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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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I was on the Benzodiazepine drug Klonopin for seizures and you have to get off them slowly to avoid seizures. The doc said to cut it in quarters and take three quarters a week then half finally one quarter but it didn’t work so I cut that quarter in half and in half again etc till it was barely visible and finally it worked.
Effexor comes in both capsules and tablets but I believe the tablets are much more expensive (about $70 more, I think) so although not recommended taking the capsule apart and removing a tiny amount should do the trick. If money is no problem it would be easier to get the tabs and cut them.
I use to take the antidepressant Cymbalta and a UPS man delivered a package and we were talking and antidepressants came up. He said “You have a choice, to be happy or sad.” I thought about that for a few days and decided he was right and I decided to be happy and I was. I stopped my Cymbalta. It may not work for everyone but it sure is with the effort. Best of luck!!
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Hi Contentandwell, I agree with you. But it wasn’t all that easy for me but I wanted off it and was having other side effects so that made me more determined. I’m far from drug free though. I’m on Seizure meds till I die.
Decide to be happy ? Wish it were that simple for most of us Each of our brains/ chemicals work differently. Both my parents had mental issues Maybe thats part of my difficulty getting off these meds For me they are somewhat ' toxic'
They are toxic in my opinion too I had a heart attack in 2007 at age 35 they put me on Prozac after that to help with anxiety and stress after 5 years Taking that I stopped cold turkey because life changed and stress was less I didn't feel the need to continue but since then my anxiety and depression have become a daily struggle so I found they would try different meds over the years some work to a point but after a while didn't help so a year ago I started effexor and felt worse and worse as they increased doses so Dr weaned me off 150 MG to 75mg for 3 days and then 37.5 for 3 days then start Cymbalta 30 MG 2 days on that and I was a wreck so switched me to Lexapro 10mg and 25 MG Vistaril for anxiety which that's as needed 3 times a day I don't take it much at bedtime to help sleep and that didn't help a bit so I'm only on 1antidepressant the Lexapro 10 MG the past 2 weeks no effexor still having some weird fuzzy feeling in my head can't sleep feel like I'm starving all the time it seems less as the days pass but who knows how long this will last agitated easily cry for no reason but I will never allow them to switch me again hope to stop Lexapro soon too I do smoke thc which seems to help a lot might try the cbd oil but have not yet because I'm scared to try other things because of horrible side affects so I do understand now and hope everyone having these issues knows we can and will get threw this
sorry for all the trouble U R having with these drugs.... I get weird dizzy headaches too which I never had before . . We all have differing experiences . NO one size fits all . Do not give up....
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@jakedduck1 that’s great that that worked for you, it must be a relief to be drug-free, but unfortunately I don’t think it’s that easy for many.