Symptoms: Akathisia, Brain zaps, Emotional blunting, Sexual dysfunction, Cognitive impairment, Insomnia, Depersonalization/Derealization, Suicidal ideation, Tinnitus, Neuropathy, Severe anxiety/panic, Muscle/joint pain, Anhedonia, Dyskinesia, GI disturbances, Fasciculations - twitches/pulses throughout my body
I took this drug Effexor and in the first couple weeks I could feel myself changing. I told people my personality felt different (looking back, warning sign 🛑). I let it play out and 6.5 years / 225mg I knew something was wrong. I started having terrible nausea early in the mornings and I realized it was the medicine. I was so naive though, looking back.
I went to my doctor and he said that if I taper 75mg every two weeks I would be fine. 1.5 months later I'm off. Let the hell begin. I will just say everything in my brain went crazy and wrong. But the first day fully off I could see, smell and hear better, and I realized in that moment: what the hell was I just on?
Long story short, I found survivingantidepressants.org and they helped me. Withdrawal literally took a good 3-4 years of pure hell off the drug, and now 11 years off, med free, 43 years old, and I'm still healing from different things.
These drugs ruin lives. In the end I found Jesus Christ 🙏💙 and honestly he has done so much in me. In many ways I don't regret my journey because that's where I found faith. But man was that ever a trip. These drugs should not be made for human consumption. But Pharma loved their money 💰💰💰.
You will heal. I take/took omega fish oil in high doses. Magnesium (good quality). High doses of Vit C and high doses of Niacin B3 and a good quality multivitamin, lots of exercise (tons), and #1 Jesus Christ 🙏 ✝️. He is the answer out of this all. God Speed.