Tilea: Tapering venlafaxine

[JanCarol]

Hey Tilea - 

Even my carpel tunnel symptoms seem worse....

 

Maybe it's my own experience, but anytime I hear about tendonitis I now think about thyroid testing.  It is how I know that my thyroid is acting up - my joints feel weak, vulnerable, and easily injured - and old injuries flare up.

 

These drugs really whack the endocrine system around, and your thyroid may be needing some help.  

 

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1593-thyroid-symptoms-hypothyroid-hashimotos/

 

You are still changing your dose every time your symptoms change.  This is destabilising you.

 

Keep your dose the same every day.  At the most, you can gradually move what time of day you take it - but please, stay on the same dose.  Do not move your dose until your symptoms are better.  Then wait another month before changing your dose again.

 

Your eosophil count will come down, as you gradually taper your dose.  Readings that you get while in withdrawal are bound to be a little crazy.  Let it go, you are doing the best you can.  Coming down too quickly will harm you more than an out-of-whack lab result.

 

When we have symptoms, our first response and strategy is to do something.  But in withdrawal the best strategy is to do nothing.  Especially when you are having symptoms!  It is hard to do, and against our nature - but time - patience and diligence, and being gentle to yourself are the best ways to heal from withdrawal.

 

Please stop bouncing your dose.  There is a delayed response to dose changes, that can affect you 6 months or more down the line.  

 

Delayed Onset of Withdrawal Symptoms

 

Same dose, same time.  Every day.  Hold until your symptoms settle - then hold for another month.