Morning all, as the title says I'd like to hear from people who've successfully switched ADs from Venlafaxine. How did you change over?
I'm currently on 225mg of Venlafaxine and have been for 7-8 years. Whilst it definitely gave me relief for a while, it has also made me quite 'flat' and recently my anxiety has returned. My health anxiety is actually getting worse and I'm struggling daily atm! I've been referred for 1:1 CBT 🤞🏻
I don't want to increase the Venlafaxine as my annual ECG showed a long QT which the GP informed me would be because of the Venlafaxine.
I have been on Sertraline and Citalopram before and they both worked well for a few years so I'm hoping I can maybe go back on to one of those.
I'm pretty sure peri menopause isn't helping but trying HRT went tits up mentally when adding progesterone so waiting for a gynae appointment.
I'm also 100% sure I have ASD/ADHD (realised after going through diagnosis with my 12 year old last year, and my grown up DD has also been referred) and that's the root cause of my anxiety. I am open to the possibility of taking ADHD meds which I would be able to do whilst on Venlafaxine.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated 😊