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Severe withdrawals - Venlafaxine (Effexor) - please help!
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Zainahelizabeth, I am not surprised your Dr advised you to go back to revert dose. When I went from 75mg to 37.5 mg over a few weeks, I had problems like you. INTERNET advice told me to go back to original dose & start again - which I did. Everyone is different, ref subsequent drop down. BUT, much posted evidence indicates people can (relatively quickly) drop to half original dose , in my case to 37.5. But it seems trial & error , as you say, till drug s/effects settle.
What is clear , is that from (37.5 in my case), the degree of titration off amounts, MUST be slowed, as (paradoxically), the lower the doses, the worse the side / withdrawal effects.
Regards SIMON
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Thank you Simon, for your message. It is incredibly helpful to hear of other peoples experiences with this. By the time I saw the doctor, I had gone back to 75 mgs daily from 37.5. She suggested that I added another 37.5, so that I am now on 112.5mgs per day. Quite honestly after five days, it hasn’t done anything much as far as the withdrawals are concerned. I have a horrible feeling that I will have to end up back on the full amount I was originally on - 300mgs daily. I have read that one way to get rid of withdrawals is to go back to your original dose, and that they will then go within 24 hours. It’s taken me about six months to get to the 37.5mgs, but I can’t stay as I am. When/if I try again, I’m certainly going to take it much slower from 75mgs downwards. Thank you so much for contacting me.