Posted by oublier on February 17, 2009, at 3:15:37
Hi everyone, I'm new here.
I'm being treated for MDD/dysthymia and GAD. I was on Zoloft from June 2007-July 2008 (was great for the depression but did nothing for the anxiety), Cymbalta (60mg) from July 2008-beginning of February 2009, and have been on Effexor (150mg) for about 10 days now. I ended up switching from Cymbalta to Effexor for drug plan reasons and there wasn't a washout period. I was prescribed Effexor by a different doctor several years ago but stopped taking it after a month because I found it was making my anxiety worse.
I'm really hating the side effects of the Effexor and while I know they do wear off with time, I don't really want to be on a drug so notorious for weight gain and rough discontinuation symptoms. I'm seeing my doctor (GP) today to talk about coming off the Effexor and trying something like Manerix or EMSAM. What's a reasonable weaning schedule? I just want to be off this stuff as soon as possible so I can start looking into non-SSRI/SNRI options that might be better for dysthymia.
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thread:880643
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