Are antidepressants withdrawls really that bad? Dr google will kill you!!!

Well as I am sure most of you know I have been on venlafaxine for a while and the first day off I thought I was going to die. Terrible chills and flu like symptoms. Well I went to another doctor today and I feel a lot better already. He basically said I have to stop myself with the obsessive looking conditions up on the internet and going back and forth. It is truly a never ending cycle and the internet always has the worst possible answers and advice when seeking medical questions.

The doctor said skip a day every other day and then stop after a week. He gave me a good amount of klonoplin so I'm hoping this will help. I think a good part of my anxiety is worrying so much that my body actually believes something is wrong. That is sad and honestly a sickness in my case.

I would like some opinions on this though..... I went to my health clinic and a lady took my temp and it was 99.9.. And literally 20 minutes later another nurse took it and it was 101.1.. I don't know why or how it could change that quickly. Maybe she was doing it differently. My body temp normally runs high but I personally think it's some what machine/human error. That just doesn't seem right for it to jump like that. Is it possibly anxiety could make me more hot? But the good news is that we went ahead and did a blood test to check for a possible thyroid problem and should get the results somewhat soon. I feel perfectly fine so I was surprised yesterday when she said that I have a fever. But who knows at this point. all I know is I am staying committed to this site and a done going on google.

Thanks for yalls advice

I agree...anxiety can raise body temperature....but it was also probably just a variation due to the thermometer adding to the difference between two seperate readings.

I normally run low, and am rarely at 98.6...just as some, like you, run higher than what is considered the 'normal'.

I am glad that you are talking with your doctor and that he is helping you through this difficult spot. He sounds like a keeper...and it is great that you have such great medical support.:)

We are here as well, and are cheering you on though your weaning...not only off of your meds, but of google searching as well, lol!

Keep up the good work and let us know how you are doing soon.

S.C.

I was on Remeron for a year. It worked really good at first then stopped so I then decided to wean myself off. I cut them in half n then half of a half until my bottle was empty. I couldn't tell if I felt a little off from the medication decRease or just anxiety in general but I didn't have flu like symptoms. I Heard that is a withdrawal symptom and tried to avoid that as much as possible! Oh and don't use dr.google! I thought I had everything In the book for sure & was told every time "you're a very healthy young girl stop looking on the internet! "

Good luck with everything!

You're not alone.  Not even close!  :)

My temp, which runs low, hardly ever gets to 98.6 so when it does, I can start to get anxious because the docs perceive that reading as "normal."

Each of us has our own unique "normal" range.  Knowing what yours is and working with it, not against it, is helpful.

Mine has jumped a degree in a short period of time.  Many times.

I think that anxiety has so many "side effects" of its own, that kicking our bodies into overdrive, we're bound to show our engines are revving in a number of ways.

M.

Anxiety can affect temperature.  This could have been the case, but:

Most would be quite surprised at the number of nurses don't know how to take an accurate temperature.  If it is the under the tongue type it has to be far enough back to be in the vascular area.  One study of 1000 nurses showed that almost 80% took temperatures wrong.  If it is the type they use in the ear ....... those are just bad.  There are new temporal artery thermometers that I believe all professionals will be using exclusively within the next 5 years.