
I couldn’t come up with any other reason. Coming OffĪbout 2 years ago, I decided to come off Effexor as I had convinced myself that it was disturbing my sleep patterns. I could take 10mg of temazepam when needed and achieve a good nights sleep. My doctor said my sleep difficulties were unlikely to be caused by Effexor after all the time I’d been taking it. I approached my Family Doctor about my sleep difficulties and was prescribed temazepam, which was very helpful. The next thing I knew 10 years had passed.

Whilst I couldn’t say my sleep pattern changed immediately after commencing Effexor, I did notice that around that time the quality of my sleep diminished. There was no discussion about duration of treatment.

Later, maybe a few years, my dose was increased to 150 mg when my job became more stressful. I did achieve relief from my symptoms on this dose. About 12 years ago I was diagnosed with mild depression and prescribed 75 mg effexor.
