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I took Klonopin for years, when I moved to NY 2 yrs ago the doctors here...

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I was also taking Venlafaxine for depression

Discussion: What is the best way to taper off Klonopin?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 18, 2022

Hello. I just joined this group recently and have been trying to taper off of 150mg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/126687/

been trying to taper off of 150mg of Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 21, 2020

ELIZ D Hi , I am seemingly in the same position ref Brain function damage &...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1358087/

lasting depression as a result of Venlafaxine

Discussion: Is there any long term side effects from stopping venlafaxine?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 28, 2025

Thank you for your message! In the book the amounts are so small that you have...

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small that you have to dilute the venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 11, 2025

HI Suzanne - your symptoms sound like what I had when I was getting off venlafaxine....

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what I had when I was getting off venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 11, 2019

If you can taper successfully down to a daily 37.50mg tab of Effexor (generic form is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125934/

37.50mg tab of Effexor (generic form is Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 30, 2019

Hi there sorry if I have misled you but I am tapering off venlafaxine, not gabapentin....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/226401/

have misled you but I am tapering off venlafaxine

Discussion: Tapering Off Gabapentin

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 22, 2018

Thankyou so much for taking the time to reply,you have given me hope!. I'm going to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989950/

I've a bad feeling.that Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

I'm already trying to get off of Venlafaxine, it really only subsides the anxiety minimally, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1223964/

#39;m already trying to get off of Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 28, 2025

Amen to that. Knowing what I know now, I would not have taken venlafaxine for hot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1083615/

I know now, I would not have taken venlafaxine

Discussion: I have just gotten off of Venlafaxine. Anyone else?

Support Group: Mental Health

Posted: Jun 9, 2024

Hi, @ndeshy, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Since I understand that Venlor is the same...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/124231/

understand that Venlor is the same as venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 25, 2019

Has anyone used either Benadryl or Prozac to minimize withdrawal symptoms? My 17-year old has gone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125770/

has gone from 150mg to 40-ish mg of Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 7, 2019

Hi intendtorecover, Like you, I still get side effects, 2 years after a 3 year very...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1353673/

3 year very slow titration off of Venlafaxine

Discussion: Effexor tapering question

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 22, 2025

The Maudsley Deprescribing book arrived today. It's a hefty volume but simply says to taper very...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1193278/

For me the horrid side effects of venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 19, 2024

in reply to @kmart720 I dropped down from 150mg venlafaxine to 75mg, and now want to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/937584/

kmart720 I dropped down from 150mg venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 27, 2023

No depression. Just hot flashes and hypothyroidism. I blindly started taking the pills because the doctor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/125891/

to my new doctor were symptoms of venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Sep 29, 2019

Glad to see you up close and personal as The Spotlight! I certainly have benefited from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/378957/

withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine

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Posted: Jul 27, 2019

Hi @42430, and welcome to Connect. You're quite right that this discussion is over 2,000 messages...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123734/

support one another as they taper off venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 13, 2018

@shaker1956 Hi there buddy, Well you shot down those theories and I’m glad. Your Symptomology is...

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was your titration rate coming off Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 31, 2018

Hi Jake. Thanks for the reply. Pretty scary statistics you wrote about there. Today I begin...

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Today I begin my 7th week without Venlafaxine

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 30, 2018