Nymph
he/him
- Jul 15, 2020
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Currently I'm taking Venlafaxine and Quetiapine. I really wanted to ignore the side effects of Venlafaxine because it was helping me lose weight and I felt pretty alright on it but when I take it I get extremely sweaty even when I do minor tasks. It's unbearable, I go out, walk for 10 minutes and all of my clothes are soaked, my whole face/palms are sweating. If I'm wearing lose pants I can feel drops of sweat going down my legs, even when it's 10 Celsius outside. It's crazy and it's making me want to die even more, so I decided to get off of Venlafaxine but I'm worried I won't find any other good antidepressant like this because I already tried a few out of every group (of antidepressants) I'm really desperate. Right now I'm already on a lower dose of Venlafaxine and it's the lowest dose you can buy here (75 mg), so it's also the dose I started out with in the beginning. Since I won't be able to get a lower dose I tried to stop taking it completely but I felt totally miserable-the same way as when I quit with the higher dose. I have absolutely no idea how I'm gonna get off of it. I was totally non functional and I seriously don't know what I'm gonna do. I feel like I'm trapped and can't stop taking them. I feel so sick and like I'm gonna throw up, I was only able to bear it for 2 days and then I took the pills again.... I will talk about it with my psychiatrist next week but I'm just so lost.
plus I feel like she's not cooperating with me enough, I know that there's medication that helps decrease the sweating issues when it comes to antidepressants but she didn't offer me those. She didn't even mention the fact that Venlafaxine and Quetiapine together can cause problems (I read about that myself)- it said it's a rare side affect but I feel like it might be casing some heart arrhythmia and that way it causes sweating issues or something. I just don't know-I hate this so much, I've been more suicidal again
plus I feel like she's not cooperating with me enough, I know that there's medication that helps decrease the sweating issues when it comes to antidepressants but she didn't offer me those. She didn't even mention the fact that Venlafaxine and Quetiapine together can cause problems (I read about that myself)- it said it's a rare side affect but I feel like it might be casing some heart arrhythmia and that way it causes sweating issues or something. I just don't know-I hate this so much, I've been more suicidal again