Anybody have experience with Venlafaxine?

Along side some other medication

@Nasim Wow, I’ve never heard of using both together. How has Venlafaxine been for you?

@JJAD Generally i feel much better. But i don't know how much of it is for venlafaxine because he gave me another medicine too called clozapine 25 mg. But overall i feel better. And i remember sertraline really helped me at the beginning. It made a huge difference for me. So i think it's a good medicine for me.

@Anonymous I think it’s hell getting off/switching any meds. Did you have particular trouble with this one? Why did you come off of it?

@JJAD Yes it was worse than the average medication for me. I have been on various SSRIs over the years, and although they are all difficult to get off of, Effexor is different. It’s terrible anxiety and suicidal thoughts as well as physically sick. If you look up “Effexor withdrawal” on Reddit you will see what I mean.

@JJAD However, my sister was on the max dose, stopped cold Turkey, and did okay with it. I think it depends on the person. It did help more than Zoloft and the other SSRIs I tried though. If you need it you need it.

@Anonymous Don't try to stop it on your own. I think you should do it with the help of a doctor.once I did this too. I suddenly stopped taking one of my medications and i get you.It was hell

@Anonymous That’s interesting, whenever I’ve missed a dose for even just a day I get this sensation of pulsing in my head and I feel just overall very foggy brained. Maybe that’s akin to the experience of coming off of it. That’s great to hear that it worked better than other SSRIs for you. That’s gives me some hope and keeps me optimistic.

@JJAD How long have you been on it?

@Anonymous Just a few months now. It’s really difficult right now because I’m working my way up to my final dose, which means I’m still on a fairly low dose. I’ve been very sensitive to triggers.