venlafaxed: venlafaxine and trazodone

[venlafaxed]

Venlafaxed 150/300

 

Hi everyone

 

Im writing only now, that I have access to the forum, so I can freely ask individuals here(what i wanted to do just a minute ago, but aparantly I have to introduce my self first). My story is too complicated, since I didn't know that Trazodone(Tritticho) is also addictive. But in short I'm suffering from the reduction of both venlafaxin and Tritticho. Currently its very difficult. Since those weird waves (around 5 p.m.) trashes my confidence. And letting me suffer for rest of my night. Anyway can't go in to details right know.

 

Just one thing I'm very grateful for the support you all give to the people in need. And I think you all should be given the highest honour for your beeing. Like I said I can write know this short introduction part, but mainly I dont want now attention. I'm too sensitive and other things. I hope though I will interact with some individuals.

 

At the moment I'm on 150mg Venlafaxin since 3 month and went back from 0mg to 50mg Trazodone since three weeks . Main goal now is to get a decent hormon balance.

Best of luck and strenght to everyone

 

venlafaxed

 

Edited November 11, 2022 by ChessieCat
added topic title and spacing

[Onmyway]

Hi @venlafaxed, 

I like the word play in your username!

Thanks for completing your signature. 

This is your thread and any questions you have about withdrawal or the site you can ask here. We like to keep your history in one place so we can easily refer to it in case we need to provide guidance and advice. 

I know you said you didn't want attention now but I will link a couple of things in case you haven't seen them yet. 

Jumping up and down can make withdrawal worse. Please taper at no more than 10% of your previous dose every 4 weeks.

 

Have a look at the links below and do let us know if you do need advice/guidance/support at any point. 

 

OMW

 

 

[venlafaxed]

To make it clear, I respect your guidance on tapering and the importance to follow a steady regimen . I got to know about you all to late, so I relied at that time on the expertise of the doctors in the clinic. Which was of course a failure. On my second time in the clinic (an other one) I had some basic knowledge about your existence but I was to weak to enforce my new contrary knowledge on safe tapering. I felt the ignorance in these facilities from the start. So I went kind of along with the instructions of this piece of **** of doctor. Kind of because I did stop the head doctor’s regimen at the 4^th day (his regimen was every second day 20% reduction!). And told him that I rather prefer to pause for four weeks. Because of my low confident I wasn’t strong enough to tell him that 40% is way too big. So anyway, in my case switching to mirtazapine plus the reduction of venlafaxin makes my reduction regimen complicated. Like I said at that time I didn’t know about the issue around trazodone.

So if you all will read my new signature below the last paragraph you will know about my cold turkey of trazodone

I know I shouldn’t have done it but I was on the edge of losing myself and I am all alone. The reason I did this sudden big pace was I haven’t felt any better for a long time, so I was thinking that I might suffer from an overload of whatever by still taking trazodone. Taking no more trazodone mitigated some waves but of course my sleep is terrible. I will explain this new period in detail later. Important is that I updated my progress and explained hopefully why I couldn’t follow a proper regimen. Which of course I will do if I continue reducing venlafaxine. But right know I will change nothing until I hopefully get a more bearable chemical balance.

If someone could please help me to adapt my new signature to the existing one I would be very grateful. Because I don’t know how to break it into a few lines.

  

 

1^st failed attempt in clinic Feb 2021(duration four weeks)

Direct drop of 25% to 225mg. Delayed withdrawal of around five weeks when already at home.

Reinstate Remission failed. Started micro dosing down.

 

2^nd entry clinic Feb 2022 (duration eight weeks)

Current dose at entry: 160mg Venlafaxin and 150mg Trazodone

They didn’t allow microdosing so I raise dose to 187.5mg.

Immediate switch of Trazodone to Mirtazapin 7.5mg (my suggestion, because of severe negative states in the morning)

5^th week: immediate drop to 112.5 Venlafaxin

9^th week: already at home when massive withdrawal symptoms started. Immediate up the dose to 150mg Venlafaxin and switched back to 100mg Trazodone.

Till now I haven’t changed the dose on Venlafaxin. Due to great despair, I made a sudden stop of 25mg Trazodone to zero on the 23rd of January 2023.

[Altostrata]

Hello, @venlafaxed

 

It appears you quite 25mg trazodone about 2 weeks ago. What happened after that?

 

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[venlafaxed]

Hello Altostrata

 

First I want to  apologise for not responding earlier. I feel honored that you engaged with my thread. Honored because, I know who you are, your commitment and you still care to this day. Unfortunatly my avoiding personality disorder is not beneficial when seeking help. And even worse is, I have to deal with this horrific ordeal on my own. On my own because I don't really have family and friends (just mom and me), but that has been inherently ok for me until I crossed this major impact of withdrawal.

Anyway, going back to February the 10th, I went cold turkey with trazodone. I was impatient and couldn't go on handle myself further. Reading Sieam Brooks book, I empowered myself doing CT with Trazodone (I can do it!) Which in hindsight was a mistake. It went well the first three weeks. The only derimental part was the lack of sleep. But I was willing to go trought this. I deeply acctepted my upcoming challenge . I didn't complain when waking up around 2 am. I immediatly stood up with no other symptoms than the lack of sleep. Exepting my faith my brain was ready to do research work on the pc and around 4 or 5 am. I went jogging. This strategy was working quit ok for 2 weeks. But then of course, because you all don't recommend this method, I had to deal with my poor choice. Anyway long story short. I'm now back on 50mg Trazodone since 2 month (haven't changed my dose on Venlafaxin so far).

I went through hell and still suffering but I had since one week considerable windows and therefore a good portion of hope again.

The major symptom I'm suffering now are these horrific morning anxieties and waves of tinglings in my legs and cell inflammation.  I finish for now, (the important thing is my apology and my gratitude towards you and the other angels you are saving lives and this for real. I'm not the typical interacting help seeker, but I do my best to educate me here and there and the more I dig the more shocked I get about big pharma) and hopefully when my windows are more frequent and longer I can start to ask questions. One important significant remission of all my exruciating symptoms is my self confidence. The lows were most of the time at a crucial level. Now it is at a level to keep me on fithing. But this pattern of morning anxiety is emminently challeging. I have my skills ( like morning walk, no jogging) but sometimes the anxiety is so severe I cant activate myself.

 

[Altostrata]

You're welcome.

 

What times o'clock do you take your drugs, with their dosages? Are the symptoms worse at any particular times of day?

 

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