Venlafaxine Withdrawal Information
Venlafaxine is one of the hardest antidepressants to withdraw from. Symptoms can be severe enough that some people have to go into hospital to come off it. However there is no mention of withdrawal ef... continue reading »
"I've tried without success to come off this drug which is the bane of my life but my withdrawals are so severe I keep going back."
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"I am amazed to hear so many w/draw symptoms similiar to mine, and not to mention these side effects were not listed on the leaflet. These symptoms should and must be listed as side effects so that other people will have a chance to decide for themselves i"
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"Doctors should also draw attention to this withdrawal problem as not all people read the info. when they are depressed."
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"Can also cause hypomania!!!"
"Not being able to stop taking this drug now makes me feel suicidal."
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"it has taken me 6 months of steady reduction of this medicine to stop taking it and am still feeling withdrawal effects 3 weeks on"
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"many of the modern psychiatric drugs have life-changing side effects and withdrawal effects that are ignored or glossed over and patient feedback is rarely recorded"
"Evil, Wicked DRUG, not medicine, DRUG."
"I have never seen such symptoms from a med given for anything but great physical pain. This is dangerous."
"I am a 26 year old thats been on this medication for four years with no review been serious ill on many occasions beening hospitalized with vomiting and diaarhoea which to find out in my desparation thats its my meds. When i demanded some anwers they just"
"I am curently withdrawing from tthis drug. It is a nightmare. I wish I had known more before I agreed to take it!"
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"If we had known how severe my withdrawal symptoms from venlafaxine were, we would have arranged for my husband to have time off work to look after our 18 month old son, because I'm simply incapable of doing so. I am totally incapacitated"
"I was told that I wouldn't become addicted. I have been on 225mg of EFEXOR XL for 2 years. Now that I'm undergoing a phased reduction I am feeling very ill - severe gastro intestinal upset, insominia, tearfulness, inability to concentrate on anything"
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"It took me 4 or 5 attempts before managing to come off Venlafaxine - the withdrawal symptoms seemed to mimick depression, and I'd panick and think I was getting depressed again; I eventually managed to stop - but there was a 5-6 week period where I had to"
