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Long term effects AFTER withdrawing from Effexor

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Hi Jeffrey. Thank you for sharing your story. Can you please tell me how long you have been off Effexor completely? Also, do you have any long term side effects?

I believe Effexor and seroquel have truly ruined the past 20 years of my life. Before these medication, I was successful, in my job, and I had close relationships with my nieces and nephews. That has changed because they don’t understand why I changed, and why I made decisions that are different than the Aunt they have known from birth would have made. I feel sad and discouraged. I am in the process of tapering off (I have gone from 300mg to 50mg, but I fear the damage is already done.

I believe Effexor should be banned in the United States, and Seroquel should ONLY be used with schizophrenics.

I had a really great life. The medications took that from me, and there’s not much I can do because Big Pharma is Big Pharma.

Thank you for your encouragement and positivity. It means a lot to me. I wish you the best always. Toni

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Dear friend. I have been off Effexor completely for about 6 months. I’ve had continual times of weakness and fatigue. Mine in part is due to recovering from a quadruple bypass surgery in late April of 22. Then it was in late May I found out my right lung was not working due to a phrenic nerve that was somehow damaged and caused my right lung to be paralyzed. I recently had a bad cold, and my breathing was really terrible. I was short of breath, and my oxygen level was very low, which has actually caused me to seek out professional advice from a thoracic surgeon at the Cleveland clinic since I’m an Ohio native. I really can’t quantify and say for sure how much of my fatigue and weakness has been caused by lack of oxygen, and how much has been caused from long-term side effects from the Effexor, although I believe most of my weakness and problems that I’ve had other than the shortness of breath are being caused by the side effects from being off of Effexor. I am supposed to call Cleveland Clinic tomorrow, Tuesday, February 20 and hopefully I’ll be getting an appointment there for an evaluation of my lung situation. In the meantime, you keep looking up and try to stay positive, try to be a faith filled person, because with God all things are possible.!!!