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Effexor Tapering Off and Side Effects
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@depressedbutnotdead
I have just kicked( with Great difficulty) Venafaxine after 20 years that I was given for menopause symptoms??tapering down over a very long time . A couple of failures after horrendous psychotic distressing side effects. I have now been off fully for 4 weeks hurrah!! But now am getting terrible night panics waking me up. They don’t tell you these effects I wonder if doctors really understand?or particularly help you get off these drugs.?I was told you will need to take a low dose for life now your body is use to it?? It was menopause ffs ?No! Anyway im off and hope these panics subsided?
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@cherrycherry Same here--still tapering after years on 75mg Venlafaxine for hot flashes, and after two failed attempts at stopping. IMO, most doctors do not understand and are ill-equipped to help stop this medication--or we wouldn't be on this forum. The panic you are experiencing is one of my worst withdrawal symptoms. May I ask what your tapering plan was?
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The great problem with the doctors is that they don’t tell you the effects of medicines clearly. I must always ask: how long does it take before this medicine effects, how does it effect with other medicines, how long time does it take before the effect of medicine disappears totally from my body and if you mix them how does it effect to my brains (< important).