What can I use as a substitute for venlafaxine?

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I don't think many people here understand this, but maybe I can get an answer, so it's worth a try.

I have been taking venlafaxine for a year for social anxiety and general anxiety disorder.
I noticed that I can sleep 3 times a day, I am often apathetic and can spend my time just staring at the wall.
I tried to get off venlafaxine and the apathy went away, but social anxiety also returned and mercilessly crushed me. I also experience hellish headaches without antidepressants.
I'm thinking about starting to take an MAOI.
I was happy to take venlafaxine but I feel like I could get something better, I hate the apathy and social anxiety
 
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Dopaminergic shit doesnt do a ton for anxiety and might even worsen it so maoi or other dopaminergic antidepressents provs wont help, but if the snri is just causing apathy and is actually stoping the anxiety enough then you could try to combine it with buprupione. I recomend bup over maoi since maoi is less the conterweight here since dopamine is what you need here and its also weaker and the extra seratonin might even get to much if its with a maoi,

If its not working weel enough and you also need more for anxiety try gb-115, TAK653, ALKS2680, safit2,lit-001, ketamine, mushrooms, dmt

if nothing here works youre kinda cooked and your pretty much obligated to keep having anxiety or get raped by your current meds or get raped by...
Dopaminergic shit doesnt do a ton for anxiety and might even worsen it so maoi or other dopaminergic antidepressents provs wont help, but if the snri is just causing apathy and is actually stoping the anxiety enough then you could try to combine it with buprupione. I recomend bup over maoi since maoi is less the conterweight here since dopamine is what you need here and its also weaker and the extra seratonin might even get to much if its with a maoi,

If its not working weel enough and you also need more for anxiety try gb-115, TAK653, ALKS2680, safit2,lit-001, ketamine, mushrooms, dmt

if nothing here works youre kinda cooked and your pretty much obligated to keep having anxiety or get raped by your current meds or get raped by gaba drugs long term
 
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Dopaminergic shit doesnt do a ton for anxiety and might even worsen it so maoi or other dopaminergic antidepressents provs wont help, but if the snri is just causing apathy and is actually stoping the anxiety enough then you could try to combine it with buprupione. I recomend bup over maoi since maoi is less the conterweight here since dopamine is what you need here and its also weaker and the extra seratonin might even get to much if its with a maoi,

If its not working weel enough and you also need more for anxiety try gb-115, TAK653, ALKS2680, safit2,lit-001, ketamine, mushrooms, dmt

if nothing here works youre kinda cooked and your pretty much obligated to keep having anxiety or get raped by your current meds or get raped by gaba drugs long term
I should probably add something to the venlafaxine. I'll look into this drug, I think I even took it for a while and everything was fine.
Thanks buddy
 
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