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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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Hey I'm not the only one who had a smell hallucination. Solidarity. I have life threatening allergies so that gave me a panic attack to suddenly smell perfume very strongly where I thought I was mostly safe. Smelled like an entire bottle got broken nearby. I thought I was losing it once I realized that it was a hallucination.
Looked it up and apparently sometimes a tiny seizure, associated with anti-depressants as a very rare side effect, can cause that. I lost the link but try googling "olfactory hallucination antidepressant seizure" in some combination. It was either a neurologist or an ENT doc writing about it.
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Your post is exactly what I was looking for. Day 5 on rapid discontinuation of Effexor so please exscuse any grammatical errors. Developed a loss of smell over the past 2.5 years. On day 2 of my discontinuation, periodically began smelling burnt coffee. Hopeful... if the loss of smell is linked to Effexor, then it would logically make sense my smell “might” come back. Has anyone had a loss of hearing as an affect? I lost my smell, taste, and hearing over the past 2.5 years on 75mg of Effexor with 150mg of Wellbutrin. These are powerful brain medications with severe side effects. Being in a PTSD vigilance crisis back when I started Effexor, it was common knowledge I did not possess the wherewithal to see or understand interactions. In addition, I was in no state to even comprehend long term effects on my CNS when first prescribed, thus why I am on these medications.