Hope you all have a good Xmas I know it's hard to try and enjoy yourself when feeling depressed anxious ect but we will all get through it I'm sure. We all have each other and if things get a bit too much we have this forum to come and talk about it so whatever happens we are never alone and can give each other hope and encouragement xxx
Merry Christmas Michael and everyone else reading this. I'm off to a dinner and then most likely a nap afterwards. Enjoy your Holiday 
Hope you also have a Merry Christmas as well.How you been doing with the withdrawls.i cant find no energy to do nothing.glad i have you to chat with
hope you are feeling much better now.
I'm not feeling to good to be honest just feel like sleeping all the time
i know what you mean. thats all i wont to do to.i am so miserable
Hope you both had a god day
so how is your depression.thats what is getting me with the withdrawls
Yes the withdrawal are still really bad and anxiety and depression very bad today I feel like I'm going backwards instead of making any kind of progress it's so hard to cope with I'm just hoping that maybe I will feel better tomorrow
Hope you had a good day too. I'm still struggling but today is nearly over now so hoping to feel better in the morning
Michael,
Are you withdrawing from anti depressants? Some of them you can't just go off of cold turkey. Like Effexor, the one I'm on, you have to do a 10 day taper to come off of it safely. I'd call your doctor and tell him you stopped taking it and you are feeling bad.
Once when I did not have enough money for the copay at the pharmacy for my Effexor or Venlafaxine. I went three days without taking it and I had this awful brain zapping in my head. Once I got the prescription filled and took it, the brain zaps stopped. My doctor said that was from just stopping it cold turkey. I know Effexor is one you can't come off of suddenly but Prozac you can.
Have you had any brain zapping?
Hi keleee
I have done an 8 months taper from Effexor and finally took my very last smallest dose dose 3 weeks ago. I know about cold Turkey and would never do that. My GP told me to taper off after only 2 weeks which is insane so of course I took no notice of him as I done loads if reasurch before my taper and 2 weeks is miles to fast and bloody dangerous. I'm now three weeks without the meds and that why I'm getting withdrawals because these drugs take months to totally get out of your system. I read in a venalfaxine forum that it can take 6 months before the withdrawals subside.
Hi Melissa
I hope you feeling a bit better today. I'm still struggling just can be bothered with anything again, there are things I should be doing today but feeling to hopeless to even get my self off the sofa. I need to eat something but just can be bothered to go out to the shops as got no food in the house
Sorry I meant can't be bothered not can be bothered
OMg 6 months seems ages. I just started on Effexor and Im at 150 mg. I hope it doesnt take that long when It come stopping and coming off them
The thing is with me is that I have been taking antidepressants for 32 years so its not just the fact that I'm withdrawing from Effexor it's because I have had these drugs in my system for a very long time so it will take me a long time to adjust to not having them. I'm sure that if your only on these meds for a short time then there shouldn't be to much problem coming off
Ok I guess thats something to at least consider
Michael, sadly I had a set back over Christmas. Went to a relatives friend, did well at first. About 14 people there, and did not know them all. Ok at first, and then tears and feeling a fool. So upset and ashamed I showed myself up.
I thought I was doing fine after stopping anti depressants last year. Now here depression is again. My birthday in 2 days, and will I cope with family outing?
I honestly thought I had put depression behind me, but here it is again. Oh I am so upset.
Took me a long time to withdraw from Effexor so I did not get any withdrwal symptoms. Don't worry about coming off, as you have only just started.
Yes I was on anti depressants for over 20 years. took months to withdraw with no withdrawal symptoms. But does depression ever go, because it is creeping up on me again. I was doing so well too.