Venlafaxine Cold Turkey

[JillyTownMouse]

It all started when my pharmacy messed up my prescription and left out the Venlafaxine.

I went on holiday, ran out of pills and haven't bothered to go to the pharmacy to get more. I've gone cold turkey with Venlafaxine before, and it was horrible. This time I've got/had none of that brain zappying, woolley head nausea that I've had before. But, I have started to cry at the drop of a hat. At anything - happy, sad or indifferent. I've just sat here crying at the brilliance of Jimmy Page's guitar playing, fgs.

Have any other mumsnetters experienced this? How long did it last?

I'm trying to decide whether to stay not taking the pills - I've thought of stopping for sometime now and this seems like a good opportunity.

What dose were you on?
Venlafaxine is one of the harder ones to wean off - took me months.
I experienced what you did when you went cold turkey first time - the zaps, dizziness, general crap feeling, but not the tears (those have come in the months since I've not been taking them at all).
I suppose if you're managing then maybe stick with it, but keep an open mind to going back on and weaning off "properly"