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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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@notaround — your situation is certainly not an easy one. However, you know from personal experience that tapering slowly is necessary to get off this drug successfully with the fewest side effects. Venlafaxine withdrawal symptoms — even with a slow taper — can prove challenging. As you underlined, finances are your primary barrier to finding a doctor to prescribe medication and guide you respectfully through the taper process. So tough!
Are there any community services in your area that you may be able to appeal to? Might you be able to extend your prescription by going to the closest ER? That might give you time to find a provider who can help.
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I did reach out to my medical center's complaint department. They understand the problem with sudden withdrawal from meds and are going to help thankfully.
(My medical center IS the community resource. The fundamental problem is that they serve a major metro and not enough providers for all the patients.)
Just need to get through each minute of each hour of the day. Funny how this makes time feel excessive. I've been trying to keep working through this but having to leave early when I just can't keep going anymore. Thankfully my job has been understanding about the weird schedule. Don't need to be fired on top of being short on rent.