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Are the headaches high blood pressure related? I know headaches and vertigo are related - and...

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 14, 2020

@5148branelly thank you for posting, i am a coffee addict, also use trazadone 100 mg and...

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Discussion: Trazadone use for insomnia for seniors

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 15, 2025

oh my goodness! sorry to hear that you are dealing w/ those issues. I have been...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282207/

Discussion: Looking for anxiety med that not contribute to dementia or bone loss

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 7, 2019

What you want to be is successful with your weening, and so I highly recommend NOT...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124808/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 10, 2019

Hi there, if I were you, I'd start bridging with another Effexor brand or another antidepressant...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/976394/

Discussion: HELP Please! Reinstate Effexor or bridge with Prozac?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Hi there I know what you going through I have been going through the same thing....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1351740/

Discussion: Severe health anxiety

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 19, 2025

I'm grateful I seem to be on the last edge of a wave, or have turned...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125804/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 20, 2019

Hi Teresa. I’ve tried yoga, calming music, breathing techniques, etc. I used to talk to my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/201306/

Discussion: Panic attacks and depression

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 28, 2018

I was given Paxil when I was first diagnosed with anxiety. It had a horrible effect...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/666676/

Discussion: Benzos are killing me

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 30, 2021

Hello. I’ve been on Prozac for 14+ years. For some reason, I also suffer from that....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1123535/

Discussion: Prozac and Restless Legs at night

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

@merpreb Hi thanks for writing to me. As you said I am new to this bulletin...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/216468/

Discussion: Depression and Anxiety at an older age

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 1, 2019

I had no idea that Cymbalta going from 60 to 30 mgs would make my whole...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123883/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 16, 2018

I've tapered off Effexor many years ago...my PCP gave me Prozac the 1 tablet weekly..no side...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/121736/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 1, 2018

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your story about your experience. I, too, have turned...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/121383/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 22, 2017

I learned on survivingantedepressants.org that you have to taper by 10% from each previous dose. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/976078/

Discussion: Tapering Off of Effexor

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 6, 2023

Hi! I have been on Effexor for over a year and a half after lexapro stopped...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/714338/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 4, 2022

Well, I'm not a doctor so take this with a grain of salt. I've never heard...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1301765/

Discussion: Prozac Withdrawal and Restarting

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 11, 2025

After 20 + years on prozac for OCD, depression and anxiety, my gynecologist (!) switched me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/121443/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 2, 2018

@elaine0 Your doctor is woefully unknowledgeable about getting someone off Effexor. Just advising you to “drink...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125541/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 22, 2019

Hi there- So sorry to hear about your troubles. I’m not familiar with antidepressants (or “neuro-modulators”...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1009942/

Discussion: Antidepressant for GERD

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 5, 2024

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