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Sleep Health | Last Active: Mar 15 5:39am | Replies (459)
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I posted this reply when I first started to withdraw from Effexor and looking forward to the day when I could eliminate ambien from my daily cocktail of drugs. After 6 months of gradual withdrawal from Effexor, I'm back on it. Severe withdrawal and decreased levels of serotonin are to blame. Therefore, I am still dependent on ambien for sleep. I don't know if I can even attempt an ambien withdrawal until and if I can get myself back to some sense of sanity from the effects of withdrawing from Effexor. I am very upset and depressed right now so I don't plan to change anything else right now.
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I am in exactly the same meds as you..except I takec5mg ambien every night and have been for 10 years. I too have tried to wean myself off effexor, to no avail. I've also tried stopping ambien gradually as it never gives me restorative sleep. I'd love to go back to the days I could sleep without meds but I'm not sure when that will be.