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Hi all. It’s me again. I had a scare on Saturday morning. I was in the shower and all of a sudden couldn’t see well. I had terrible spots in my vision and everything was very bright. I yelled for my husband (who was actually home thank goodness) and we decided together to go to the ER. Shortly after my vision went spotty I got the worst headache I’ve ever had. So I thought, maybe a migraine. Once I got to the hospital they acted quickly. Gave me three injections. One for nausea and two more for pain. It knocked me out. I don’t remember much. But on the discharge papers the ER doctor diagnosed me with discontinuation syndrome... and advised I see an eye doctor regularly to keep my eye pressure in check. My husband said my eye pressure was 23 when they checked it. Which is apparently high. This medicine is EVIL. I don’t know if anyone else has had a similar experience, but I thought I’d share. I have an appointment tomorrow with an opthamologist to assess the damage this medicine has caused to my normally 20/20 vision. I’ll update.

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@taylorwatkins13
Are you still going from 12.5 to nothing?

Yes. I have been completely off of it for over 2 weeks.

Hi, @taylorwatkins13 -- wondering how things are going being off of your venlafaxine (Effexor) after your episode with discontinuation syndrome?

@jerseygirl0751 -- how have things gone with weaning off of venlafaxine (Effexor)? I believe you've completed your last dose?

I have been completely off it for about a week now. Went from 37.5 to nothing. That transition took a little longer then the rest. Was taking it and 5mg trillintex(?) Simultaneously and things got pretty bad. Went down to 37.5 every second day for about a week, then just stopped and increased the new one to 10mg. Feeling alot better now.

Where did you start?Did the trillintex help?