Ok, so I'm on Mirtazapine now, previously I was on Venlafaxine at 75mg.
So far, good news, I'm feeling much, much better. I don't know if this is because I have been coming off Venlafaxine, but I just have a lot more energy and most of all my interests have started to come back again. It's hard to say whether Venlafaxine was the culprit of making me feel tired and apathetic all the time, or whether I was just depressed. Certainly though, the switch has made me feel happiest I have felt in a long time.
The other day, some of you may recall I had a down period. I suspect this was an adverse reaction to coming off Venlafaxine and going on Mirtazapine, who knows. But, in that regard I am over that little hiccup, and I am ok.
The withdrawals yes of Venlafaxine are really annoying. I am getting constant electric shocks and brain zaps (As some like to call it) from head to toe, and I have very bad dizzy spells. But, I've got through withdrawal before, (I mean heck I got through coming off Paroxetine before, need I say anymore?) so I'm sure I can do it, no wait, I KNOW I can do it. Yeah the past week or so has been really tough, but I can't let it put me down, it WILL go away.