Reviewer: Effexor , 65-74 on Treatment for 10 years or more

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Life presented me with issues that caused me depression and anxiety and perhaps my own brain chemistry contributed. After 15 or so years on Effexor, I decided that I did not need it anymore. My doctor did not do enough research into tapering off of this medication and suggested the wrong approach. and I had no idea what I was in for. After 6 weeks of an incorrect taper, and after 5 days of stoppin ... Show Full Comment

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Life presented me with issues that caused me depression and anxiety and perhaps my own brain chemistry contributed. After 15 or so years on Effexor, I decided that I did not need it anymore. My doctor did not do enough research into tapering off of this medication and suggested the wrong approach. and I had no idea what I was in for. After 6 weeks of an incorrect taper, and after 5 days of stopping, I became mentally ill. I cried at everything and with anguish, had some euphoria and later on became very irritable. had serious brain fog. My body temperature would drop at night would shake, particularly my solar plexus. There is more to share but this is the worst of it. I stopped the drug 3-1/2 months ago and still have some symptoms. This has been a nightmare.
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Reviewer: Earl

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An absolute life saver for me, literally. I was suicidal. I have taken this drug,often maximum dosage if very stressed, for twenty-one years. Can say nothing against, never had side effects. I will never stop taking this drug! I am a male, aged 81.

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An absolute life saver for me, literally. I was suicidal. I have taken this drug,often maximum dosage if very stressed, for twenty-one years. Can say nothing against, never had side effects. I will never stop taking this drug! I am a male, aged 81.
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Reviewer: Nicola Angel , 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years

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I had no adverse reactions to this medication and I generally react to most meds. I had none of the withdrawal symptoms coming off of it and no side effects. I think others may have been on a dose to high for them and the withdrawals were because of the amount they were taking. This was the one medication that helped me cope through the sudden death of our daughter as the other drugs they gave ... Show Full Comment

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I had no adverse reactions to this medication and I generally react to most meds. I had none of the withdrawal symptoms coming off of it and no side effects. I think others may have been on a dose to high for them and the withdrawals were because of the amount they were taking. This was the one medication that helped me cope through the sudden death of our daughter as the other drugs they gave me to try caused most of the reactions the people making comments below but I didn’t have anything using this drug. I hope those that did try it give it another try at a lower dose.
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Reviewer: Saad , 19-24 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I'm suffering from depression from age of 14. I recently started taking this medicine. My doctor advised me to quarter of tablet for first week then half for next week then whole 75mg tablet once a day for a year. It has little side effects like I'm suffering from constipation

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I'm suffering from depression from age of 14. I recently started taking this medicine. My doctor advised me to quarter of tablet for first week then half for next week then whole 75mg tablet once a day for a year. It has little side effects like I'm suffering from constipation
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Reviewer: ez, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I had suffered from dysthymia since i was 14. At the age of 20 i went to seek help for my condition. Been taking diffrent types of SSRI for one yearand Due to many side effects i was put on venlafaxine 150 mg. After a while my life became wonderful. I was flourishing and most of my bad feelings just went away. My self esteem went up. I felt normal, woke up every morning with good energies. Firs ... Show Full Comment

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I had suffered from dysthymia since i was 14. At the age of 20 i went to seek help for my condition. Been taking diffrent types of SSRI for one yearand Due to many side effects i was put on venlafaxine 150 mg. After a while my life became wonderful. I was flourishing and most of my bad feelings just went away. My self esteem went up. I felt normal, woke up every morning with good energies. First time for years i was happy.actually happy. Thats been the best days at my life. And then everything deteriorated as i decided to stop. First i was put on 75 mg, after that 37.5 mg. It was very hard quitting this drug. My dysthymia came back. Been feeling bad for 1 year after i quit, so i decided to take this drug, that changed my life, again. But it didn't work. I guess im thankful for this drug for breaking my illness. This drug actually stopped my dysthymia for a while. After seeing it didnt work,Been trying diffrent types of snri,ssri, vitamins, b12 supplys but none of them worked. Im desperate.
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