Effexor Class Action Lawsuit

I have been on 37.5 Ven since January again...any higher dose causes fear to the point I can't get out of bed..I had taken Ven for 10 years prior,,the best drug ever when it worked. When they tried to take me off it in April 2015 when I was down to 25mg a day...my life has never been the same....a year and a half now. They tried many other drugs last summer but I could not tolerate them,...so they keep putting me back on Ven.
I also had chronic insomnia for 5 months during this process. A different doctor recommended Mirtazipine in October to help me sleep,,,that finally helped the sleep.
My head feels so bad every morning, pressure, clogged,,,I cry every damn morning,,,,my doctor has tried lowering the Mirt to see if that would help,,,,I think it did but then after 22.5 for 4 weeks the depression got even worse and it was hard to get out of bed, my body felt so heavy, and just takng a shower was a choir,,still is.
Now they just want me to take more and more benzos. I have been working at the same job for 35 years,,,I am 53....I don't know what to do anymore and I don't think the doctors do either. I have been on antidepressants for 30 years for GAD...and now I have what is becoming debilitating depression without them.
There is actually a term for it tardive dysphoria. ALL I feel I have left is GOD and a miracle,,,,and pray everyday I don't lose my job.

I'm so sorry.....have you tried any alternative ways in dealing with how you're feeling? I've been amazed at how much help acupuncture can have in SO MANY things, I just never realized. Or maybe an intigrative approach...healing the mind, body and soul approach to getting better....I DO know that during this entire process, I have been the biggest help to myself. The doctors don't know what else to do other than off more or different drugs. Meanwhile, the hours go by while we suffer in silence, and sometimes not so silent, right? The Doc has gone home for the day and you're left wondering how the he'll you're going to make it another night, going on like you are.....it's a terribly lonely feeling...one that I am all too familiar with. Ya just gotta keep trying different things. I know it feels hopeless at times:/

On several occasions I considered admitting myself into a rehab facility. After all, they should be set up well to handle the detox....

How the hell can big pharma and the medicine regulators, let this dangerous deception continue. More people need to put in an adverse effects complaint thought the FDA, TGA etc. Once you have an email from them with an ADR number, ring up your medicines regulator, and ask them what they are going to do about it. If more people speak up, hopefully there will be change. These medications are clearly addictive and damaging and this needs to stop. Report what is happening to you.

You you are absolutely right. Problem is, it's not just big pharmaceutical companies we are fighting. It's a huge collaborative effort involving the drug companies, the Medical community, doctors, hospitals....a whole way of life that's been going on for years. It's all about money and greed. In many cases we're simply Guinea pigs. Many doctors would lose their jobs and their practices if they suggest any kind of treatment that doesn't include pharmaceuticals. Some have had clinics shut down and were taken to jail. There are parents who have had their children taken away from them by child protection services because they wanted their child to be given other treatments rather going with Western Medicine/Drugs. I just watched a whole series about the truth about cancer and the fact that Chemo and radiation is just a big lie but were told differently. People become desperate and don't know what else to do but to trust their doctors. Money.

The FDA is part of this collaborative effort. They're all married to one another.

I agree with everything you have said.

Hi my name is Michelle I have been taking effor for a few years I have some memory loss and recently I have no pulse in both of my feet I try to move my left foot and can't I'm going g for a ct scan and was put on a lowAspiri n I have heavy ness in my left arm as well

On this med and Withdrawls of this medicine has been ruining my life for years. I wish there was a class action lawsuit .

Were you able to get off?

If you are in Australia, follow the Australian Antidepressants class action for children on facebook. They are trying to lead the way for other class actions in Australia, and are starting with children that have been harmed first.
I recommend the facebook page Cymbalta hurts worse, although a different SSRI, the withdrawals and tapering is very similar. They say to never reduce by more than ten per cent at one time. And many people are getting off their antidepressants successfully.

Hi Terry, it has been a few years since I last posted, I have never received any information from you, I am off Effexor now but still have a lot of lingering symptoms from the Effexor. Just checking in with you to see if anything has happened yet?

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I have been having really bad gambling problems while taking Venlafaxine. Is there a class action suit about this medication? Do I need to seek legal representation? Please help.

There might be a class action in the usa for Effexor, but theres still nothing in Australia. There is a class action for anyone that was harmed by antidepressants that started taking them, while they were 18 years and under in Australia. They are on facebook, and are trying to lead the way for other class actions in Australia. If interested ***edited by moderator*** web addresses not allowed

Been on ven for 12 years...having significant problems..ANYONE only take 37.5 IR in the morning...and have head pressure the next morning???????