[Camellium]

I swear I don't think anyone has anxiety like me. And I know thinking like that makes me feel lonelier. What I mean is duration. I tell people I have anxiety and they tell me to use a coping skill. Coping skills don't work with anxiety over a 10 on the Richter scale. All I can do is pacing prey. Last time when I was in the mental hospital they took away my antidepressant and did not replace it ...for for 20 days my stomach churned it felt like butterflies with razor blades I paste and paste the hallways 7 hours straight every day the only way anxiety would go away is when they would give me a Seroquel at night to sleep 100 mg. And then I wake up to the same sharp pain so resentful but the doctors took away any access to an antidepressant that I can have. Finally the last week they gave me an antidepressant all right come to find out Effexor is the hardest antidepressant to ever get off of. And you feel some withdrawal shakiness if you don't take it at the same time everyday God forbid you miss a dose it resets you and you have to tolerate extreme anxiety again for a week. Anyway my point is I don't believe that anxiety over a 10 can just go away without medicine and I don't know how many people have anxiety that just doesn't go away for days and weeks. I mean I can understand if my anxiety came and went that I would use coping skills and I have used coping skills when it's at a four or five. But damn it that I have to have this affliction. And soon when I do go off the Effexor tapering slowly every two weeks it will still hurt I know it will cuz I tried it once and how it will hurt is through severe anxiety any other symptom of withdrawal I can take but not that one. I may be able to get a new doctor to give me Klonopin .5. But I will be dealing with withdrawal from the Effexor, my regular anxiety, and the start of anxiety from a new antidepressant I don't know if I can survive. Right now at the dose I'm at at the Effexor there is no anxiety except in the morning. But it gets me more depressed and just knowing how hard it is to get off of this drug makes me mad and it gives me tremors. I get so sad sometimes I'm in able to write I'm only 40 years old for goodness sake. I hold cups and they Shake I hate this antidepressant even though it takes away the anxiety also takes away the concentration. But my biggest qualm is with how hard it is to get off. It should be illegal

[Skeezyks]

[MickeyCheeky]

It sounds really painful.. I'm sorry you're dealing with it.

[Deejay14]

I took Effexor at the maximum dose for years. I came off it with no problems. Don't get locked into a difficulty you may not have. That can only add to your anxiety. Our bodies are all a little bit different. Have you tried DBT before. The distress tolerance part could be very useful. Don't lose hope.

[Camellium]

Thank you so much everyone. Today I was thinking about going from extended-release 2 tablet. However I know that extended release last 24 hours and I read that immediate-release last 12 hours which would mean definite withdrawal. And the pharmacist didn't even know that nor the doctor. I had heard that some people split the dose. So that would mean if I was on the dose 100 I would take 50 mg and then I would take 50 12 hours later. However I don't know if that would help me I read that the the peak of the immediate-release is within 2 to 3 hours the peak of the extended-release is about 6 hours does anybody have any experience with tablets versus extended release capsules...