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I hope this postscript of mine can be added to the piece I've just this minute...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1192267/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

TOTALLY concur that Effexor is not a drug one should just stop taking, must be tapered...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185580/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 6, 2024

Found this on ZocDoc: "Tapering is something of a hot topic among psychiatrists, and prevailing opinion...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180299/

Discussion: What to use for tapering off effexor bridge: prozac, cymbalta, gaba?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 26, 2024

Many have success switching over to Prozac and then tapering off the Prozac. It has a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1162652/

Discussion: As promised, my successful tapering off Effexor schedule

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 25, 2024

There are some antidepressants that are harder to taper than others. I took Pristiq, for example,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1127204/

Discussion: Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Aug 20, 2024

My goodness~ your taper is by far the quickest I have read about. I am 63...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1107381/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 17, 2024

Sadly, many on here can attest that many doctors do not know how to taper someone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126227/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 27, 2020

I am actually a meaner, more irritatable person when I am on effexor. When i went...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126157/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 31, 2019

I’ve always had a bit of tinnitus ( shotgun blasts without ear protection when I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126097/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 27, 2019

I have been on Effexor for some months and so far it is helping; however, if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126050/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 5, 2019

I did not find specific info re XR's and regular's half-lives, but did find this: "Effexor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126049/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 4, 2019

Granted Effexor is a short half-life drug in the tablet form, but I take the XR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126035/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 4, 2019

Hello, @suzannetherese - I wanted to let you know I moved your post about dreaming a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125987/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 16, 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

Hi! Did you have taper off Effexor first??

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/189300/

Discussion: Any experience with Viibyrd?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 21, 2019

@kgoller When I read "at the advice of my psychiatrist," I thought you had been tapering...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125628/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 2, 2019

@bd1323 I believe your withdrawal symptoms are only going to get worse if you continue to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125598/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 30, 2019

At the very least Effexor and all it's generic forms need to require dire warnings of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125578/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 29, 2019

Hi, @sandij - though we'd love to have you around in this particular discussion of tapering...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125557/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 23, 2019

That where I ended up on Tuesday and the staff assured me that I was not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125555/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 23, 2019

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