I have been on venaflaxine for about 18 months for anxiety breathing. They are great for taking away those horrible symptoms. However, that is where the positives end.
I have recently been diagnosed with very high blood pressure and my GP wanted to get me off ven asap. I went from 75mg to 37.5mg without too much of a do. However after a about 6-8 weeks on 37.5mg the doctor suggested I took one every other day. Oh my God! I usually take the tablet rigidly at about 8.00am. By 1.00pm I thought I was dying, I felt in a trance, sickly, heavy headed. I panicked and decided it was too soon, so I took a tablet (bearing in mind I was only 5 hours late with the dose). Taking the tablet didn't make any difference at all, I had to go home from work and I laid down on the couch and didn't move until the next day. I felt a lot better the next day, but still not right.
I decided to leave it while before trying it again.
The reason I decided to write this today (16 Feb) is because, for some strange reason I forgot to take my tablets this morning at 8.00am. I had a meeting at work and couldn't take them until 10.45am. I feel absolutely shocking, the same as before, headache, sickly, spaced out. I find it unbelievable that it can effect how you feel so quickly. How am I ever going to get off these tablets?
Does anyone know if you can chop the 37.5mg in half? I asked the locum doctor, who said he didn't know and would have to check. I had thought of taking a full one, then half of one the next day, and see how that goes for a while.
I note that a lot of comments suggest that ven increases your weight. I have put on a lot of weight and can't seem to bring myself to lose it, but I just thought that I was over eating! Do people think that ven stops you from losing weight?
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hi i did read somwhere you can cut your dose in half took me about 4 months to get off them all together but wouldnt recomend anyone doing that i cut down to 1 every other day of 75mg and was very ill for weeks. but what i did notice i put on about a stone and a half when i first went on them and since coming off altogether ive put on almost another stone and i wouldnt say im eating more than i was before im just hoping my wieght will sort itself out now im completly off them please try and see your own dr and ask his or her advice take care Ann
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Hello, I am trying to find out as much as I can about withdrawal symptons and came across your post - I have been on antidepressants for approx. 6 years and have been trying to come off of them for at least 4 years..... I am now 50 yrs old and want to be free of these toxins which seem to be ruining my health and life. Drs. seem all too ready to prescribe these poisons but have no useful answers on how to withdraw them. I stopped taking ven. on mothers day and apart from the day after I have been confined to bed with my brain zapping when I move my eyes or my head and even when I am laying prone, I feel sick all the time although I was only physically sick on monday and have been eating and drinking a small amount. I don't know how long this will take but I am determined to be ME again and would love to hear any positives with regard to withdrawal. Good luck to all who have had the misfortune to have taken this drug and god bless.
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Hi
I've just read your comments on venafluxine I am also trying to withdraw from this drug but after two weeks of being completely off them I still don't feel normal. My head is all over the place, temper shot and I could sleep the clock round everything I do takes extreme will power. When I went to see my Doctor last week she said this is probabably how I really am as I suffer with ME but I am not convinced as even with ME I had good days I have been prescribed a different drug but having read other peoples comments on it I have decided to try and stay drug free but the temptation to take something else is so strong as I feel so awful. But I am determined to hang in I refuse to be beaten. I will keep you inform of progress. Good Luck and I hope you suceed in becoming drug free also.:ill:
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