any help please

hello, its fine taking the other 2 meds with ven. the other 2 meds treat the symptoms of anxiety, and tend to be short term medications. ven is more of a long term solution. it will take some time for ven to help you, and initially it may make you feel slightly worse, though this will pass. you will need the 2 existing meds for at least the next 6 to 8 weeks, until ven is fully working. when it is working, it may allow you to drop the other 2 meds. make sure you take ven with some food. if its difficult eating food, take it with milk or bananas.

Venlofaxine needs to be taken with food so I take it with my evening meal so then it is not long before you go to bed. I suffer terribly from anxiety and I am on lots of medication to help me. It can make you nauseous but you can get anti-sickness pills to help you through the first stages. I am on 375 of venlofaxine, 40gm of propanolol, 40mg pregabalin (which is good for anxiety), Clonazapam which is better than diazapam as you can easily get addicted to it, 15mg Mirtazapine before I go to bed as this helps you sleep and also a stabalizer which helps with your mood fluctuating. I would not wish this illness on anyone as it is so frustrating and the more you try to get through it the worse it gets. I suffer from serious depression as well and that is why I am on so much medication but my psychiatrist is wonderful. She believes that high doses of venlofaxine work better and it has for me but I cannot say that I have had to put up with some side affects along the way eg. Very dry mouth,indigestion and putting on weight but anything is better than fighting anxiety and depression. I hope that this helps you and wish you luck in getting over your battle.

sorry to change topic. wendy, i was doing okay on 300mg of ven, then had some bad family news. it made me more anxious for a few weeks, then this stopped, and signs of depression have came back im the last few weeks. ive upped my dose to 332mg myself, and am seeing my pysc in a couple of weeks. did increasing from 300 to 375 have much effect on you? i take a very small dose of diazepam morning and night. ven seem to suit me, i hardly get any side effects. its just the level of dose i need that worries me. thanks.

Wendy, yes I have Diazapam and Venlafaxine. Take the Venlafaxine with food even just a biscuit that should stop you feeling sick. Maybe you're a bit scared if the Venlafaxine so it's making you panic..Only saying that because it's scarey taking a new medication.. I'm not patronising you in any way.. but I remember feeling sick when I first took it and eating something before taking it should help..

Hi Wendy don't like the sound of your symptoms , A bit like mine before i had heart attack on VENLAFAXINE MUCK of a drug , I know everyone is differant on VEN but your chest neck and jaw was the same as me before heart attack be carefull and also there is no wonderfull psychiatrist out there that exits when the damage is done they do not want to know best of luck to you

anyone pescribed any anti depressant, will be suffering from stress or anxiety. either of these 2, can lead to heart issues, if bad enough. However, in mos cases they dont, although they produce symptoms that feel like heart issues. if left untreated, chances of actually causing heart health issues are likely to increases. vast majority of times, although you feel like you have heart issues, you do not. been there and done it many times myself years ago. starting any anti depressant usually increases anxiety initially, which later dies down. for a very small minority, where anxiety and stress are not far off from causing heart issues, starting an anti depressant could in theory raise anxiety to a level that does cause a heart issue. its possible, but extremely rare, and ive not come across it. chances are, in such people that have such anxiety, if left untreated, they would experience heart issues, without taking an anti depressant. its a very rare occurance, but its a very small risk.