I was on 300mg daily and have somehow managed to drop down to 75mg. As of 2 days ago I have been trying to wean off entirely. In the last 30 days I have been experiencing serious withdrawal symptoms. This is making my life absolutely intolerable at present.

As the drug is in capsule form I am unable to “split” the dose gradually to see if I can minimize the effects.

I am barely functioning at present. Since looking on the internet I have found much confirmation from other users of your drug with the same debilitating effects. The “electrical type” impulses surging through me are horrendous. My heart races, experiencing dizziness and the night sweating is vile. I have been unable to work or even function as a normal person.

I have been back to the doctor several times seeking assistance and they shrug their shoulders saying I should give it time. Apart from being treated like some idiot with phantom symptoms and being sent home with a pat on the head, this is the only assistance being offered. Oh, and, try Panadeine, which I have. I am stopping this drug as it has been making me feel worse, not a scrap better unfortunately. I had such faith in the beginning and an extremely positive attitude towards this therapy.

These symptoms are real and at the moment I just don’t know where to turn. This is far worse than the depression for which I was being treated. I am researching every possible scrap of help I can find on the internet in order to find something that is going to take away these feeling that scream in every inch of my body. I have a family that I am struggling to look after.

This drug was not meant to have any withdrawal effects but let me tell you, it certainly does. I don’t know what I’m going to do to get through the next few days. The last 30 days are taking their toll on my health in a very negative way.

I have been so tempted just to restart taking the full dose to “make this go away” but then what do I do? Start the month of hell all over again? I have read many testimonial where patients do exactly that as they feel like hell and weaning off this drug is so detrimental to ones physical health.

Had I known I would feel like this I would never have taken Effexor in the first place.

I’m certain I’m not the first person to contact you with this information and won’t be the last.

This withdrawal is something I never want to experience again but the worst of it is that I just can’t see any light at the end of the tunnel at present and am about to tear my hair out. Anything would feel better than the way I have been feeling since weaning off your drug.

If you have any miracles to give, now would be the time.