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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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It’s really hard to tell. The same thing happened to me when I tapered Paxil after 25 years. I tapered for 9 months. One doctor said it could definitely be the Paxil tapering causing my symptoms after being off for months, another doctor said it was my depression returning. I tend to agree with the first doctor. I had nothing to be depressed about when the symptoms returned. Since researching antidepressants and hearing others stories I do think it had something to do with withdrawal.
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You're right, @sears . It's not rebound depression, but withdrawal. I was on AD too, and could never get rid of a few symptoms. I had learned to live with them. And today I'm struggling with a benzo that I'm trying to wean off. Effexor is notorious for not being easy to taper, but certainly not as excruciating as tapering off of benzo. I wish you to recover completely, @richyrich .