Venlafaxine 375mg a day
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Hi, I have been on Venlafaxine for 12 months and have gone from 1 x 37.5mg in the morning and 1 x 75mg in the evening to 2x75mg in the morning and 3x75mg in the evening. I want to stop taking them, not reduce them, but stop all at once. What will happen if I do this!
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pixie22 Roxi30710
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Good Luck!
amanda25783 Roxi30710
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I think that you would be very unwise to stop taking them in one go.
You have recently been on a fairly substantial dose, and if you read some of the many mails to this address about the side effects of sudden withdrawal from Venlafaxine, you will get the general idea!
I didn't have a problem stopping Venlafaxine, although I was only on 150 mg SL at the time. I had a pelvic fracture, and was taking oromorph, which probably masked the withdrawl affects.
I think that doctors generally advise a slow and gradual withdrawal ... and maybe you should discuss stopping the Venlafaxine with your GP.
Otherwise - if things get too bad, you can always start to take them again, and try a less punitive way of stopping them a little while later.
Whatever happens, I wish you the best of luck.
Very best wishes x
duckeggs Roxi30710
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Reggie04 Roxi30710
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Via drs but I feel it has been reduced too quickly as I was on 225mg per day and then it was reduced to 150mg and now I take 75mg once a day. When I first had dosage lowered I felt so I'll and every bone in my body hurt they tested me for rhematoid arthritis as symptons were alike. These pains lasted a few weeks but I seem to be coping with 75mg daily. Make sure you reduce with professional help. Please don't just stop them and goodluck
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Abuelita Roxi30710
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I am on day 4 and can tell you that my partner's support has been key to my percistance. I am not sure I could have done it alone.
Stay connected here. Make this your journal and allow this community to offer you support. It has been my saving grace, along with my partner at home.
I wish you success!
Roxi30710
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I am having councelling, yet still feel no better than I did when I was first diagnosed. Though I am guessing I must be, cos without the tablets I imagine I would be in a far darker place.
Thinking about this last night, I wonder if I am trying to punish myself and coming off them in one go will do this. This has been the year to end all years for me, this is since being diagnosed, and I am not sure that I can begin another feeling as I do. There does appear to be no way out and I feel awful because there are worse off people than me. But I am trapped in this world and I cannot break free. It is like being in a room with windows and no doors.
I hate being a burden to anyone, I am always the person who helps others, solves their problems, a shoulder when needed. I was always brought up being told to just get on with it, so have never felt comfortable confiding in others. Yet here I am confiding in you.
Thank you again for your kind words.x
pixie22 Roxi30710
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I hope that helps. You're doing the right thing by writing about how you feel rather than bottling it up. There are lots of us out there who understand. Look after yourself and stick at it - it will get better, you have to make yourself believe it.