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Tapering Effexor but giving up

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jan 22 6:11pm | Replies (19)
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@margsy

Hi, I'm in the process of tapering also, I am down to 112mg from 300mg which was prescribed to me last April. I am dropping by 37.5mg every 3 months. The lower the dose the harder it gets, I have heard of microdosing which iss counting the beads in the capsule and removing so many at a time depending on how fast or slow you want to taper, slowly us the best option, to give the nervous system a chance to readjust to the new dose. I will be trying this when I am trying to taper off 37.5. Fish oil is also helpful omega 3. Hope this helps. Maybe research it

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toekneet | @toekneet | Jan 21 5:21pm

Hello. I have been tapering off Effexor XR since October. I started at 300mg, and now I am at 43.75mg. My doctor and I decided that it would be better to stop the extended release because 37.5 is s huge jump when going off Effexor (because of the withdrawal symptoms). I decrease my amount 12.5mg every eight to 10 days. I, too, have read that it gets more difficult towards the end, so I am just going to continue to go really slow. I also take fish oil and vitamin B Complex.

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