I'm in my late 40s. I was taking Venlafaxine for about 6 years for anxiety. This worked wonderfully well, though I did struggle with side effects of constipation and sweating. As I had a long period of feeling well, I weaned myself off them over a 4- week period, and took my last dose 4 weeks ago.
I don't know if it's related, but I now feel anxious and low. Everyday I worry that my daughter and husband don't love me, that my life is meaningless, that I have a serious illness and that I am inadequate in various ways.
These feelings happen for several hours a day. When they happen, I try to get myself alone and spend some time doing positive, rational thinking, have a cry, self soothe a bit and then carry on. This does mostly work.
My worry/questions are:
Are these symptoms likely to subside in time, is it just coming off meds that causes this?
Is it worth talking to GP, bearing in mind they are so busy, must be fed up of mh etc etc. (I haven't discussed mh with a GP for years, I try to see them as little as possible)
Basically, I am functioning fine and no more sweats or constipation, yay, but several hours everyday feeling tearful and panicky and wanting to be unconscious. Other times, not too bad. Mh issue or just the normal ups and downs of life?