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I was on 75mg per day for hot flashes. It was not a problem for me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/937894/

I still have them with and without Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 28, 2023

Rosa- It's just awful the way doctors think that your mind can bounce around so much...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/691551/

When I got off of Effexor after taking

Discussion: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) and mirtazapine

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 21, 2022

You can also check with your pharmacist. They often know much more about how to withdraw...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/121823/

need to withdraw VERY SLOWLY from Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 15, 2018

Hi, new.to Connect but not so new to.taking meds for.severe anxiety, major depressive disorder, ptsd. As...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/121416/

and it has saved my life in combo w effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 4, 2017

I am 60 with bipolar w/melancholic features , yeah that’s what they call it. I tried...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/900110/

especially the antidepressant Venlafaxine (Effexor

Discussion: Anyone's depression improve with the Fisher Wallace Stimulator?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 22, 2023

Hi Karathine99. I’m glad you found this forum. It got me through my withdrawal and it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126861/

I was on Effexor for about 20 years.

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 26, 2020

thank you so much I really wish every one the cure and the best in there...

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drugs I give up and give it a try for Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 24, 2018

Wow, just found this place as I have decided today to finally wean myself off Effexor/venlafaxine....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124802/

decided today to finally wean myself off Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 10, 2019

Hi Lisa, Yes I've had a life change although for some a good one. My husband...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/269144/

My doctor wants me to go on Effexor

Discussion: What is your anxiety like?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 28, 2019

I am most worried about the possibility of a cessation of the importation of the drug's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1096435/

version, venefaxine and even name brand Effexor

Discussion: As promised, my successful tapering off Effexor (Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 29 4:38pm

@karathine99 Hello again, If you can’t get a new prescription I suppose the best option would...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126857/

Europe who put many of his patients on Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 26, 2020

when i was tapering, i sometimes felt like i was disconnected from myself, especially from my...

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put me back on medication, but not effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Feb 28, 2019

Hey Twist. Keep smoking the herb. And check into CBD also. You can get some that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124036/

pot than my former Doctor knew about Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 27, 2018

First of all, I so appreciate all the replies to my statement & questions. Would love...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123440/

Also, having been off effexor 6+ weeks

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 27, 2018

I'm replying only because of your reference to being clean and sober, which I was when...

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sober, which I was when I went on Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 2, 2018

@canadaanj Welcome, I too came here months after my plan to get myself off this drug...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125281/

I do not regret getting off Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 4, 2019

Best thing you can do, Alex, is to read this forum and count the beads. Perhaps...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125093/

consider living your best life without Effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 24, 2019

I have bipolar too and it wasn’t diagnosed til around age 43, I think. The best...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/233783/

Venalafaxine/ Effexor is a creature

Discussion: Bipolar and ideas of how to help ourselves beyond medication

Support Group: Mental Health

Posted: Jul 14, 2019

I've been on Pristiq for 2-1/2 years and aside from sweating, I tolerate it well. Once...

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to switch you to another SNRI like Effexor

Discussion: Side effects of Pristiq

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 22, 2012

I'm off effexor for about a month now. I've had slowly dissipating "brain buzzing", which now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126789/

I'm off effexor for about a month ... My doctor put me on effexor and I realized ... said that I would have to wean off effexor

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 24, 2020