sweating on venlafaxine

Treatment and medication
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Does anyone seem to sweat more on venlafaxine. I know it is a side effect but how common is it

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Yes I did mostly when I first started it, the sweat poured 

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Sorry hit send to soon yes it poured off my head down my face, mostly when I started taking them, have u been on them long? 

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Mike I found it had the same effect on me and sometimes embarrassing. I have recently stopped using Ven because I was experiencing many crazy effects (and I'm so much better without it) including the sweating. I view Ven as poison, because off the effects, as well as the hellish withdrawal syndrome it produces.  

Best wishes 

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Yes, it's terrible in this hot weather! Seemed to be worse when I first started taking it. 

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Yes Mike I have just had my dose increased to 150 mg and I wake up drenched every morning.  I don't remember having that problem when I was on 75 mg and I was on that for 10 years.  Of course this very hot weather isn't helping.

Pat

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Thanks for replying I have took it four months and that was the first effect of it with night sweats and day sweating. The night sweating has gone but I am still sweating a lot in the day

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Hi Mike12345,

I'm trying to come off venlafaxine and find I sweat all the time although I must say that after 2 weeks it is decreasing. Good luck, DaveTTT

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Thanks for replying I have been on it four months and sweating is a constant thing since I started it

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Thanks for replying the night sweating stopped but any exercise and I am effected badly and that was before all this hot weather started

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I am on 150mg and the night sweating was the worst experience but that has gone thankfully but I have sweating more all day even before all this hot weather

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I was on it for 7 years, had night sweats for most of that time, especially when things were stressful.  I don't get them anymore since I've been off. 

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never come off it to quick - my consultant took me off of them within a week - I was all oveer the place my husband had to have time off work to take me to the local GP -she was amaized the way in how I was - I was told after a few  days that I looked like I was drunk - its a feeling I always feel when I have to change meds -never come of of meds too quickly.

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Hi again Dave, the sweats will go away once you are completely off the Ven, but give it a few weeks. It takes a long time to totally be free of all symptoms created by it. 

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Christine, I weaned off over a few months, but the moment I took the plunge to stopping totally, even though I was down to 1/10 of a 75mg, I still reacted the same as you. I could only imagine how horrible it would have been if I quit cold turkey!!! xo

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Thanks hiphi, I do feel things are slowly getting better,fingers crossed.

Take care

DaveTTT

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Hi Mike,

Same here, night sweats improving but random sweats still occur.

Take care DaveTTT

 

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The doctor said it could be anxiety related but it was never a big problem before I started taking the tablets.

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Thanks it would be really good if the day sweating went

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Exactly true, Mike. I am convinced the meds made stress on the body at the same time altering how the brain responds. While I was on it I went through a divorce, lost my job and had to cope with changing location... I believe for me the Ven did not allow me to work through things properly and messed a lot of my body functions up. I am still in "recovery" from it, but can tell that things are getting healed, albeit slowly, but healing is evident. 

I really don't think doctors have any idea what this med does to people and give it out too freely. I really feel to should only be used in dire circumstances only.