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How to treat venlafaxine induced memory loss?

I have been taking Effexor XR 75 mg for 4-5 months, then I suffered from deterioration of my cognitive functions;as memory loss, slow thinking, difficulty in understanding written or spoken words, poor flow of ideas.
when these symptoms occured ,  I have decided to stop the drug but my symptoms have not improved .
Now I spend about 1 month and my intellectual functions is still impaired.
I searched about the effect of effexor on memory loss and I found it lowers acetylecholine level in the brain.
Then I thought to take acetylecholinesterase inhibitor as donepezil but I'm not sure about its role in my case.
Now I do not know what to do. I hope you could help me.
How can I get rid of this annoying symptom memory loss?
and can i take any medication to enhance my memory?
Please help me , my life now is hopeless..
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Do you have your memory back? I'm suffering from this.
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I don't think you life is hopeless. It can take awhile for these meds to get completely out of your system.
I would not recommend taking anything without your Drs approval first.
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