Thanks for posting here, maisie. As I mentioned to you --
I know this is very scary, but, in my opinion, it is not possible to meaningfully diagnose any illness when one is in withdrawal from these highly toxic drugs. Essentially, we have been poisoned, and that shows up as all sorts of temporary or pseudo-diseases, which evaporate as our bodies heal.
There have been others in w/d who showed white spots in their brains in imaging in ealry w/d and they are utterly without MS now.
I understand your dilemma about Effexor and it’s not an easy one. I’m not a doctor, but if I were in your shoes, I would consider mega-dose Omega-3 which had shown some good results with neurological damage and serious psychological problems. There is one thread on it here in Alternatives, and you can Google it for more info.
If that doesn’t appeal to you, there have still got to be safer ways to regulate autonomic dysfunction than to go on a toxic drug.
Also, I just stumbled across some mention of Vit. D being important in MS.