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Merry Christmas to you all

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michael_37726
michael_37726

Hope you all have a good Xmas I know it's hard to try and enjoy yourself when feeling depressed anxious ect but we will all get through it I'm sure. We all have each other and if things get a bit too much we have this forum to come and talk about it so whatever happens we are never alone and can give each other hope and encouragement xxx

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  • keleee
    keleee michael_37726

    Posted

    Merry Christmas Michael and everyone else reading this. I'm off to a dinner and then most likely a nap afterwards. Enjoy your Holiday smile
  • melissa230000
    melissa230000 michael_37726

    Posted

    Hope you also have a Merry Christmas as well.How you been doing with the withdrawls.i cant find no energy to do nothing.glad i have you to chat with
    • michael_37726
      michael_37726 melissa230000

      Posted

      Hi Melissa 

      I hope you feeling a bit better today. I'm still struggling just can be bothered with anything again, there are things I should be doing today but feeling to hopeless to even get my self off the sofa. I need to eat something but just can be bothered to go out to the shops as got no food in the house 

  • melissa230000
    melissa230000 michael_37726

    Posted

    i know what you mean. thats all i wont to do to.i am so miserable
    • michael_37726
      michael_37726 melissa230000

      Posted

      Yes the withdrawal are still really bad and anxiety and depression very bad today I feel like I'm going backwards instead of making any kind of progress it's so hard to cope with I'm just hoping that maybe I will feel better tomorrow 
  • keleee
    keleee michael_37726

    Posted

    Michael,

    Are you withdrawing from anti depressants? Some of them you can't just go off of cold turkey. Like Effexor, the one I'm on, you have to do a 10 day taper to come off of it safely. I'd call your doctor and tell him you stopped taking it and you are feeling bad.

    Once when I did not have enough money for the copay at the pharmacy for my Effexor or Venlafaxine. I went three days without taking it and I had this awful brain zapping in my head. Once I got the prescription filled and took it, the brain zaps stopped. My doctor said that was from just stopping it cold turkey. I know Effexor is one you can't come off of suddenly but Prozac you can.

    Have you had any brain zapping?

    • michael_37726
      michael_37726 keleee

      Posted

      Hi keleee

      I have done an 8 months taper from Effexor and finally took my very last smallest dose dose 3 weeks ago. I know about cold Turkey and would never do that. My GP told me to taper off after only 2 weeks which is insane so of course I took no notice of him as I done loads if reasurch before my taper and 2 weeks is miles to fast and bloody dangerous. I'm now three weeks without the meds and that why I'm getting withdrawals because these drugs take months to totally get out of your system. I read in a venalfaxine forum that it can take 6 months before the withdrawals subside. 

    • UK-Ven-medicate
      UK-Ven-medicate michael_37726

      Posted

      OMg 6 months seems ages. I just started on Effexor and Im at 150 mg. I hope it doesnt take that long when It come stopping and coming off them
    • michael_37726
      michael_37726 UK-Ven-medicate

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      The thing is with me is that I have been taking antidepressants for 32 years so its not just the fact that I'm withdrawing from Effexor it's because I have had these drugs in my system for a very long time so it will take me a long time to adjust to not having them. I'm sure that if your only on these meds for a short time then there shouldn't be to much problem coming off 
    • anne240
      anne240 UK-Ven-medicate

      Posted

      Took me a long time to withdraw from Effexor so I did not get any withdrwal symptoms.  Don't worry about coming off, as you have only just started.
    • anne240
      anne240 michael_37726

      Posted

      Yes I was on anti depressants for over 20 years.  took months to withdraw with no withdrawal symptoms.  But does depression ever go, because it is creeping up on me again.  I was doing so well too. 
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