Depression & Anxiety Support Group

Hi , I’ve been on Effexor for 15 years with good results ( lowered anxiety levels immensely) until this summer. My Dr suggested switching (...

My daughter was on Effexor for ten years and started having heart palpitations, now after tapering to stop heart palpitations, she can't eat anything without...

Hi All, Lots of discussions around coming off Effexor. That could be for a lot of reasons - it doesn't work, or so many people...

I was on Effexor at 75 mgs for 10+ years. I decided to taper off since things have greatly improved financially at home and was...

I know everyone reacts differently but hoping to hear positive experiences. I just restarted effexor after tapering for 6 weeks and then restarting. I was...

I tapered to 37.5 mg for 4 weeks until I had severe withdrawals. I went back to my original dose of effexor 75 mg xr...

I have been on Effexor for almost a year now, I decided to go off, I tapered my dose down to 3mg over time, then...

Hello everyone, I have been in effexor for fifteen years been on 150 for seven. Finally found out a lot of my issues were do...

Hello, I am in desperate need of advice. After 11 years of usage, I took 7-8 months to wean off 112.5mg of Effexor (had done...

I hope someone can help me. I am experiencing terrible brain zaps coming off of Effexor XR. I have no doubt they have tapered me...

Anyone taking this for anxiety/depression? Am 8 months off a too rapid taper of 25 years of Paxil and mental health is bad. I’m afraid...

In March I started on Zoloft/Sertraline to treat depression, and after noticing it wasn't helping, I was switched to Effexor/Venlafaxine 225mg. After another six weeks,...

Hi all- I am expecting to get a plan from my psychiatrist to begin tapering down .5mg of klonopin 2x daily that I have been...

Hi everyone, I am new here. I recently tapered off of Effexor 150mg in May and was doing pretty well, until I had a major...

Hi there, I’m incredibly sensitive to withdrawals from my anti depressants. I’m on 225mg. My capsules cannot be broken up so how does weaning off...

I was treated with venlafaxine XR for 16 years for depression at various doses. I did a very slow taper over 3 months in 2016...

Back in 2018, I diagnosed with what doctors thought was CDiff and they put me on vancomycin and Reglan. I had a very bad reaction...

Several of you are struggling to force a tapering of your Velafaxine (Effexor) or some other Antidepressant or Anti-Anxiety medication. During this time of uncertainty,...