Venlafaxine does it keep working?
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i have been on venlafaxine for six years 150mg and many times over this period I have been feeling quite down last year after speaking with my doctor we agreed to come off this medication slowly and it worked no brain zaps nothing thought I was doing really well until last May when I went in hospital for a knee replacement the operation went really well except I went downhill really fast and sunk into depression again and the meds was put up again it took until November to start to feel a little better and then my brain told me I didn't need them anymore and I came slowly off them again unfortunately I felt terrible again I seem to have it in mind that they are not working anymore does anyone else experience these thoughts after speaking to my doctor I have asked to change medication as there seems no point in taking them if they ar not working and he gave me 50mg of sertraline to take as well and slowly come off the venlafaxine it's now 8 weeks and I still feel very low has anyone gone from venlafaxine to sertraline and are they any better
(sorry for the length of this)
sue
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betsy0603 sue34151
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sue34151 betsy0603
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thanks again - sue
Phil0860 sue34151
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I was quite happy on citalopram but it quite suddenly stopped working and I felt very bad.
I was taken off 40mg citalopram and phased onto 150mg Venlofaxin.
I am aware that citalopram is an ssri and venlofaxin is an snri - but generally the advice given was that the brain will grow accustomed to a med over time, neutralising the effectiveness of the treatment.
Six years sounds like a long time to be on one prescription - but i'm not a doctor.
My sister has been prescribed setraline and speaks well of it.
I hope you start feeling better soon Sue x
sue34151 Phil0860
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thanks again for replying - sue
Phil0860 sue34151
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I'very been terribly frustrated with doctors contradicting each other and the consultant psychiatrists eventually just telling me 'we honestly don't know'. It upsets me more when a general practitioner behaves as if you're challenging god for asking simple questions.
Some v poor practice around.
The transition between meds is just the worst - shamefully many doctors just don't understand how painful that transition is, or if they do, they fail to empathise at all.
I hope you feel better soon - I genuinely do Sue x