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Weaning off Effexor with CBD Oil
After having my son last year, I had really bad postpartum. I talked to my doctor and she prescribed me Effexor. I started out with 75mg, it wasn't enough, so the doctor prescribed me 150mg. I was on that for awhile, but the side effects were interfering with my libido, so the doctor suggested I wean off of Effexor and start Wellbutrin. As I was weaning, I had the worst withdrawal symptoms. The symptoms were too much, so I quit trying to wean completely off of the Effexor, and was taking the 75mg of that and 150mg of Wellbutrin. It helped, a little, but my goal was to get completely off of Effexor so I'm trying again. And now my goal is to get off of the Effexor and Wellbutrin completely and try something natural like CBD oil. It's so hard dealing with the withdrawal symptoms, I'm trying to tell myself that this is a temporary thing and it'll be worth it in the end. Any advice for the symptoms? And has anyone had success with CBD oil for helping to wean, and using that for depression and anxiety?
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@colleenyoung also I thought I needed to go back to the depression meds and when I did take it , I was so sick and I stopped the same day. I feel better without it. Yes , when I stopped, I did tapper off by using the cbd oils for about 2 -3 weeks only.
@berekann the gummy made me very sleepy! But the THC did cause a bit of rapid heart beat & mild anxiety. Definitely worth another try at night time
Hi All,
My situation is quite different from many of yours. I only took Effexor for 4 weeks and decided to stop because of all the horror stories. But unfortunately, I'm still on Clonazepam which may be worse. I was hoping to discover the cause of my anxiety and thought it was related to post menopause. Taking HRT for about 2 months now and unfortunately don't feel any improvement. When I stopped the Effexor, I stopped cold turkey while on 75mg but took Magnesium Threonate, L-theanine and lithium orotate as suggested by A Midwestern Doctor a aleviate potential withdrawal symptoms. This doctor has the most followers of any doctor on Substack. I had no withdrawal symptoms but may be because I was on it for such a short time. I'm planning to get of clonazepam as soon as I can (on it for 3 months.) Anyone have experience using CBD for this?