After stopping AD's I think I feel OK but....

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...not depressed, a bit irritable, a bit "woolly",generally a bit odd and tired but can't quite put my finger on what it is.OTOH my DH is ATM grumpy/uncommunicative (a regular occurrance which drives me nuts)so maybe that's what the problem is and perhaps I should have posted in relationships.Came off the AD's 1 month ago (venlafaxine)mostly for anxiety- slow controlled withdrawal- not at the stage yet where I feel I need to go back on them and wouldn't want to. Sorry it's a bit vague. Any experiences of after withdrawal strangeness and did it last?

I had to stop venlafaxine cold turkey (they didn't know about the discontinuation symptoms then, or felt they were unimportant) and I was quite ill for 2 weeks, but I don't really remember how I felt mentally because I was sort of bouncing off the walls

do you feel like this all the time, every day, or does it come and go a bit?

Thanks for your reply Sunshine(what an apt name).It seems to come and go.It feels like I'm trying to learn/remember what the real AD free me is like but at the same time telling myself I must not feel anxious! .I sometimes think my concentration is a bit dodgy and that I'm a bit fuzzy-brained (sorry don't know how else to describe it) but I may have been like that before meds.How awful for you having to stop this drug cold turkey -I felt horrendous even if I missed one.(I almost feel guilty about posting on here now because others are having such a tough time- guess I'm just worried it might all come back one day.)