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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Nov 11 7:38am | Replies (6363)Comment receiving replies
Ive been free of these things for nearly three weeks now, coming down from 300mg over the past 4-5 months. Now, to clarify, I have just returned from 5 weeks in Costa Rica. returned to grey miserable london, sleeping badly through jet lag, so you could see why someones mood could be a bit low. I have to say though, Ive not felt this low, this utterly bereft of any hope since god knows when. Not good !
Suicidal ideation is raising its head from time to time, emotional and really angry. Feel like Ive made a mistake coming off of these horrible drugs. Im going to stick with it for a bit longer, obviously if things degenerate further I wont sit on my hands. Really pissed off that these drugs may turn out to be a necessary evil.
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@dickygray
I went into hibernation back in August, due to depression. My husband passed away. At that time it had begun raining here, and the sun didn't shine for months. Now it's winter here, which brings gloomy cloudy dark days. On the occasional days when the sun shines, I actually feel happy with a bit of energy.
Please have your vitamin D level checked before you give up! A simple OTC supplement might change everything. Stress also depletes our Vit D, and traveling must be stressful! Even fun can be stressful on your body. I take a generic brand Vit D3 1000 mg per day. I think it is helping, but I'm so "off" right now, I don't know whether my symptoms are caused by taking the effexor, or from tapering off! The side effects are identical. I want this poison out of my brain! I'm also going to read up on detoxing with juicing. That should help get it out of my system. @dickygray hang in there! We can do this, right?