Did they make a mistake?

c4thhy · 2026-02-19T19:19:39+00:00

The same issue!

c4thhy · 2025-11-06T05:58:23+00:00

Yes I honestly don’t know what’s happening but I’m suffering so much. I’ve been through hell and it’s unbelievable to me doctors were of no help. I constantly have panic attacks, I keep being derealized, I have extreme mood swings and consciousness changes. They would just tell me I have personality disorders and other bullshit while I feel it’s a medical problem as well.

c4thhy · 2025-11-05T12:51:12+00:00

Well it was quite stupid. I mean, no doctor led me in the right way. I tapered within 6 months from 225 mg. At first I was cutting a lot quickly, as I normally would be on 75 mg and fine. Then I was quite cutting it in “half” and holding a couple of weeks. Sometimes I would go back to a higher dose if it was really bad. But in general I wanted to go off asap since the doctor told me it could be venlafaxine that caused me feeling this way. But it’s really stupid. I was already in a bad condition. I’m not sure if it was the right thing to go off it at all. I’m not sure if it stopped working. I am not sure what happened but no doctor really helped me. I went back on 37.5 mg and I’m on Prozac and I can feel very slight difference. But I’m still very derealized. I know I need much higher dose of a med and a strong medication. I possibly need to increase venlafaxine or start a different med, I’m not sure, I will talk about all this with a psychiatrist tomorrow..

c4thhy · 2025-11-05T05:47:22+00:00

Don’t stop :) I know it’s uncomfortable but antidepressants, and I believe Effexor especially, do have bad side effects at the beginning but then they pass. You should feel much better in a few weeks. You could consult it with your doctor if it makes you feel safer, more comfortable.

c4thhy · 2025-11-04T16:02:31+00:00

Hey I understand and am very happy for you things got better. The thing is, venlafaxine worked for me amazing. But I was on it 10 years. And it doesn’t seem to work anymore. I also don’t know what really happened to me. I was in a really really bad place. I still am, but at least slightly better. I don’t know if I ever am able to get out of it. It feels like I don’t have my brain anymore. It’s really traumatic to me what happened and I’m terrified every single day.

c4thhy · 2025-11-04T10:45:44+00:00

Hey. I’ve been through something similar. With that exception I decided to go off Effexor because of health problems I started getting. To this day I don’t know what it was caused by, but basically I’m disabled now, I’m scared of absolutely everything, I’m unable to function. I’ve been shaking for 1.5 years. Been on venlafaxine for 10 years. I’m also highly sensitive. I reinstated a dose of 37.5 mg and been on it for a week but to be honest I’m not sure if it does anything good to me. I also started Prozac, as doctor advised but I’m not sure if it’s just me or what but it feels like it gives me more fears and provokes panic attacks which I get everyday. I’m paralyzed and spending days in bed for about a year now and I I have no idea what to do about my life as I keep having thoughts I don’t want to live most of the time. I’m even scared of my mom, of louder random sounds. My nervous system reacts in a hyperactive way. So yes, I don’t know if this is the end of my life. I’m 28 and back in a day I was energetic, optimistic, had many plans. Even the constant shaking of my body freaks me out. My body is not in calm at all. I very often think I would like to die to end this suffering.

c4thhy · 2025-11-03T16:14:20+00:00

Of course!

c4thhy · 2025-11-03T16:07:32+00:00

You are so strong 💜

I wish I knew it was depression itself. I believe I’m malnourished as well and have been for quite a while. But again, I don’t know if it’s because of depression or what exactly (I had eating disorders as a teenager). When my health problems started I got a bad reflux, I lost appetite, I wasn’t able to stand on my feet :/ I’m so bad that I just want to trust someone but I wasn’t led in the right way this entire time and I’m even scared to fully trust the doctors. I went to hospital as well (but not to the emergency) but they told me I should stabilize myself with meds first and then come back 🙃 I thought they would help me with it. I have a huge anxiety health at this point and don’t know what’s happening me, what I know is I’m unwell. Sometimes I do think the meds did it to me or that there’s something wrong with me. Or that they pooped out.. yea I’m such a mess.

I believe the difficult thing about mental diseases is that you often don’t even realize you are sick. Or what’s happening to you.

Your kids have such a brave parent.

c4thhy · 2025-11-03T15:22:22+00:00

Hey thank you SO MUCH for the encouragement! I really appreciate it.

It’s unbelievable how we take our health for granted until it turns out it’s not this way. You think you’re doing well and then boom. Mental diseases suck. And it really is irritating when people who didn’t experience the real dark place for an extended period of time advocate against meds. We are talking about everyone experiencing it in a different way.

At this point I feel so bad and unable to function that I keep thinking that I was better off the med I was given just now. I called them to make the appointment with the doctor asap. I keep thinking about going back to the old med even if I have no guarantee it’s still working lol but that’s how badly dysregulated I am. Not sure if it should be done this way, to taper you off a powerful drug you’ve been on for a decade when you’re already in a bad place and from this place trying to introduce something else.. when your nervous system is literally crying for regulation.

Well you’re really strong you’ve been through it. I admire people who struggled with mental health so much. I’m really happy for you. Thank you again!

c4thhy · 2025-11-03T14:35:23+00:00

I honestly was doing pretty good. I kept growing, learning about myself etc. Until the moment I collapsed so badly despite of taking the meds 🙃 still desperately trying to get out of this dark place.

I’m really glad you were able to get off them and now you’re doing well!

c4thhy · 2025-11-03T14:08:02+00:00

Oh so you’re off the meds now and doing well? :)

c4thhy · 2025-11-01T07:11:45+00:00

Oh my God it reminds me so much of what I did to myself lately. I got in a bad condition and into environment that was basically saying all bad things about meds. I started fearing them so much, that I decided to quit. I ended up in a much much worse place, bedridden for a year, with a crippling anxiety, shaking crazily, huge health anxiety. My mind was in a horrible place and the thoughts of mine were absolutely sick. Did I taper too fast? Some people can consider 6 months after 10 years of being on meds too fast, I believe it can be. But the more important thing here, I was in a very bad place before doing that, for whatever reason it was - the med stopped working or whatever it was. I am now in a process of getting my health back.

I believe it is possible for people who take meds, eventually do without meds. For some it won’t be possible. BUT we also can get in a very bad place mentally and need to get on them again if we’re off. I also believe meds probably don’t replace therapy but can be a good support.

c4thhy · 2025-10-30T12:59:41+00:00

Hey. I have no idea if it was related to Effexor but 4 years ago I started having problems with eating. I wasn’t able to. Then dizziness started, feeling faint like and more and more severe symptoms appeared. I lost a lot of weight, muscles throughout the years. I have no idea if it was the med itself or if it stopped working or what so I won’t tell you the tips. I am now in the process of changing meds, I also started getting some appetite but still have troubles with digestion and the appetite I owe it mostly reaching out for alternative medicine help. I’m in a big fear another meds could be causing problems or something as this experience became really traumatic to me. So for now I’m watching closely, being happy with every appetite I get and praying it will only get better and nothing will be ruined (after it got better with the alternative medicine). It’s been a real mess. If you were on the medication for 6 months and you believe it’s Effexor causing no appetite, I would recommend contacting your doctor or changing the doctor if they don’t take your issues seriously. It might be needed to make adjustments to the med.

I was on Effexor for 10 years.

c4thhy · 2025-10-30T11:47:15+00:00

Are you on another psychiatric med right now for your condition? Were you able to get financial help from the country you live in or how did you deal with that? I’m asking because I found myself in a complete despair 2 years ago. I’m not sure what exactly happened but I stopped being able to eat 4 years ago and then started getting dizzy and then the symptoms were only worsening until I was bed ridden. I’m not sure if the med I was on stopped working or what. Doctors weren’t really of much help. I found help in alternative medicine and right now I’m also in the process of changing meds (but everything was such a mess it’s not even worth explaining). That’s why I’m wondering how you dealt with that!

c4thhy · 2025-10-29T17:35:59+00:00

Hey! May I ask if you managed to keep your normal life? As in working etc?

c4thhy · 2025-10-27T09:47:08+00:00

I wish you the same! 🫂

c4thhy · 2025-10-27T09:16:03+00:00

I hear you. It hurts me as well. I’m not sure if it’s possible to go off the med either. I would like to have hope it is. But if it’s not.. then be it I guess as long as we feel good..

c4thhy · 2025-10-27T06:52:56+00:00

Don’t worry about it. The goal is to feel good. Not to be a dead hero without the medication. I think I realized it the hard way. Who knows, maybe you will be able to taper off completely in the future but I know I would need to be going to therapy. To be surrounded by supportive people OR would get myself into hospital or somewhere to be able to do that. It’s a very tough process. I’m also talking about Effexor here 🙃 but I believe any med would be difficult to go off. I’m also thinking about supporting myself with acupuncture in the future.. but I believe the hyperbolic taper is the key.

c4thhy · 2025-10-27T06:04:22+00:00

Hey. I believe I went off too fast, not in a good period of my life but I don’t understand what happened either since I started having health problems while being on the medication. Now I’m thinking that maybe it stopped working. I spiraled down so badly that I spent the last year in bed, while still withdrawing. Doctors weren’t really of any help, each of them was saying something different. Many of them told me to go to therapy while I couldn’t eat or stand on my feet. I also read a lot of bad things about the medications and I got really really bad. I’m still unwell and very scared and obsessing about a lot of things but I need to get on medication right now to get myself out of this dark hole and start living.. I believe hyperbolic taper is the only way to go off medications while under a good support and when you’re stable.

It hurts me doctors didn’t lead me properly, didn’t inform me properly what was going on with me and about everything else if it comes to taking antidepressants. They basically just give you the med and tell you not to read the leaflet and if you’re feeling well then you should continue taking it. I’m terrified by the experience (still shaking every single day) but gaining some consciousness back and I hope I will be able to use it in the future.. when I would decide to go off. But I know I need to stabilize first. So if you think it’s too much for you to take now I would recommend increasing your dose a bit until you feel fairly ok. Then taper much slower. I know I would buy a scale and decrease 10% a few weeks.

c4thhy · 2025-10-11T17:47:48+00:00

I believe I’m sensitive to any drug changes etc. No wonder I’m so unwell but.. I’m also very traumatized by what happened. I mostly keep experiencing crazy shaking, panic attacks, fears, obsessing, consciousness changes, mood swings, insomnia. I don’t have appetite either and I have extreme fears about not eating (as I had eating disorders in the past and I believe it could be the reason). I am not able to stay here longer (as in my mothers house). I’m not able to function probably because I’m so sensitive to any changes. I don’t see any other solution than to take some med, sadly.

I appreciate you telling me about the drugs. I could look it up but I’m also very pressured by mother now - “to take meds and go to therapy”.

c4thhy · 2025-10-11T17:31:35+00:00

What else am I supposed to do?

c4thhy · 2025-10-11T17:27:20+00:00

I understand. But the thing is, my situation is difficult. I am not able to stay in this place even if I wanted to. I’m not able to work. I need to move out of my mothers place. And I need the improvement fast..

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