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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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@sharonlou
You mentioned that you're going to have hip replacement surgery later this year AND that you'll tell your doctors about your Effexor. Please be on the lookout for serotonin syndrome--I was only ever on 25mg Effexor AND my doctors knew--I experienced SS when I was told to use dextromethorphan (cough medicine) during a sinus infection and while on fentanyl and hydrocodone after breast reconstruction surgery. I think both doctors thought 25mg was too little to worry about, but it wasn't.
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@texasduchess
Thank you for the warning about serotonin syndrome which I have about in the fine print somewhere. I'll look it up again. We really Can't leave all of this to the white coated expert, particularly how we react to certain things. I wish now that I had kept track of all of the antidepressants I have been on or tried over the years. I ran out of one over a long weekend and I've never felt such desperation before or since, just could not sit still. Had to pace. The trial and error is so hard on a person.