Effexor Class Action Lawsuit

Hi,

I was able to get myself off by weaning 1 less bead a day. I started with 240 beads, then 239, then 238. I also had the help of a natural dr. who gave me remedies for depression/anxiety after I got off. I don't even have to use those now. It is possible. Do you know of a natural dr who could help you too. If not, mine does phone consultations and she is very good. If you have any other questions, let me know. Do you want to join our class action suit. We need your full name and address. We are hoping to form this.

Terry P

Thanks Terry, I am going to try and get down as low as I can with minimal side effects, then I will try this method when they start.

Do you feel like you are back to your normal self now that you're off Effexor? Have you gotten your short-term memory back, fogginess gone, weight gained from Effexor lost? I'm wondering about long-term damage even after going off this drug. I am interested in the class action suit and had left by contact info but it was deleted. Could you please contact me? You can google my name and find my facebook and other contact information. Please private message me if you use facebook. Thanks so much!

 

I will try to get Michael Fearon to do that. I don't do facebook...not sure how to do it. Anyway, Yes, please do try one bead less a day...right away....this is the only way I was able to do it. No, my short term

memory is gone....completely destroyed. The fogginess is still here. I had to give up sugar (using Stevia) and have lost weight since I did that. I could never get another job doing data entry....I tried recently and could not do the training because I kept forgetting what she was teaching me and they let me go after 3 days. Meanwhile I had done it for years after I learned the other system without a problem.

 

i was on effixer for years nasty with drawl zapping sounds in back of my head for weeks lost my eye sight and short term memory

I've just cut down from 375mgs of Venlafaxine down to 75mgs (over the space of a few months) in order to come off it. I can't even drop down to 37.5mgs now. The withdrawal is horrible. I've been on MANY different types of anti depressants and never had a problem tapering off them. I don't feel good at all. I feel like I have the flu, I'm not sleeping and when I do I'm getting night terrors, night sweats, no appetite, dry mouth, tremors, hearing voices, hallucinations, CONSTANTLY feeling unwell, aching joints, constipation and when I'm not constipated I have diarrhoea. Then there's the brain zaps. Those horrible brain zaps are debilitating. I sit here, panicking for when the next one is going to happen. And this is only from dropping down a dose! This is all controlled by my doctor too!My short term memory is shot, my relationships with my family and my partner are at breaking point. All of this from this god forsaken drug. I'm 24 on Monday and I'm going to have to spend my birthday in bed.I hate this drug. I hate myself for believing my doctor when she said that Venlafaxine wasn't addictive. I hate my doctor. I hate the company that produce these pills. Why are they still legal?I don't know what to do.I'm at my wits end.

Please try to remove 1 bead more each day till you are down to none. I had help from a natural dr. who gave me some natural things for anxiety/depression which I don't have to use now. This was the only way I could get off of this drug. If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you want to join in the class action suit, we need you full name and city and state for the lawyer.

Terry p

My short term memory has totally been destroyed. Fogginess is always there. I also have problems with anger and rage. I also wonder about long term damage. Honestly, if I were you, I wouldn't try to get down as low as you can....start with 1 bead a day now...nothing else works...I tried it all. I had no brain zaps at all and didn't notice any physical symptoms at all. I don't know how to use facebook so I can't contact you. Can you give me your full name and city and state....that may go through. It's too bad we can't give our emails...it would make it so much easier.

Terry P

 

 i have the brain zaps i think i have permanent paralysis , which i have uncontrolable shakes. my doc never told me the side affect.

How do we email you with our info? The blog has deleted your contact info.

EFX sufferer and damaged

Please count me in! I just lost my job from trying to get off of venlafexine! I even told my employer that I was guilting this drug so that she would know if I flipped out. I slowly went down so that I wouldn't have the horrible side effects but when I went off of the last 25 mg, I lost it. I had minor depression and then my doctor put me on this stuff and now I'm like a freak when I don't take it! I've been a teacher for 20 years and I just lost my job! Yikes! Please put me on this list! Thank you, Jana.

Effexor 150mg ix a day since 1996..  Yes I know that's a very long time. Have tried to wean off this medication not once but at least 4 times. I had a 

psychiatrist who originally prescribe it to me . After a few years of taking it I felt like I should try to get off of it for many reasons.  The main reason

being that I felt it really was making me feel worse rather than better. Since then at least two other physicians have tried to wean me off of this horrid

medication without success. Very sick fom cutting back even gradually from effexor. Severe nausea, fells like someone is pulling and twisting your face, 

light bothers your eyes very badly and stomach cramps. The main thing that bothers me is that if they do take it off the market what will happen to all

of us that take this med. I guess we will all be in hospitals. Good luck to all of us.

you sound exactly like my experience.fogginess,no short term memory,anger,rage.but i had electrical zaps throughout my body,tiredness,no sex drive,forgetfulness etc.i have left my contact info on here many times for a canadian suit that someones supposed to be handling,however no one ever contacts me and you just keep getting these emails about 10 a day referring you to this page.im on facebook and ive found nothing.facebook is easy to use just make an account and then search.
angela eagle

everyday for years its the same thing over and over because i'm trapped in an effexor,225mg, extended release cycle. eat something, take the effexor or suffer the consequences and we all know what they are already. they contol my life like a kind of prison. don't eat and take it suffer gastro-intestinal problems all day, take it with food or suffer the pinging and disorientation kind of stuff, a form of being locked into a lifestyle that was never a part of the bargain when it was first prescribed. is there anyone out there suing on my, our behalf? this site is like a dog chasing his tail. around and around telling the same story which should be convincing to the powers that be by now and yet nothing. 

Hi Mary,

No we don't have to end up in hospitals if we go to the right doctors. I have gotten help from Natural drs. I am on 5HTP, as well as natural things for depression/anxiety. I removed 1 bead more each day and had no side effects. If you have any questions about what else I am taking, let me know. All natural things. Removing the beads is the only thing that worked for me.

I have to sign in anonymous because I keep having trouble getting a password to work.

Terry P

I've been going through all of this for over 10 years.  I would really appreciate getting involved somehow.  Could someone please let me know how to get in touch with Michael Fealton, or who ever is spearheading this campaign.  I've tried to pursue this myself and have yet to find a cooperative attorney.  I've written before and gotten no response so, again I would really appreciate any information that anyone could provide.  This stuff has ruined my life.

Thanks!

Jeff