I need advice. The most persistent symptoms I experience after a dose reduction are fatigue and muscle aches. During this period, I wake up very exhausted and in pain. I experience these severely for about a week and then it settles after. How do I manage this with other life commitments such as work.
Effexor — start 150 mg — 6 years — actively tapering: currently at 88.3 mg
@Khanyisa - I too have dealt with the horrible muscle aches and pain. I was very active in the gym until May of this year and have not been able to go since due to the recovery being just too brutal. I do walk approx 5 km a day, which I started lower and worked myself up. I have also found gentle yoga seems to be ok, as long as I don’t push my stretching , or that also results in worse aches. Epsom salt baths have also become a daily for me before bed. They do seem to help some of the muscle aches and pains.
Thanks for the advice @MamaLa, I'll try not to got too hard with the exercise. I have wondered about the effectiveness of epsom baths so I'll also try them and see how it goes.
Effexor — start 150 mg — 6 years — actively tapering: currently at 88.3 mg
I get this badly lately… I do fascia release with this fascia release roller. I have an acupressure mat. I take Epson salt baths when I have the willpower to take a bath. I go on short walks and do Pilates and yoga sometimes. It all sort of helps. Sometimes I get massages but then I notice within a few hours the tension and muscle pain will be back and worse than before. I’m still trying to work it out. I have a foot injury so I thought that was the cause as I need more surgery on my toe and it causes compensation injury when I do exercise and walk so I attributed it to that but it probably is from the psych meds now I look back. I tried dosing magnesium too but it doesn’t help the muscle pain. Not even NSAIDs help the pain which is why I find the pain so bizarre.
Valium — 2 years, 2 months — holding | Topamax — 25mg — 3 years, 3 months — actively tapering | other — 3mcg — 3 years, 9 months — supporting others | other — 30mg — 3 years, 3 months — supporting others
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