I've just taken my second tablet of the day about 20 mins ago and I'm having serious side effects. I've been on them since Thursday and have had a few issues with shaking, palpitations, insomnia and some mega weird dreams but nothing I couldn't cope with. in fact nothing I didn't have in one degree or another before.
Tonight I'm in serious pain with my chest. My heart feels like it's breaking out and breathing is hard. I'm light headed and dizzy when sitting but when I lay down my head starts pounding as if all the blood is being pumped in there.
My legs feel numb and everything below the knee has pins and needles.
what should I do about it,
goto doctors first thing in the morning,
I was prescribed m to get more possitive and energetic. Was on m for a month. Went to emergencies 3 weeks ago and the psychiatrist told me i should never have bn on them. I have slightly high blood presure and take bloodthinners. He told me that that was a no no. Also told me they normally work for people who dont get out of bed and do absoluteky nowt. I also take mirtazapine at night. He told me he wasnt surprised i had felt like absolute sh*t for a month. He stopped me taking them straiht aeay and told me to try to get back on citalopram which worked for me in the past. Have been feeling 100% better since. Never wanna go back on venlafaxine. Soon we will be trying to ween of the mitt soon hope you can find the right meds for you. Xx
Yes, stop taking them immediately, and go to your GP. I've had this with SSRIs which is why I switched to Venlafaxine. It's having too much serotonin at once. It might be that you have to start on a smaller dose than the starting dose, eg, breaking the tablets in half, and slowly work up.
My experience is that I'm super sensitive to antidepressants, so have to treat all dosage suggestions with caution. If you're the same go slowly! The good news is that the horrible palpitations are v temporary and will subside when the medicine is out of your system.