Wow, tomorrow will be 4 weeks totally off Effexor. I feel like I take one step forward and two back. Yesterday was pretty bad for me and I almost caved in to calling my doctor to start me back up on something. But I took an ativan before bed, had a great nights sleep, & the world feels good again! Going on a trip today to visit family and I’m so afraid that I’ll spoil the trip with my irritableness, agitation, and ugly mouth. Trying really hard to keep that a bay! The Ativan helps a lot, sure wish is was safe and non-habit forming cuz it seems to work better for me than any of the anti-depresssnts have. Which leaves me in another quandary - do I really have depression or anxiety issues? Ugh, life is hard! Not sure how much longer hubby can handle me w/o meds but hoping to make it till my next dr appt April 4.

Oh when withdrawaubg from Effexor, have any of you experience shortness of breath? Seems like I’m always huffing & puffing these days. Can’t even walk up a flight of stairs without getting out of breath.