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@farmboy Effexor messes with your brain chemistry and you've been on quite a rollercoaster lately. Your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124554/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 11, 2019

@farmboy and everyone else, I am so glad you are doing well and coming with going...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124533/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 10, 2019

I’m new on this site, and have been reading the symptoms. I am now 7 days...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124527/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 8, 2019

@farmboy Please remember I'm not a doctor, just another person who took Effexor and experienced difficulty...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124507/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 7, 2019

Into the full second day of tapering off my Effexor. Today I wasn’t able to get...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126277/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Feb 7, 2020

Alex, you are the man! Thank you for your service. It is possible to get off...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125096/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 24, 2019

Welcome @alextheman123 You are in the right place. My last dose of 150mg Effexor was Jan,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125092/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 24, 2019

If you dropped from 150 to 37.5 over some weeks, you are tapering too fast--feeling like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126047/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 4, 2019

I'm tapering too and I need help!! Been on Effexor for 15 years or more. Was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126036/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 4, 2019

thanks for the reply @texasduchess @secretwhitepop @sears . Sleep helps alot, that which i've been lacking...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126594/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

It seems like Seroquel and Effexor are harder to taper off than Benzos. Any thoughts on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/204717/

Discussion: Getting off of Seroquel

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 30, 2020

Welcome to Connect, @elawhomey66. You'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196173/

Discussion: Using CBD oil to help taper off anxiety & depression meds?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 1, 2019

I reinstated just shy of 6 months. The withdrawal was too hard on me and on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126023/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 23, 2019

@doorman Please remember the longer you have taken Effexor and the higher your dose the longer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126009/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 18, 2019

Very few, if any doctors have any idea how to get a patient off Effexor and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126034/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 3, 2019

Thank you for the info. So a month ago my Dr switched me from Effexor 250...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/850994/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

I haven't taken Cymbalta, but I am taking generic Celexa (citalopram) 20 mg/day with very good...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125648/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 6, 2019

I tapered off of Pristiq 100mg over approximately 10 months. I cut the tabs, which I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/69306/

Discussion: Side effects of Pristiq

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 22, 2012

Hello, members of the Depression & Anxiety group. I think it's safe to say that many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126458/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 13, 2020

This is way too fast to taper. Your doctor doesn’t know how to taper. I can’t...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126435/

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 8, 2020

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