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Venlafaxine

Melita
over 7 years ago

Hi all, 

Does anyone here have experience of the antidepressant venlafaxine making suicidal thoughts/ideation, hopelessness, anger, etc, worse while lifting mood? It appears we've swapped one set of symptoms for a couple of others which are just as dangerous! Getting the right monitoring from mental health services is proving impossible - I'm sure these drugs have made him more likely to attempt suicide than less likely.

Thank you :-)

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  • over 7 years ago

    Thanks Margaret, that's really interesting - yes, he is very chemically sensitive, and just seems to have become more fixated on not wanting to be here, it's too hard, he'll never make it in adult life and achieve his dreams - the transition from uni to adult life is a major cause here. The stress of uni led to a breakdown so add a feeling of failure to the mix..... Finding a specialist in the Aspie transition field is also very hard.

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  • over 7 years ago

    Thanks Margaret, that's really interesting - yes, he is very chemically sensitive, and just seems to have become more fixated on not wanting to be here, it's too hard, he'll never make it in adult life and achieve his dreams - the transition from uni to adult life is a major cause here. The stress of uni led to a breakdown so add a feeling of failure to the mix..... Finding a specialist in the Aspie transition field is also very hard.

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