Side effects of venlafaxine withdrawal
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I was prescribed venlafaxine for depression, started with 75mg and ended to 378mg/day also on Ritalin 60mg/day for short term memory and concentration deficits. I ended up to do not remember and recognize my son in law messages !!! My psychiatrist easily said me " she cannot do anything about my memory " after putting me on there strong medication over 7 years.
I started to get rid of these medications month ago, if I am right! I have read your comments about the side effects which has helped me a lot but I could find something about the odd feelings that I feel in my brain, like frequency of some sort of waves in my brain, never the less, now, it's a forth day of being free of Venlafaxine and Ritalin.
Appreciate your comments that is needed most.
thx
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janet74449 shel153
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Hi Please go very slowly when tappering off medications - my husband was taken off Venflafaxine cold turkey by our GP (only on it for 7 weeks) as he started to have slurred speech. Scans proved it wasnt a stroke but speech is now non existant
. Was then put on Pregabalin which stopped his walking as well ! Seems a huge coincidence that this has happened to him after these drugs but Neurologist is testing for MND 
Good luck but please go slowly.
catherine55994 janet74449
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Oh Janet I'm so sorry for you and your husband I do hope he is well soon. You are right about slow withdrawal. GPs don't seem to have a clue with psychiatric meds. My GP recommended halving it, I soon became ill. Thankfully I went back on the previous dose and recovered. I'm now reducing very slowly. I had no GP guidance this time, I opened the capsules I take and worked the reductions out myself.
All the best x
janet74449 catherine55994
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shel153 janet74449
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Hi, sorry to hear about ur husband. Actually, I got a very bad pain on my back b/w shoulders which I don't know why I got that! pain was dull and just at section didn't radiate to over my hand or chest.
I am going to see a psychiatrist very soon, to know, how long it takes, I come back to my normal life! Now, I think it's a week or maybe 5 days that I am free of those two strong pills. In overall, today was a little bit better.
rose08377 shel153
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shel153 rose08377
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That's true, that's the side effects when u miss that. I remember too, when I missed ven, I was very sensitive, fast and easy to cry ( nonstop). Headache and no energy to move.