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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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❝ Capsules should never be split. Removal of beads from capsules to accomplish titration is not a recommended method of tapering. ❞
src: Colleen Young, Mayo Clinic Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 14, 2018 | connect_mayoclinic_org/comment/220253/
I'm not sure how we're supposed to taper off this crap if we can't even take those beads out, though. Your message is 4 years old, how have you been since ?
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Everything was fine for a while, but I'd forgotten that venlafaxine also stopped my panic attacks as well as alleviating depression. The panic attacks returned and they were horrendous. I refused to go back on venlafaxine, but I knew I needed something. I've ended up taking duloxetine (generic Cymbalta) 60 mg/day. I started with 20 mg, then went to 40 mg and now to 60 mg for almost a year. I was sorry to have to use a drug again, but the panic attacks were debilitating and really limited my life. If my body chemistry needs some help, then so be it. (And, FWIW, if I hadn't been able to split capsules, I'd never have been able to get off the damn stuff.) Best of luck to you!