Post B53ij6ktiNzuqSZYFk by natty@astolfo.social
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(DIR) Post #B53hZl7GhREFAj0wuu by hazelnoot@enby.life
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ok switching off of Venlafaxine is not going well. Was on 150mg ER per day for about 3 months, after gradually increasing dose to that point over another 2 months. So 5 months / 20 weeks on it in total. Titrated down by adding Fluoxetine 20mg per day and reducing Venlafaxine to 112.5 mg ER per day for 1 week, then 75 mg ER per day for 1 week, and finally 37.5mg ER per day for 1 week. I took the last dose of 37.5 over the weekend, and have been on only the Fluoxetine ever since.So my question is, how long is SSRI withdrawal supposed to last? I literally cannot function. I can't work, can't drive, can't even stand up reliably. I'm in so much pain (physical sensitivity, nausea, and brain zaps) and my brain isn't working right (mood swings, depression, anxiety, confusion, chronic sleepiness, emotional disregulation). Eating is a toss-up whether I can get food down or just feel too sick to swallow.This has been going on for days and it needs to stop. Boosts appreciated please.#MentalHealth #MH #Medication #Meds #SSRIs
(DIR) Post #B53hZlQPYGXc85yEkq by natty@astolfo.social
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@hazelnoot@enby.life We're also coincidentally switching to Prozac and we don't have thisOkay to be fair we did have these issues (sometimes) while taking the venlafaxine but we're also rawdogging a lot of other medsThe withdrawals can take from days, weeks, to months in the worst caseI think it's possible the withdrawals are from the part you took both in full dose, our psychiatrist made us roughly overlap them so we'd never take double (both) and we went from 75mg Venlafaxine to 20mg Prozac
(DIR) Post #B53ij6ktiNzuqSZYFk by natty@astolfo.social
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@hazelnoot@enby.life I think it's also worth looking into whether fluoxetine could possibly cause these as side effects for you