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Does anyone suffer from protracted withdrawal
@dorothy1914 I have been suffering terribly with protracted withdrawal from Effexor. I am losing my ability to walk as I have no balance. I look...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jan 30 10:38am
How to ween off Klonopin (or any Benzodiazapeme)
I’ve been on 1.5mg Klonopin at night for 15 years or so. Every time I try to ween off, even half of a half of...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 2, 2025
Starting Efexor XL encouragement please
Hi everyone, Two weeks ago I started taking Efexor immediate release, then last week my doctor switched me to Efexor prolonged release. It's been 5...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jan 12 11:45am
Combining FOUR anti-depressants. What do you think?
Following an intense work-related burnout - workaholic here - I was diagnosed with mild depression and within one month and three visits I ended up...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Feb 20, 2019
Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?
In Sept. 2024 out of nowhere I developed extreme anxiety. Went to primary care doctor and was prescribed Effexor (which I had successfully taken previously)....
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Sep 25, 2025
Is there any long term side effects from stopping venlafaxine?
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...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Aug 13, 2025
Multivitamins and Antidepressants/psychotics ?
Hello, Looking for some direction and or experience from others. I want to aid my daughter's health by having her take a multivitamin, but everything...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jun 12, 2019
How to get off of Clonazepam Safely?
I’ve been taking Clonazepam for severe anxiety for 2.5 months and it’s no longer working as well as before. I take no more than 0.5...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Feb 22 8:17am
Depression and itching all over
I've been depressed off and on since 1988 when my mom passed away.. For the last 10-15 years I've had an all over body itch....
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jul 29, 2023
Starting Klonopin Taper, Scared of the Horror Stories
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...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jul 7, 2020
Anxiety and Depression
I suffer from anxiety and depression. I'm on effexor er and seroquel. My mind is racing all the time and I constantly worry about everything....
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 7, 2024
Benzos are killing me
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...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 16, 2025
Caring for a depressed teenager
Good Evening , I’m reaching out for advice, thoughts and experiences to help me and my family support my 17 year old son. He was...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jan 14, 2025
Medical Records
Be sure to read your medical records. I read mine and was disturbed by how my medical record was documented. After taking Effexor for ten...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 22, 2022
Brain Zaps after step down
I am 70 and have been on Effexor 150mg for the past 13 years. I decided in June 2023 I did not need my antidepressant....
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 30, 2023
Venlafaxine withdrawal - did your doctor advise you?
I'm curious since there have been so many threads about the difficulties of withdrawing from Venlafaxine/Effexor, what has been the common experience among patients placed...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 10, 2025
3 yrs after stopping Zoloft still having withdrawal symptoms every day
I'm at my wits end. I was on high levels of Effexor for 20 years and then Zoloft for 10 years. I felt I no...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Feb 16 9:07am
Weird feeling in my tongue that makes me talk for 8-10 hours daily
My problem now is that I have a weird feeling in my tongue that makes me talk for 8-10 hours a day, sometimes more and...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Aug 21, 2023
Medications not working
Hi all, I have been trialing medicine for the last 10 years and am about to lose hope that I will ever find a good...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Jul 14, 2023
Mental Health: There really are people out there who care
I'd like to meet the person who wrote this, but the author is unknown. This was posted on Facebook today, 3 September 2021: Sertraline- Zoloft...
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Last active: Nov 9, 2021