivid dreams, some of them wild too and I didn't wake up until 4pm this afternoon. When I woke up I felt like really agitated and hyperactive. I went to take my medicine a little while ago and noticed it was the 37.5 mg pills. I called the pharmacy and they will give me the a bottle of the correct dosage for free. I just feel really weird now. I guess I will have to keep a closer eye on these things in the future. Hopefully, I will get to feeling better later.

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    Default Re: wrong dosage, ackkkk

    wow that sucks! i hope you start feeling better!

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    Thanks hon, I am just posting away tonight, hehehe.

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    Default Re: wrong dosage, ackkkk

    Hey there...sorry to hear you had to go from 37.5 to 75 mg....oops, vice versa. Awhile back I took 300 mg a day...but am tired of using an oral med, and feel I will just work on the issues themselves for now (kinda HAVE to go off it too, cuz have changed jobs and money is tight).

    I am quitting Effexor right now, but you have to taper off slowly or risk vivid dreams, brain shivers/spinning/dizziness, agitation, headaches, fatigue, hyperactivity, you name it...Effexor's got it (when you try to quit). And drinking while on it is always different than drinking when not on it.

    I finally took my last 75 mg pill, split it in half, then split each half into three tiny little piles of the white beads. And finally, today, I cannot tell when it's time to take one of those teeny little piles of the stuff...(the withdrawals have gone away, mostly). But I have a tiny pile or two left of the drug in case those dang withdrawals DO come back.

    So be careful, and when/if you DO reduce the doseage

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