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Anyone tapered off Effexor and used Prozac as a bridge?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jul 30 10:33pm | Replies (74)Comment receiving replies
“Venlafaxine is the most difficult anti-depressant to wean. Doctors that advise to drop from 75 mg to 37.5 mg in a week for long time”
Please tell us the source of this information. I don’t believe either statement is correct. Who says “the most difficult”? “Doctors”? All doctors? You may mean well, but your writing is irresponsible and potentially feeds hopelessness and dangerous decision making on the part of fellow Effexor users.
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As a person who has weaned off Effexor I can attest it’s pure hell to wean off. I weaned off in a month and was physically and mentally sick. My doctor wanted me to go back on in a low dosage. Since I had stopped taking it I refused and paid the price. While I believe it’s the hardest drug to wean off, the truth is antidepressant’s are difficult to wean off.