I’m 9 days currently on venlafaxine/effexor. I feel so so high and detached and just so so weird. It’s freaking me out. I also have the worst brain fog!! I’m on 75mg XL. is this normal?? I am also on clonazepam 0.125mg which I am coming off in the next few days. Please tell me this is normal?
I wanted to thank everyone offered me guidance the other day on my post. I meet with my psych on Friday and will be inquiring about switching to Effexor as I do not seem to have any response to SSRI's.
I am struggling with horrific unwanted suicidal thoughts and images that are nonstop. Did this med help ease the intensity of these thoughts?
Thank you!
Anyone have success with Effexor after failing SSRI’s? I have now tried both Zoloft and Lexapro and have not received relief. I have not tried SNRI’s yet and I think it’s time. I gave Zoloft a year , and I have been on Lexapro since January. I’m desperate for relief. *TW* I am suffering from horrific intrusive thoughts of death and suicide. They just don’t stop all day long and are truly ruining my quality of life. These thoughts are unwanted but are haunting me 24/7.
Anyone here an intermediate metabolizer of Effexor? Does that make it easier to come off of ? What dose are you on ?
Good evening , I have been on 37.5 for over a year might be 2 years now and my anxiety has started to spike is there a chance my body has adjusted to it and it’s time to increase! Thanks in advance!
I started Effexor XR at 75mg, then went up to 112.5mg and 150mg, but I still got no real benefit for my severe depression. Today my psychiatrist increased it to 225mg and told me to stay on it for 10 days, and if there’s still no improvement, I may need to go up to 300mg.
What’s frustrating is that after every dose increase, I feel better for a few days once the second week starts — almost like it’s finally working — but then I crash again and the depression comes back just as hard.
Has anyone else experienced this pattern with Effexor? Did higher doses eventually help, or was this a sign the medication just wasn’t the right fit?
Bonjour
J'ai commencé la Venlafaxine à 37.mg il y a 2 jours et je viens se m'apercevoir que mes pupilles sont dilatées.
Est ce que cela va revenir à la normale?
Avez vous eu aussi les pupilles dilatées avec ce traitement ?
Merci de vos réponses
Starting 8 weeks on effexor 75 mg this week. My sleeping has improved a lot and it has helped with my panic attacks, I notice an increase in anxiety before my period. I still have high anxiety during the day and dpdr. I am learning how to deal with the dpdr but it’s been hard every day. Evenings and night time definitely feel better. Staying at home makes feels like my skin is crawling not physically but just restless of wanting to feel relief. With that being said my doctor wants to increase me to 112.5 mg. I’m just scared of messing anything or maybe not giving my dose proper time or coping correctly. Any advise? My anxiety spiraled after my first panic attack in March just days before I turned 26.
Are here succes stories from quitting effx?
Even when you go to fast to 0?
Like maybe 2-3 weeks the withdrawal helll and after that it goed better?
Thanks!
Hi! I am a 29 year old male and wanted to share my success with Effexor. In September of 2024, I was accused of misconduct towards a student by a parent because of a lesson I was teaching on “Dante’s Inferno”. I used a little coarse language (I.E “boobs”) in class and the parent emailed me after accusing me of attempted grooming. This really set me off. And since that point I was riddled with paranoid ideations, anxiety, doubt, constant debilitating thoughts. This even caused me to quit teaching.
In December of 2025, I was deteriorating at a rapid pace. I could barely function in my mind. I would spend hours just sitting because I couldn’t do anything without constant thoughts questioning every step I made. Well (Trigger warning ‼️) in late December, I for the first time in my life seriously considered ending my life. Not because of depression, but so that these thoughts would stop. I had gone to the doctor for help in February because I knew I was getting worse.
My doctor prescribed me Effexor. I had written out a general list of symptoms I experience daily as well as reoccurring issues. My sister takes Effexor with great results and so I asked to try that because I was so afraid of antidepressants. She prescribed me a starting dose of 37.5 MG.
I expected to see signs of symptoms within 6 weeks as she indicated at the appointment. However, I saw immediate positive results. I no longer had paranoid ideations, was able to make decisions without the back log of continual “decision trees”, I was able to rest, I was able to go on walks without fear. In short, I was able to live again. And since then, it’s been 8 weeks. I love the place I am at. The only bad symptoms I have had is a low grade headache that happens once a week. I had one panic attack 4 days in, but that was because I was reading bad reviews of sexual dysfunction by Effexor on Reddit (definitely a bad idea haha). Other than that, I have had amazing results. I even think there is a chance (IN TIME) I could get off Effexor with CBT as my Psychiatrist indicated the other day.
Anyways, I wanted to share a real positive review :)