People, do not just go cold turkey and quit Effexor. Please consult a doctor. Everyone has a different body and results. Iâve had withdrawals for 3 days and itâs very very difficult. I have a daughter who relies on me 100%. If you have children, think of how it effects them while you are having withdrawals. Please be careful! Get professional medical help to do this. Her symptoms are like mine. But I get extremely emotional with the withdrawals and I canât stop crying. Instantly triggered by âbad newsâ or stressful situations. I want to get off Effexor but I will be talking to a doctor to do it. Take care everyone. God bless.
Iâm sorry to hear youâre having such a rough time right now and know just how it feels. It does get better I promise. I tapered down to the lowest dose tablet available (37.5mg) and the next step was zero. I had problem with my vision and feelings of vertigo for almost 2 weeks but it improved a little each day. Iâm now almost 4 months off it and I no longer have problems with dry eyes, constipation or reaching orgasm. I believe in you. Stay strong
Thank you, Iâm really afraid đ Iâm going to talk to my doctor to do this very carefully. Iâll need a support system in place too for my daughter.
I went off it cold turkeyâŠIâm into withdrawl about 4 months now..the stuff is brutalâŠI was in 75 mg for close to 25 yearsâŠIâve damaged my own brain!âŠIâve lost my personalityâŠmy place in this worldâŠGod be with anyone who is going through thisâŠ.Iâm now experiencing extreme nervousness and anxietyâŠif this will passâŠI think I can make itâŠ
This medication helped me a lot, I took it about 20 yrs ago for about 2 yrs, but gained a hugggge amount of weight and didnât like the side effects, like feeling numb and losing myself. I remember coming off of this medication was hell! Took many weeks to slowly ween. The vertigo was crazy. I felt like I was going to fall over every time I turned my head. Sometimes I think about going back on bc nothing has worked since. I havenât tried any meds in 10yrs, except the occasional Xanax.
This is a old comment but did you come off? I about to get off mine and Iâm on 75 and Iâm so scared. I want to have a baby but I have to get off first but Iâm scared of going back to weâre j was Iâve been on for 6 years
@@brookewinegardner4354 Yep I got off by tapering down to 37.5 for a month and then cold turkey about a year ago. First month was rough, lots of sleeping and crying and you will have emotions again (good and bad) so just be prepared but definitely happier off :)
To be fair your regular dosage wasn't on the high end so probably that's why you could come off of it so quickly. I was up to 300mg at one point, but mostly I've been at 225mg/day.
First time I ran out of Venlafaxine, I got nothing bad. Re-started like an idiot after a week because I believed it was helping me. Second time, I quit it and felt very shitty and depressed and re-took it. It could have been done then. Third time, all fucking hell broke loose. I begged the pharmacist for a few pills until i get a prescription Now i can't quit - 3 years of the drug
Day 1 without Effexor XR 150 twice a day. Withdrawal syndrome has begun. It is not pleasant. But I have stopped cold turkey on Paxil, Remeron, Geodon. I do not expect to feel better because of quitting Effexor. I am quitting because it is too expensive. Nobody wants to help. I asked for help from many people and places. Those places want nothing but your money. Those people that say they were my friends are not my friends. Everyone is my enemy, including my psychiatrists, my psychologist, and counselor. I have nobody to help me so I will do it all myself.
Indrid Cold Omg Ingrid this is a terrible situation to be in and your drastic action could endanger your life!!! Please think carefully before stopping all those meds cold turkey as it could send you spiralling into a really dark place. Iâm guessing youâre in America and thatâs why all the medication is so expensive. Try to taper slowly from each drug individually so you know which one causes which withdrawal side effects so you know what pace/dose you can drop without becoming too unwell. Iâm sure many people do care about you but just donât know how to help. Look after yourself and let me know how you get on. Stay strong x
@@carolinabraidybird1929 The other drugs are already terminated. I got off them one at a time. After the withdrawal symptoms completely go away, I would take a month off for a break and then terminate the next one. Effexor XR is the last one. This morning was the first skipped dose. The, "professionals," Do not want to help me financially. Thus. I will not be lining their pockets anymore. In the past, others lived with schizophrenia and severe depression without treatment. Maybe I can become a writer like Edgar Allen Poe, or Earnest Hemmingway. Perhaps I can become an artist like Vincent Van Gogh. They likely had severe depression and schizophrenia. I will be fine. Today was the first day with no pills at all. I will not even allow caffeine into my body now. I am done with mental health care forever. It is an expensive witchcraft. Depression and schizophrenia are free. I am keeping it that way.
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Day 2 no drugs at all. The witdrawl syndrome is in full force now. But this is very easy in comparison to the withdrawal of Geodon and Remeron. My mouth is now moist again after decades. However, there a metallic taste is in my mouth as well when not eating or drinking. Shivering is violent. Dizziness is getting slightly better. Stumbling has subsided quite a bit but it is still there. Confusion was severe yesterday and half of today. But it is getting better now. It was extremely complicated to make food and to go do bed. Showering was rather wobbly but strangely calming. Television is just a confusing mess so I do not watch it right now. Their are some positives. Food tastes amazing today! Smells are amazing today as well! I am rather relieved to be 100% drug free and soon to be free of dependency. I still have work time off until 15 January. I have plenty of time. I will never ask for help with schizophrenia again, nor depression. I will simply befriend the voice I hear. Who knows? It is ways said to pay attention to the little voice inside. Is the little voice inside the schizophrenia voice I always hear talking to me? Maybe this was nothing but my conscious all along and I thought it was something else. Regardless, I will never mention it to any doctor, lawyer, judge again. I will never mention it to anybody at all, in reality. Here, I am just my name. We will never meet. I can readily admit my mistake. It is a bit therapeutic to rant during recovery. Not that I will ever go to therapy ever again. Day 3 awaits tomorrow. What will it bring? I will soon find out.
Indrid Cold I admire your fight & determination but I didnât realise you had a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Are you sure itâs a good idea to stop all these meds!!?? Iâm worried for you although so far it sounds like youâre dealing with it very well thereâs no telling what will happen down the line. Keep a close check on yourself and donât be scared to seek out help if things get too rough x
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Day 3 - The physical withdrawal is now quite overshadowed by the mental scrambling. Which has lead me to a horrific mental state. It is well that I do not own a firearm anymore because I have found only two options now. The mental pain is far worse than anything physical that could be experienced from withdraw. The two options are a quick and painless suicide or a return to the devil's brew of Effexor XR 150 twice a day. I defeated Geodon. I defeated Remeron. I defeated all the others. Effexor XR 150 is the one is straight from Satan himself. He is laughing in with boisterous delight. Satan has won. The pills are calling me with his demonic voice. The physical pain is pathetic compared to the mental anguish. Geodon was almost all physical pain, Remeron was as well. All of them were. But somewhere evil scientists, likely SS scientists in disguise used sorcery, and human sacrifice to conjure Satan to make Effexor XR. The Nazi criminals were likely praised for their cruel invention. They became wealthy heros to the masses that knew no better. Their souls are Satan's but they do not care. They achieved human misery mentally equivalent to the horrors of Auschwitz should anybody try to escape Effexor's demonic grip. No firearms are available. I am a coward to try anything slow or with a high rate of failure. Today Satan's minions John Yardley, Morris Husbands, and Eric Muth won, the inventors of the devil pills! Curse you to hell demonic treo! But that is what you three wanted, to rule hell in agony aside of your Lord and master Satan. Tonight you win, all four of you. Tell your master Satan of your accomplishment. I am taking my pills. May your agony be legendary, even in Hell!!! Enjoy your victory, Satan. I am under your control once more.
So I really feel like it's time to come off this stupid pill. But I'm a mom of a one year old and two year old. I CANT afford to go through withdrawal... I need to be ok for my kids but I dont know how to be ok without my pills. I dont want to stay on effexor any longer
Monica Rivera Iâm not going to lie, you are going to need support going through withdrawal especially as a full time mum!! Speak to your doctor about a very slow taper which will minimise the chance of you feeling anything significant. Itâs the final dose drop (stopping completely) and the following weeks/months where you will need to be self aware. Obviously you went on it for a reason and only you know if those reasons have improved enough for you to stop the medication. Itâs always possible to restart but it takes weeks for it to fully get into your system & take effect. Be safe. Wishing you all the best x
Denver Mays Stick with it as it does get better. I think withdrawal effects vary from person to person. My biggest issue was with my eyes. I would turn my head and about a second or two later my eyes would catch up. It was a very weird feeling (kind of dizzying) and meant I couldnât drive for over a week. Wishing you all the best đ
@@carolinabraidybird1929 yes same feeling its hard to explain to anyone else who hasn't experienced it before and thank you im determined to be done with it
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Hello! Thanks for answering, because I'm taking the xr version, I've always taken maximum 150mg, now I'm at something less than 75mg, I remove 10 pellets from the pill every week or every two and I do not feel unpleasant withdrawals. The last time I reduced it, I took a pill of 75mg every three days, that made me relapse into severe depression and it took me months to recover ... Also at that time I smoked marijuana and that did not help me, now that I do not smoke and I'm fine in my life I want to leave to feel more person, I've been anesthetized for a long time and I do not like it. How did you get out of effexor? If you want we can talk on Facebook instead of CZcams. Alan Calpe Puig Thank you
Alan Calpe Itâs great that youâre able to do the pellet system so the taper is really gradual. My taper was very quick & although I didnât fall into depression, I did struggle a bit with withdrawal. Luckily thatâs all in the past now. However I fully understand what youâre saying about the numbness. It was amazing to have my emotions back when I came off however the Pregabalin seems to do the same thing đŁ Good luck with your continued taper x
Alan Calpe I took 37.5mg for one week and then nothing for approximately 4-5 weeks before I started taking Pregabalin. The first 2 weeks of that I was unable to drive due to the visual disturbance but each day that went by I felt more & more like myself. I also had trouble maintaining my body temperature during those early weeks which was strange but other than that it wasnât nearly as bad as I anticipated.
C Green In my opinion only itâs a fairly decent antidepressant. It evens your mood out and can help you out of a bad situation. Like all drugs it comes with a few common side effects which I was able to cope with for 5 years so itâs not so bad compared to a lot of the others. Do your homework & talk it through thoroughly with your doctor. Best of luck to you x
People, do not just go cold turkey and quit Effexor. Please consult a doctor. Everyone has a different body and results. Iâve had withdrawals for 3 days and itâs very very difficult. I have a daughter who relies on me 100%. If you have children, think of how it effects them while you are having withdrawals. Please be careful! Get professional medical help to do this.
Her symptoms are like mine. But I get extremely emotional with the withdrawals and I canât stop crying. Instantly triggered by âbad newsâ or stressful situations. I want to get off Effexor but I will be talking to a doctor to do it. Take care everyone. God bless.
Iâm sorry to hear youâre having such a rough time right now and know just how it feels. It does get better I promise. I tapered down to the lowest dose tablet available (37.5mg) and the next step was zero. I had problem with my vision and feelings of vertigo for almost 2 weeks but it improved a little each day. Iâm now almost 4 months off it and I no longer have problems with dry eyes, constipation or reaching orgasm. I believe in you. Stay strong
Thank you, Iâm really afraid đ Iâm going to talk to my doctor to do this very carefully. Iâll need a support system in place too for my daughter.
â@@carolinabraidybird1929 Try weed
I went off it cold turkeyâŠIâm into withdrawl about 4 months now..the stuff is brutalâŠI was in 75 mg for close to 25 yearsâŠIâve damaged my own brain!âŠIâve lost my personalityâŠmy place in this worldâŠGod be with anyone who is going through thisâŠ.Iâm now experiencing extreme nervousness and anxietyâŠif this will passâŠI think I can make itâŠ
â@@Hypatiaizationhow are you doing now ?
This medication helped me a lot, I took it about 20 yrs ago for about 2 yrs, but gained a hugggge amount of weight and didnât like the side effects, like feeling numb and losing myself. I remember coming off of this medication was hell! Took many weeks to slowly ween. The vertigo was crazy. I felt like I was going to fall over every time I turned my head. Sometimes I think about going back on bc nothing has worked since. I havenât tried any meds in 10yrs, except the occasional Xanax.
Good job!!! On week 3 over here. Week 1 was the worst but doing much better. Exercise and meditation helped so much
How are you doing now ? đ
Thank you
This is a old comment but did you come off? I about to get off mine and Iâm on 75 and Iâm so scared. I want to have a baby but I have to get off first but Iâm scared of going back to weâre j was Iâve been on for 6 years
@@brookewinegardner4354 Yep I got off by tapering down to 37.5 for a month and then cold turkey about a year ago. First month was rough, lots of sleeping and crying and you will have emotions again (good and bad) so just be prepared but definitely happier off :)
Look g for advice coming off effexor for not helping w depression. And no emotions⊠I want my emotions back
To be fair your regular dosage wasn't on the high end so probably that's why you could come off of it so quickly. I was up to 300mg at one point, but mostly I've been at 225mg/day.
First time I ran out of Venlafaxine, I got nothing bad. Re-started like an idiot after a week because I believed it was helping me.
Second time, I quit it and felt very shitty and depressed and re-took it. It could have been done then.
Third time, all fucking hell broke loose. I begged the pharmacist for a few pills until i get a prescription
Now i can't quit - 3 years of the drug
You look really good with braids!!
My GP just prescribed this. I really wanted to try Pregabalin but she refused.
Day 1 without Effexor XR 150 twice a day. Withdrawal syndrome has begun. It is not pleasant. But I have stopped cold turkey on Paxil, Remeron, Geodon. I do not expect to feel better because of quitting Effexor. I am quitting because it is too expensive. Nobody wants to help. I asked for help from many people and places. Those places want nothing but your money. Those people that say they were my friends are not my friends. Everyone is my enemy, including my psychiatrists, my psychologist, and counselor. I have nobody to help me so I will do it all myself.
Indrid Cold Omg Ingrid this is a terrible situation to be in and your drastic action could endanger your life!!! Please think carefully before stopping all those meds cold turkey as it could send you spiralling into a really dark place. Iâm guessing youâre in America and thatâs why all the medication is so expensive. Try to taper slowly from each drug individually so you know which one causes which withdrawal side effects so you know what pace/dose you can drop without becoming too unwell. Iâm sure many people do care about you but just donât know how to help. Look after yourself and let me know how you get on. Stay strong x
@@carolinabraidybird1929 The other drugs are already terminated. I got off them one at a time. After the withdrawal symptoms completely go away, I would take a month off for a break and then terminate the next one. Effexor XR is the last one. This morning was the first skipped dose. The, "professionals," Do not want to help me financially. Thus. I will not be lining their pockets anymore. In the past, others lived with schizophrenia and severe depression without treatment. Maybe I can become a writer like Edgar Allen Poe, or Earnest Hemmingway. Perhaps I can become an artist like Vincent Van Gogh. They likely had severe depression and schizophrenia. I will be fine. Today was the first day with no pills at all. I will not even allow caffeine into my body now. I am done with mental health care forever. It is an expensive witchcraft. Depression and schizophrenia are free. I am keeping it that way.
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Day 2 no drugs at all. The witdrawl syndrome is in full force now. But this is very easy in comparison to the withdrawal of Geodon and Remeron. My mouth is now moist again after decades. However, there a metallic taste is in my mouth as well when not eating or drinking. Shivering is violent. Dizziness is getting slightly better. Stumbling has subsided quite a bit but it is still there. Confusion was severe yesterday and half of today. But it is getting better now. It was extremely complicated to make food and to go do bed. Showering was rather wobbly but strangely calming. Television is just a confusing mess so I do not watch it right now. Their are some positives. Food tastes amazing today! Smells are amazing today as well! I am rather relieved to be 100% drug free and soon to be free of dependency. I still have work time off until 15 January. I have plenty of time. I will never ask for help with schizophrenia again, nor depression. I will simply befriend the voice I hear. Who knows? It is ways said to pay attention to the little voice inside. Is the little voice inside the schizophrenia voice I always hear talking to me? Maybe this was nothing but my conscious all along and I thought it was something else. Regardless, I will never mention it to any doctor, lawyer, judge again. I will never mention it to anybody at all, in reality. Here, I am just my name. We will never meet. I can readily admit my mistake. It is a bit therapeutic to rant during recovery. Not that I will ever go to therapy ever again. Day 3 awaits tomorrow. What will it bring? I will soon find out.
Indrid Cold I admire your fight & determination but I didnât realise you had a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Are you sure itâs a good idea to stop all these meds!!?? Iâm worried for you although so far it sounds like youâre dealing with it very well thereâs no telling what will happen down the line. Keep a close check on yourself and donât be scared to seek out help if things get too rough x
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Day 3 - The physical withdrawal is now quite overshadowed by the mental scrambling. Which has lead me to a horrific mental state. It is well that I do not own a firearm anymore because I have found only two options now. The mental pain is far worse than anything physical that could be experienced from withdraw. The two options are a quick and painless suicide or a return to the devil's brew of Effexor XR 150 twice a day. I defeated Geodon. I defeated Remeron. I defeated all the others. Effexor XR 150 is the one is straight from Satan himself. He is laughing in with boisterous delight. Satan has won. The pills are calling me with his demonic voice. The physical pain is pathetic compared to the mental anguish. Geodon was almost all physical pain, Remeron was as well. All of them were. But somewhere evil scientists, likely SS scientists in disguise used sorcery, and human sacrifice to conjure Satan to make Effexor XR. The Nazi criminals were likely praised for their cruel invention. They became wealthy heros to the masses that knew no better. Their souls are Satan's but they do not care. They achieved human misery mentally equivalent to the horrors of Auschwitz should anybody try to escape Effexor's demonic grip. No firearms are available. I am a coward to try anything slow or with a high rate of failure.
Today Satan's minions John Yardley, Morris Husbands, and Eric Muth won, the inventors of the devil pills! Curse you to hell demonic treo! But that is what you three wanted, to rule hell in agony aside of your Lord and master Satan. Tonight you win, all four of you. Tell your master Satan of your accomplishment. I am taking my pills. May your agony be legendary, even in Hell!!! Enjoy your victory, Satan. I am under your control once more.
well done girl xxx
So I really feel like it's time to come off this stupid pill. But I'm a mom of a one year old and two year old. I CANT afford to go through withdrawal... I need to be ok for my kids but I dont know how to be ok without my pills. I dont want to stay on effexor any longer
Monica Rivera Iâm not going to lie, you are going to need support going through withdrawal especially as a full time mum!! Speak to your doctor about a very slow taper which will minimise the chance of you feeling anything significant. Itâs the final dose drop (stopping completely) and the following weeks/months where you will need to be self aware. Obviously you went on it for a reason and only you know if those reasons have improved enough for you to stop the medication. Itâs always possible to restart but it takes weeks for it to fully get into your system & take effect. Be safe. Wishing you all the best x
If you fast long enough you will laugh at depression.
Thank u for this video
How long weâre you on the Effexor itâs a month for wean off
henry lance I was on it for 4-5 years and weaned off in one week. Probably too fast but it was done on the advice of a psychiatrist.
Iâm planning to do it soon. Terrified
@@PamalMangat-pl2hs
"You will see the light the end of the Tunnel" when on medices or off?
Hi trying to come off effexor⊠been on 1 yr:slowly weaning w drs advice. I have no emotions I want them back is this common? Tyia
Im on day 3 brain zaps are horrible and everytime I laugh I bust out in tears oh don't forget throwing up and can't eat
Denver Mays Stick with it as it does get better. I think withdrawal effects vary from person to person. My biggest issue was with my eyes. I would turn my head and about a second or two later my eyes would catch up. It was a very weird feeling (kind of dizzying) and meant I couldnât drive for over a week. Wishing you all the best đ
@@carolinabraidybird1929 yes same feeling its hard to explain to anyone else who hasn't experienced it before and thank you im determined to be done with it
Me too!
Hii, im going off effexor, i can talk with u about this?
Alan Calpe I am happy to listen & try to help. Have you decided on a taper and period of time in which you hope to come off the Effexor??
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Hello! Thanks for answering, because I'm taking the xr version, I've always taken maximum 150mg, now I'm at something less than 75mg, I remove 10 pellets from the pill every week or every two and I do not feel unpleasant withdrawals. The last time I reduced it, I took a pill of 75mg every three days, that made me relapse into severe depression and it took me months to recover ... Also at that time I smoked marijuana and that did not help me, now that I do not smoke and I'm fine in my life I want to leave to feel more person, I've been anesthetized for a long time and I do not like it. How did you get out of effexor? If you want we can talk on Facebook instead of CZcams. Alan Calpe Puig
Thank you
Alan Calpe Itâs great that youâre able to do the pellet system so the taper is really gradual. My taper was very quick & although I didnât fall into depression, I did struggle a bit with withdrawal. Luckily thatâs all in the past now. However I fully understand what youâre saying about the numbness. It was amazing to have my emotions back when I came off however the Pregabalin seems to do the same thing đŁ Good luck with your continued taper x
@@carolinabraidybird1929 Thanks Carolina! Since what dose did you stop taking? 37.5 How long did your abstinence last?
Alan Calpe I took 37.5mg for one week and then nothing for approximately 4-5 weeks before I started taking Pregabalin. The first 2 weeks of that I was unable to drive due to the visual disturbance but each day that went by I felt more & more like myself. I also had trouble maintaining my body temperature during those early weeks which was strange but other than that it wasnât nearly as bad as I anticipated.
Should I go on elexor
effexor sorry
C Green In my opinion only itâs a fairly decent antidepressant. It evens your mood out and can help you out of a bad situation. Like all drugs it comes with a few common side effects which I was able to cope with for 5 years so itâs not so bad compared to a lot of the others. Do your homework & talk it through thoroughly with your doctor. Best of luck to you x