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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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NJOYS, Hi. Update & your above post. It took me 4 years to titrate down from 75mg Ven/Effexor XR, as you say , by progressively reducing down. By crushing 3 -2 - 1 capsule beads , diluting them & syringing down at small degradations, from a measuring pot.
Was on Ven / Effexor April 2017 to *Oct 2018, *when titration off started. Got 90% of side effects, titration did not reduce these in any way. 2 years after titration, I was still getting bleeding spots , headaches, anxiety, blurry vision, light sensitivity, dribbling etc, I can go on. BUT, in the past 2 months some of the more minor side effects have stopped. I gather from M. Horowitz & other Professionals / feedback , some years lie ahead before recovery . anxiety persists along with other major issues. CAUTION, weight gain from these meds can in turn, cause high levels of Glucose & possible pre-diabetes. Regards
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4 years? Something wrong with that. That would make it the worst drug in the world BY FAR!! You needed something to go along with your withdrawal process.. boy I am sorry!!! That's horrible!!! Iwas taking 150 mg for 12 years. In 2 weeks I went to 75 mg no problem. Then to 37.5, that's when the problems started. Stopped there and went back to 150. I needed to take something anyway
Now I've been switched to pristique 50 mg. Switch took 3 days and no withdrawal. Now coming off the pristique I don't know. But at least it's only 50 mg. We'll see maybe.
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Thank you for your post. And congratulations on your progress. The schedule I have created for myself is a three-year decrease from 50mg. If it takes longer than that, then so be it. At least I know what I'm dealing with this time around, thanks to you and others. Because I've been on Effexor for umpteen years and have failed twice to quit, my research tells me I'm in for a long haul.