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

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'd start bridging with another Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Both Effexor and gabapentin (and Cymbalta) can cause nasty withdrawal symptoms within a few hours of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1021982/

Both Effexor and gabapentin (and Cymbalta

Discussion: Gabapentin and effexor withdrawal

Support Group: Chronic Pain

Posted: Feb 24 10:32pm

@agiusto I did not have anxiety before Effexor and began experiencing it 6.5 weeks after my last...

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agiusto I did not have anxiety before Effexor ... longer getting any serotonin from Effexor ... You should not take while still on Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 8, 2019

@cristin1 Hello from Bright Wings. I had noticed the date a few days ago and thought,...

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days ago and thought, I took my last Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 31, 2019

Hi, all. Glad I found this forum. I've been on Venlafaxine XR (Effexor XR generic) for...

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I've been on Venlafaxine XR (Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 16, 2019

Venlaxafine is not an antiobiotic. It is for depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. It is also...

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It is also known as Effexor.

Discussion: Starting Venlafaxine

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 9, 2019

There's a lot of good information on this discussion board; I hope you'll start at the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126852/

about six weeks for me to use up the Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Aug 26, 2020

Doctors do not know everything. There are good doctors, bad doctors and many who are in...

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horrid effects of trying to get off Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 23, 2018

@kbmayo Wonderful post. Thank you so much! Your experience is similar to mine- 15 years (the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123190/

Connections which inspired me to stop Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 4, 2018

Hello Everyone - I have read through the whole thread, and thank God I found it....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123301/

I went on Effexor eight years ago (for

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 14, 2018

Hi, I have been taken Ambien since Sept. 2001. Like many of us, I had problems...

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I also take Effexor and Wellbutrin for

Discussion: Weaning off zolpidem (Ambien)

Support Group: Sleep Health

Posted: Feb 3, 2018

@coloradogirl I've tried to get off Effexor Immediate Release twice this past year: both times a...

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coloradogirl I've tried to get off Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 29, 2018

Actually, I had no good reason to go off it except that I felt 20 years...

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last for 3 months I should go back on effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 24, 2018

I did genesight tests several years ago before covid. It didn't help whatsoever, not one bit....

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I'm on Effexor now, 75mg.

Discussion: Exacerbated anxiety and depression, brain fog: Long Covid

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

Hello Jackie. Thanks so much for your post. Going through a boatload of feelings here as...

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removed from taking a drug called Effexor

Discussion: Lymphoma

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Aug 26, 2018

My reactions have not been like yours. Insomnia hasn't been an issue, and I only had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1028063/

reintroducing the Abilify, but not the Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 5 11:38am

I have had spinal surgery for scoliosis and another for hardware removal. Both in my 30’s....

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release, hydrocodone, gabapentin, effexor

Discussion: Fibromyalgia pain: Let's connect

Support Group: Fibromyalgia

Posted: Feb 28, 2021

@texasduchess I want to thank you for your posts on here. I have been reading in...

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Brief history: I started 300mgs of effexor ... Got online & Googled "effexor withdrawals ... me to wait a month before starting effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Aug 19, 2018

Please Google the 2 plant medicines to learn more about them yourself. Trust your gut about...

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have tried to wean myself off the Effexor ... , I started weaning myself off the Effexor ... lost some weight but getting off the Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 15, 2018

I have been on effexor xr for years, and when I first started, it was life...

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I have been on effexor xr for years, ... I am at my wits end with effexor and

Discussion: Long term effects AFTER withdrawing from Effexor

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 8, 2022