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Feb 23, 2016, 12:15 AM
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I have to gradually stop taking my current antidepressant combination (venlafaxine + mirtazapine) over the next 4 weeks, and I'm quite nervous about it. I've been struggling to cope anyway recently, so I'm not sure how I'm going to cope. I mean, at the end of the period I'll be able to start a completely new antidepressant, but it's the period in the middle that's making me think... how am I going to cope with my assignments for university? What about my social anxiety (it's been making things harder lately - I always have social anxiety but it's been getting worse)? I feel like my language is stunted when I'm feeling this low, too. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to produce anything that's worth handing in... but I guess I have to.
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Feb 23, 2016, 09:10 AM
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Not everyone gets withdrawal. I have gone off Effexor a number of times in a week.
Here is the US they do it different though. I have always been given the new antidepressant right away as I am wheening off the old. I know the UK doesn't do it that way. The best way to avoid withdrawal is to taper off very very slowly. Effexor is known to be one of the worst but that doesn't mean you will have withdrawal. I think 5 to 10% of people get it. Here is a UK site that talks about it. Antidepressants - Avoiding Withdrawal Symptoms
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Feb 23, 2016, 03:15 PM
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Why do they ..... like that in the UK
 Thinking of you, hoping things feel a bit better soon  
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Feb 23, 2016, 09:20 PM
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Thank you - I'll try and cope as best I can...
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Feb 24, 2016, 01:58 AM
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Urgh, I can't believe myself. It's 6.55am, I'm sitting here right now and I have a class to go to. But I can't face going out. I feel fake saying it, too, but I just don't want to be seen. There's no food in the house either so I'm not sure what I'll do. I feel too embarrassed to write in and apologise... and I have a paper due on Friday that I feel utterly unable to do. I just need to give myself a kick up the rear, but I can't find the energy. I feel like a useless, pathetic person and I'm only one day into this withdrawal thing. Aaaaagh.
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