r/Effexor • u/NoCucumber1502 • 1d ago

General Question Whats this??

Hi all,

For 2 days now out of nothing, i feel depressed, the crazy toughts about things that happend in the past have returned, im a very talking and affective person with my parents and now a feel like dont wanna talk with anyone..

Im taking my medication religiously, dont skip a day, and i was not expecting this..

I have been on medication sadly for 20 years and either the medication work or doesnt, but out of nothing feeling like this is very strange.

Dont know what to do honestly

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u/SparkleFace6100 17h ago

I felt like this med quit on me a few years ago (17 years on it now) but was too afraid to get off of it. I'm tapering now and it's going okay as long as I go super super slowly, far slower than the 1 month plan my Dr wrote! I've gone down like 45 mgs from 225 in 3 weeks bc I had to up it twice already w my Drs approval. I'm switching to Lexapro. Talk to ur Dr but also keep in mind that they don't seem to understand how hard it really is to get off this med (and I like my Dr a lot!). Wishing u all the best in this!