Hi everyone,
I’ve been on Venlafaxine for about 20 years 75mg, and was generally stable. At Christmas,I suddenly developed really bad anxiety out of nowhere. My doctor increased the dose to 150mg and for a few weeks I felt much better. Then I dipped again.
My doctor suggested switching to sertraline 50mg , but that went very badly for me, I had to take time off work because I felt so unwell. He then put me back on Venlafaxine, first 75mg and then back to 150mg. I managed to return to work and felt okay for a while.
But about a week ago, I took another dip. My mind won’t switch off. I’m constantly overthinking and don’t feel like myself, I’m not looking forward to anything, I have a holiday booked in a few weeks, with my partner, and right now I just don’t want to go.. I just want to get on with my lifelike everyone else seems to do, but I feel stuck and don’t know what direction to take.
Has anyone experienced something similar with Venlafaxine or switching medication.? Any advice or shared experiences would be really appreciated..
Thank you