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@reginald56

Having the Capsules with beads actually makes tapering very easy with the assistance of a weigh scale. After a lot of research online I decided to do a slow taper. Keeping my fingers crossed, but so far so good.
The main thing for this to work is to know:
- The weight of the bottom half of the capsule.
- The weight of the beads used in the capsule.
- I make 21 capsules at a time, and it takes about 20 min.
If anyone wishes to use my spreadsheet feel free to send me a message and I can send it to you.
I am not against meds at all, and if they are working for you, it's great. My meds numbed things when I needed them to in order to function. 6 years later I have made changes in my life, and am ready to feel myself again. Honestly I cannot remember what that felt like, it has been a hell of a road.
My taper started 3 months ago, so far I am feeling more energetic, but still not the best, but no side effects.
We will see what happens.

Depression:
- Venalafaxine 150MG now at 63.75mg
- Buproprian 150MG - Planning to stay on now.

Anxiety:
- Clonazapam 2.5mg, now at .25mg 2x daily
- Clonodine .1mg - Discontinued.

ADHD
Vivanze 40mg - Planning to stay on.

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This is an excellent taper schedule for coming off Effexor. Well done for setting this up. I would love a copy of your spreadsheet please.

Hi again Reginald not sure if you can upload the file or do you need my email address?
Kind regards Anita

Hi Reginald not sure if you got my email address or maybe it’s not allowed and it was blocked?

Just checked my junk and found it. Thank you so much - you are a godsend