just found this support group. need help guys. i

i was on effexor xr (150-225mg) for four years and have been withdrawing from effexor for 4 weeks. i have currently been on 75mg for three weeks. i got past the physical symptoms pretty quickly (brain shocks, etc.), but i have been crushed with these sudden, intolerable depressions with dysphoria and anxiety. my life is a panic hell....i feel like i am in some sort of torture chamber where everything i care about is made to look evil.

i am suffering so much. i really want to stay with this, for i am sick of drugs, especially this one. none of them seem to work and i am sick of giving these people money so that i can continue to suffer. also, this is the first time in twelve years i have attempted to be completely free of drugs. i almost wonder whether i still will recognize myself.

i really would like to talk to someone who has successfully come of effexor and leads a normal, happy, drug free life. has this ever been done?