Hello, I'm taking venlafaxine and it was working great for the first three months but just the last few weeks I feel down again. not suicidally down like I was before but I just don't have that feeling of well being it initially gave me.
Can I ask others who've increased their dose - how bad were you feeling before you had your meds increased? Part of me says I deserve to feel better and another part of me says every one feels crap and feeling crap is part of life. At least I don't want to end it all therefore I shouldn't ask to have my medication increased.
Before venlafaxine I was taking prozac but that fizzled out on me after 5 months and my depression got so bad I had to see the crisis team. Now I don't feel as bad as that, but not happy either but I'm scared to ask my psychiatrist to increase it in case he think I'm just trying to get high from it or something ! but I just feel rubbish. Probably most normal people feel rubbish most of the time - do they ?