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I have been prescribed antidepressants over 10 years. The first was prozac (fluoxetine)and the i tried a few times to come off fluoxetine but the anxiety/depression returned and the last 3 years ive been taking venlaflaxine.
during the last 2 years i developed CONSTANY TINNITUS ,VERTIGO and NAUSEA(constant whoosing in my ears,room spinning when i turn my head and nausea).
this has made my life miserable!!!!!
i didnt associate this with the venlaflaxine and have been seen by audiology consultants with no cause found.
recently i developed chest pains resulting in a trip to A+E, luckily no cardiac cause.
something made me look up side effects of venlaflaxine and it was like someone turning on a light bulb in the dark!...it was all there including other symptoms i have like loss of libido, jitteriness,suicidal thoughts etc etc etc.
i couldnt believe i have been doing this to myself for so long!
i went to the g.p and i am weaning myself off them. this is supposed to be a reduction of every other day for a week, the following every 2 days and so on.
however the most recent symptoms have included vomiting/flu like symptoms....on top of everything else this was so bad i thought dying couldnt be much worse.
i am therefore 4 days "cold turkey"... i dont know what this will do in regards to any reccurring depression but frankley the VERTIGO,TINNITUS,NAUSEA is LESSENING to more tolerable levels....although i have new symptoms like nightmares/vivid dreams and my jitters are more pronounced....at present they are NOTHING compared to waht i have been suffering on the Venlaflaxine.
I am currently finding each day a challange but there is slight hope (i am also praying!!!) that this will get better and that i will be able "weather the storm"...i hope so as i am convinced that venlaflaxine has been very debilitating and toxic for me.
i am intrested to know if anyone else out there is experiencing or has experienced anything similar and would love to know how you got through the worst!
I also add to my wish list that doctors start listening to their patients rather than pharmaceticul companys regarding effects of medication.
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mongoose
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carebearmeca
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This year I have been taking 150mg in the morning. I forgot to take it for two days and thought this is great,, no side effects. Well that was a mistake, yesterday I cried all day, suicidal thoughts, nausea, sweats. I took a sleeping pill and slept 13 hours.
Today I feel very hungover. shakes, sweats, slurred speech, no crying yet, lightheaded. I know why they said not to drive a vehicle. So this is day four. I want to take a pill right now cause I know in four hours I will be okay but I feel like a drug addict. My husband all the time states I don't need to be on this but I can't handle the withdrawals.
Does anyone know if my symptoms will start to get better. I can handle a week but two months, forget it.
Any ideas?
john494
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One thing I have found out there is no ONE GREAT or ONE EVIL Drug.....I am on Venlafaxine 75mgs one a day and I am coping great, unless I take it close to bedtime as it gives me weird dreams of a disturbing nature.
I moved onto them as my fave tablet Amitriptyline wasn't working anymore, never imagined I'd develop a tolerance of it, I was prescribed Sertraline (my personal EVIL DRUG).
I can add that Quetiapine for anxiety works great for me...
One thing I'd suggest is if a drug is making you feel worse, give it two weeks then change. On Sertraline I was really on the edge it was awful but I stood my ground and asked for a change.
Now I feel I am enjoying life again, of course till the next time.
Keep going everyone!!
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