Venlafaxine and Ability success for depression?

Think its abilify, sorry. On paper, it seems a good solution. Abilify is used for bi polar, as well as other things and as an add on for resistant depression, ie works well with an anti depressant, where anti depressant isnt quite doing it. The makers have since brought out a newer and supposedly better version, called rexulti. Whether rexulti is better is not yet known, but because its patent protected rexulti is very expensive. My friend had extreme anxiety, mild depression. Got up to 150mg of ven, wasnt quite doing it, although only on that dose for a few weeks, when rexulti was added. Within 3 weeks, she had significant improvements. Daily severe stomach cramps for last 8 months dissapeared, a couple of months on, shes more or less recovered, a complete turnaround, after a couple of failed attempts with other anti depressants It certainly worked for her anxiety, although think its more beneficial for depression. On paper, seems a very good option for you, as you are already on ven. Rexulti worked quickly. Rexulti and alibilfy are more or less the same thing.

You could still be in venlaflaxine withdrawal

If you have just stopped quetiapine you could be withdrawing from that too.

You cannot just keep changing dose and meds without your brain struggling. These are powerful drugs that need to be handled with care. I learnt this the hard way.

Looks like quetiapine and abilify are used for the same reasons. Your mood is going to take some time to improve, and your lack of emotion suggests your depression is slightly worse. Its quite normal, i went through it myself 6 months ago. When your depression improves, your feelings will come back. Its a sort of selfishness, where your concern for your own well being takes priority. You still know how you should feel, you just dont feel it. Nothing to be alarmed by, apart from your depression hasnt improved. With 2 meds, and a change, unfortunately you have to accept how you are for now. You will recover, the meds are there, its a question of waiting until you find the right ones, and they work. Thats what kept me going.