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I have just gotten off of Venlafaxine. Anyone else?

Mental Health | Last Active: Aug 27 8:51pm | Replies (73)
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@brendaloukes

I’m on day 3 of cold Turkey of 75mg venlafaxine. I forgot my meds at home and I am 2.5 hours away. Major brain zaps! They pulse right from my head to my toes hundreds of times a minute then subside for a few minutes. And over and over again. I started taking this drug for hot flashes from menopause. No help. Would never have begun knowing how hard it is to come off. I think Tumeric helps me perhaps. Heck I don’t know. Feel crappy!!!!

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mbryan | @mbryan | May 21, 2023

I have heard that they are starting to give this medicine to women with menopause, and that is not the right move. This medicine is not used to treat any sort of bodily function like that at all. If I were you, I would slowly taper off and look into supplements that help with hormone imbalances. My withdrawal symptoms were quite like having menopause which was odd because I'm 25. I started to take Happy Mammoth Hormone Harmony supplements and they helped so much with the process because I found out that my cortisol levels were really high whilst on the medicine and once getting off the medicine. It's' worth it to research ways to lower your cortisol levels as well because this medicine heightens those stress hormones!

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