Do the withdrawal symptoms go away? I was on Effexor for 4 years up until about three weeks ago. I found Effexor to be very effective for my depression. The only side effect I had was dry mouth for a few weeks. Oh, and you just CANNOT miss a pill on that medicine. I never experienced a feeling of disconnection or "happy" though. Maybe my depression was just so bad that I was glad to be somewhere else.

Effexor was effective for about 3 years, but we didn't want to change because I was pregnant and then breastfeeding. The doc took me down from 300mg to 150mg to nothing at the same time he put me on Abilify (and I quit breastfeeding; I'm crazy, not stupid). I've been off it for two weeks now and I'm still as dizzy as I was two weeks ago (no pun intended). I'm also hungry all the time and my blood sugar is low. Reading some of the other withdrawal symptoms here, I wonder if part of my problems with metabolism and severe vertigo are from getting off Effexor. My question is...does it go away?