I’d been on 75 mg for a year or so before switching to another (mirtazapine then sertraline) due to side effects (memory problems). But after switching I didn’t react very well to the others, so I decided to go back on the Effexor. Since switching back my add meds stopped working and started giving me bad side effects.
I decided to come off the Effexor by halving the dose every week for a month before stopping completely. However, this did nothing to prevent the withdrawal symptoms – nausea, diahorrea, brain zaps, flu-like symptoms. It’s been 3 weeks since I stopped and those symptoms have improved, but now I feel like I have akathisia – a hot, tingley, energised feeling under the skin. It feels really unpleasant! Any ideas how long this might last? I just want to go back to normal, I wish I’d just kept taking it instead of switching since that’s when all these problems started. 