What dosage were you at and how quickly or slowly did you taper off?

I was up to 300mgs/day and took 6 months to to get off the stuff. Towards the end, I would skip days of the lowest dose available to me (37.5 mgs), and then skip even more days. I've been off the stuff for a couple of months now, but am wondering what if the withdrawal still affects me.


> I have tapered off Effexor completely, but 13 days later

How can doctors be so ignorant. Apparently, she prescribed this drug without bothering to read 50 page drug label which clearly states the symptoms of withdrawal or "discontinuation" as the drug companies like to call it. It's not a matter of the drug clearing the system, it's a matter of recovering from the damage the drug has done to the brain and body. I'm still experiencing discomfort 26 months after taking my last dose. Most the the extreme symptoms have subsided, but I still have the zaps, still have the hypersensitivity to sounds, vivid dreams, and anhedonia.

Hey Jen I am at 16 months after being drug free and I still have withdrawal. It is not the all encompassing this it was at the beginning when I cold turkeyed but it is here and sound. Dizziness sweats fatigue all part of the withdrawal show. It seemed to stop for awhile these symptoms anyway and other ones would take their place So dont' expect to be dancin in the sunshine it just doesn't happen after these drugs get into your system they change something forever. That is what I believe. I hope you are doing well but will put money on that your not. Unless of course you went back to the pills then you are dumbed up and feel bad only diffence here is you won't complain as you can't connect with yourself to see how you are doing.
Quite a horrible situation we have in the world today with all these drugs wonder how we will make it out of course not all of us will and they don't give a shit just a number with a dollar sign in front of it.
We have to find a new way that is outside the grasp on big money companies thing is it is almost impossible to escape them as they are everywhere sad.:(

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