Venlafaxine to??
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am in process of switching from venlafaxine..will be on 75mg tomorrow currently on 150mg..see doc on Friday going on to 37.5 mg..then think she wants to put me on mirtazapine!?.. Been on venlafaxine for 4 years fine, then got stressed before Xmas had a virus wham!! Back it came...been reading on here about mirt and thinking do I ..or try something else..
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evergreen cathy123
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tracy50580 cathy123
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So I decided to come off venlafaxine and try something else. I was on 150mg a day then reduced to 75mg a day.
At first I was fine then after few weeks I was getting the self harming thoughts ,I was worried so went to go. She put me on mertazapine 15mg and 37.5mg venlafaxine. This was three weeks ago. I've been sleeping that's great but the amount of side effects have been terrible , stomach pain,diarrhea,bloating, muscle pain, breathless feel like I've run a marathon when doing the most basic things.eating more especially at night and sugary foods.
This passed week I've been trying to come off the venlafaxine altogether but the withdrawal are so bad possibly because I've been on a long time, the brain flashes content ringing in ears, irritable, angry,flu symptoms.I was in a mess, do spoken to gp this morning I'm coming off the mertazapine do not taking one tonight. And put back on venlafaxine 35.7 which I took this morning within hrs all my withdrawal symptoms had practically gone. Other people on here have had no problems with mertazapine but I'm sure it's just trial and error to find what works for you. I didn't get any info in my medication so didn't know much off the side effects I had to check it out myself. And coming on this site as helped with understanding. I do hope you get the right meds and they work for you.
sheila65847 cathy123
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