Back on Venlaxafine.

[spamvicious]

I'm hopefully going to sort it out today, but it depends on my mum who sadly is going through a bad time as her mum has dementia :(

I was looking online for swapping venlaxafine to fluoxetine and I found this http://wiki.psychiatrienet.nl/index....ine-fluoxetine

which is odd cos when I was taken off ven in June, the doctor told me to stop taking it over night (150mg) and start the citalopram 20mg the next day. Is that what started all this?. If so I want to sue the idiot for messing me up.

[SADnomore]

Yes, SV! Oh, dear. Yes, a switch goes something like what you've shown. So you were slammed badly with discontinuation from 150 ven and startup s/e from the cit. Most doctors have tunnel vision when it comes to s/e (unless it's life-threatening, they don't want to hear about it), or discontinuation symptoms/withdrawal (same, and plus of course they don't get into it in school, only for narcotics, and that is usually done all at once). So sorry this has happened to you. Good luck!

[spamvicious]

I think I'll look into legal advice should I ever feel better the doctors surgery I'm with made several mistakes which I think has led me to being this ill. I spoke to my psychiatrist today and she was very unhelpful and I was in tears at the end of the conversation. She kept on saying things like "and what would you like me to do Sam? I don't have a magic wand" and when I said about Venlafaxine, she said it could take up to 3 months to work. Well I won't be able to cope with another 3 months of this thats for sure.

She said she's gonna ring me back tomorrow after speaking to her superior as she doesn't understand why the venlafaxine isn't working and she thinks i'm unsatisfied with her (duh). She also said its complicated for me to go to hospital as they won't know what to change my medication to as i've 'not got on' with some in the past. arghhhh

[KK77]

Well done for managing to call psych. I think her attitude stinks. No one knows why certain psych meds don't work - any more than why it rains on a Monday. "Speak to her superior"? Is she a trainee psych? Doesn't really matter but it's her general dismissiveness that sucks.

Hope she comes back to you with some answers because saying that Ven might take '3 months' to work is not good enough

[spamvicious]

Seeing a GP here on Monday as the psych has finally realised that she can't sort anything out down there. I don't know whats going to happen next, I don't know if the GP will be able to do anything or I will have to wait for a referral. I want to feel better but I'm scared it will get even worse when I change drugs. Also these tics/spasms are convincing me that I have some kind of disease and this is all down to that and thats why no a/d's are working.

[KK77]

Second day of swapping to fluoxetine and I slept two hours last night. No other side effects (yet) but I was on a lowish dose of ven so maybe you should reduce to 75mg first for while if you decide to change med as well.

Good luck with appointment tomorrow. I would think GP is capable of giving you script for whatever it is you need.

[spamvicious]

Saw the doctor today and she said she didn't want to change my meds too much as she has referred me to specialist. However when I told her about my side effects she's reduced it to 75mg and put me on the modified release ones. When I picked them up it said venlacic not venlafaxine. She said the reduction wouldn't make my mood/anxiety any worse which I'm dubious about. Will I feel ill with the reduction?

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Second day of swapping to fluoxetine and I slept two hours last night. No other side effects (yet) but I was on a lowish dose of ven so maybe you should reduce to 75mg first for while if you decide to change med as well.

Good luck with appointment tomorrow. I would think GP is capable of giving you script for whatever it is you need.

Hope your switch is going ok

[KK77]

Venlalic was brand I was taking. I think it's a good idea to lower dose till you see psych again. It might help ease some of your anxiety. Hope you don't get any withdrawals though.

Got problem with insomnia but OK apart from that. Suppose it will take time before it settles.

[spamvicious]

Already feeling more anxious so that must be psychological as I only started yesterday. On a side note, has ven ever caused muscle pain/cramp for anyone?. The past few days whenever I lie down I have cramp from head to toe which is making sleeping really difficult.

[hopey]

spamvicious. I cannot believe you were tol d it would take three months
to work. I have been on others previous but not been successful !!
Have only been on vev for 10 days and the thought of having these
feelings in my head make me feel despairing. Hope you got something positive soon Best of luck hopey.