Coming off venalfaxine is hellon earthi have been tapering off for 6 weeks now and it's making me feel so ill I just can't function at all, feel so sick even more depressed and anxious. I have to get off this because I have liver damage caused using antidepressants for 30 years so can never take them again, they never worked anyway all I ever got was the side effects and no benefits at all. My phyciatrist has come to the conclusion that I am resistant to them so no Point in taking them anymore even if I could so I have got to continue getting off this evil drug and it's the hardest thing I have ever been through. What makes it hard is that I have so much stress to deal with at the moment I am in the process of being evicted I have serious debt problems and my girlfriend is in a hospital in a come after a road accident so I'm finding this all impossible to deal with I'm on the verge of a complete breakdown just don't know how to deal with it all
Hi michael. I am so sorry you are having such a horrendous time. I wonder if you are coming off your venlafaxine a bit quickly? These drugs can be awful to get off. You can do it bit slowly is best. I rushed off mine and and am paying for it.
i don't know what dose you are on. You could maybe hold this dose until you feel stable on it and titrate very slowly down. Or you could updose a little to see if the withdrawal symptoms calm down. There are websites that can help you with this. You can go much lower than the lowest dose by cutting up tablets and mixing them with water or removing beads if you have capsules with beads in. Paxil progress and surviving antidepressants websites can help with this. I know you want off the drugs but slowly is best and will help you to feel more functional. I hope this helps.
Michael, You are going through such a bad time. Have you spoken with your psychiatrist or another doctor about the tapering off process? There must be some alternative drug they can prescribe to get you through this. I agree with Meteor's advice to you. Perhaps you should go back to venalfaxine and then slowly taper off. Venalfaxine is known t0 cause serious withdrawal symptoms in 5% of the population and I guess you fall into that category. I wish I could say more to comfort you but just know that I truly feel for you. How much stress does one person have to endure? I'm not a preacher, but some people find help in religion.
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I am seeing my gp twice a week and am coming off slower than he said as be said to stop after two weeks. He also said some Prozac would help but I had that before and it made me go nuts he also said diazepam but that's very addictive so will jus cause another problem last time I took that I had a terrable time coming off it and was only taking a small dose over two weeks
Definitely sounds like your having a tough time . My experience of life has taught me to own up to problems and the help is out there .
I've been in serious debt 5 members of my immediate family have died in the past 6 years all cancer . I had to care for both my parents and my sister . My sister died last year . I had a partner who dumped me and left me with serious debt . I tryed to bury my head in the sand but didn't get me anywhere . I went for help .
I'm currently off work because i put myself into work too much so much that mentally and physically im exhausted i also I feel like I'm all alone in this world and get quite severe lows because I can't or won't talk to anyone about it . I know this probably doesn't help but there are people out there that can help