Originally Posted by
Katt1825 
Thanks for the info. I too have been on Effexor, about ten years ago, and it was awful to come off of. I shared that with my doctor but she feels that the anxiety minimizing benefits will assist in the Xanax withdrawal and then we'll worry about coming off Effexor when needed. I notice a small difference in mood so far, and I'm in the lowest dose. I do experience extreme weight loss on it which right now is fine but 10 lbs more and ill be too thin.
It's just a cycle after cycle.,,
I too have been working on nutrition and have been juicing and doing yoga. Can't say it's helped my anxiety yet but I plan to continue.
For me, coming off Effexor was more difficult than coming off Xanax. Sometimes it seems you can't win!
Going to the gym a lot and "juicing" (unless you mean actual fruit juice) definitely relieved a lot of the tension and stopped weight loss associated with coming off Xanax.