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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

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Have you thought about taking anything else for the anxiety? Are you having any other withdrawal symptoms?

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doorman | @doorman | Dec 16, 2019

The major symptom is anxiety. I do have Xanax, but VERY RARELY take it. Too scared of it.

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secretwhitepop | @secretwhitepop | Dec 18, 2019

Perhaps you weened off too quickly. There no prize for torturing yourself. I had terrible anxiety once I weened off entirely and now I’m on Seroquel and zoloft. Seroquel is a mood stabilizer that works wonders for anxiety. I had lost 19 pounds all due to anxiety. Please see your doctor. Or find a new one. Again, anxiety is so rough on you, your life and your family. There is a light at the end and, possibly, you may need to supplement with medicine. I have a bottle of expired Xanax myself. I completely understand not wanting to take it. (I want to be entirely Med-free! But I do best on a low dose of my aforementioned meds. But I DID successfully ween off Effexor. Perhaps go up a bit in your dose, stay there, then ever so slowly ween down again.

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