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Venlafaxine

I stopped taking Venlafaxine almost 1 year ago.  My Pharmacist helped me with the "weaning" process, so things were okay for a while.  Now here I am, a year later, and I actually feel WORSE than I did back then.  The clinic I go to has rotating doctors (I do not have insurance regardless of "the affordable care act"), so it is difficult to relate to a physician every 3-4 months. I do take Welbutrin (300 mg), but there are times I have extreme crying jags and mood swings like you would not believe!!!  I am 60 years old, post-menapausal, etc.  Should I just start taking Venlafaxine (which actually made me feel "numb" to everything) again, or seek further assistance elsewhere.  I wish my husband understood what I have been going through.  We are on a fixed income and don't have much money.  Can anyone give me some help?????
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Okay, first, why don't you have health insurance?  It's the law that you do get it, and if you have little money, the subsidies make it almost free.  But I fear that won't necessarily give you a great psychiatrist, and if you're seeing general practitioners, they really don't have much experience with medication.  There are three possibilities here:  you're having the same problem you had before stopping the Effexor -- drugs don't cure these problems, they just make them feel less bad.  You're having a protracted withdrawal from the Effexor -- it's a very hard drug to quit, and the symptoms you're describing are pretty classic severe withdrawal problems.  Or, the wellbutrin isn't the right med for you -- it's very stimulating, and that might be having an effect on you.  
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