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venlafaxine cold turkey day 3

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plainden
plainden

I was on ven for 6 wks and it was just making me ill.i tried to taper at 10% and withdrawal was so,so  bad. Because of this I decided to go cold turkey to shorten the crap withdrwawal.The previous 7 days I aint sat down due to anx being so bad -caused by the ven.(the neighbors over the road must hav thought i was crackers).Anyway day 1 felt really awful-anx even worse,shaking,insomnia,nausea.Now day 3-and i feel pretty good except awful aches and pains like really bad flu,brain fog,no energy at all(still in bed)insomnia.But appettite back,anx reduced by 90%,no real nausea -i did think things would be worse.Anyway its only day 3 so theres plenty time but i was on it for only 6 wks.What i have worked out is that my body cannot cope with the newer anti depresnts and i will do MORE research next time i have a chenge.I am still on mirt 15mg 7 months which i am70 % quite happy with.Will post again in a few days.

We are all very diff persons and cope with meds very differently indeed.

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  • valerie48279
    valerie48279 plainden

    Posted

    How are you now. I've come off of 150mg over 5weeks and building up on sertraline . Yesterday it hit me like a bulldozer.back in the hellhole. Just wondered how you are after 20 days?
    • elaine92718
      elaine92718 valerie48279

      Posted

      I'm now on 75 from 150mg. Been ok up to now. What symptoms are you experiencing x
    • valerie48279
      valerie48279 elaine92718

      Posted

      Took my last venlafaxine a week ago and now feel dreadful. Nausea dizzy foggy anxious and bad sweats! Was fine until last reduction. Had been on venlafaxine for 10 years but had an acute attack last September and upping my dose hadn't got me back to where I was so decided to change AD. Knew it would be bad but thought I'd got away with it!
    • elaine92718
      elaine92718 valerie48279

      Posted

      Oh blimey. Wonder how long it takes for it to be completely out of ones system. Hang on in there! Best of luck 👍
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