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I agree with the posters who told you to go to the ER for your chest...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125520/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 21, 2019

@lisa0878 From 37.5 to 0 is a BIG drop. Logically, you would think the hardest part...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125505/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 18, 2019

I just wanted to post here about my experience with stimulants. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125455/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 15, 2019

@sheffieldsmith I wouldn’t take Effexor on alternate days and would definitely extend the time frame from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125449/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 15, 2019

@ang811, it's good that you stopped doing alternate days, since it is really not the right...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/236353/

Discussion: Weaning off Effexor with CBD Oil

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 3, 2019

I really don't mean this to sound demeaning or anything of the sort, but why the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124297/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Feb 4, 2019

Dividing doses into two doses a day may be a good route. At 75 mg each...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124207/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 18, 2019

I have been on Effexor 150mg for anxiety for about 16 years and Klonopin (.5 -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/235553/

Discussion: Tapering off clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 6, 2019

@merpreb I never had anxiety, or akathisia until I was well off Effexor. I experienced Serotonin...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124081/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 2, 2019

@cwis Usually the point is so that you don't suffer unnecessarily. You don't say how long...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124056/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 31, 2018

I posted this info back on 8/31, but might be helpful to mention again. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123786/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 20, 2018

I need some advice. I have been slowly weaning off 112mg of Effexor XR. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123769/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 18, 2018

@notaround You may be tapering off too quickly if you're barely coping. You could go back...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123758/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 16, 2018

@patjen Yep, I live in the DFW Metroplex and not a native Texan (but got here...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123823/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 27, 2018

@patjen Please read the many posts on this thread. I took over two months to taper...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123811/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 26, 2018

@Sabrina Sounds like cause = effect to me. I'm not sure why the pharmacy is driving...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123791/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 22, 2018

I had been on Effexor Xr 37.5mg daily for approx 13 years.....I decided to wean myself...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123681/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 28, 2018

@lisalucier I've had the irritability and rages occasionally ever since my withdrawal symptoms began 6.5 weeks...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123624/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Hi there! Just wanted folks to know after 6 months of tapering from 225mg of Effexor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123569/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 13, 2018

@youngsally A Prozac bridge is used while tapering off Effexor; I'm not sure that it would...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123564/

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 11, 2018

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