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@hopeforpeace

I have been on Venlax for close to 10 years. I have had so many issues with feeling like I'm a walking zombie and my head feels like it's full of fluff and trying to taper down makes me have diarrhea and nausea and feel like I have the flu. Does anyone else get the diarrhea part? I have gotten down to 75, but I want to get off. I am going to try getting down to 37.5, and I guess I'll have to take Diarrhea medicine. I take prescription nausea medicine when I get that. I started taking CBD recently and take the Montkush brand. It is actually advertised on tv because the man who started it purified it so that he could try it with his autistic daughter who didn't speak and he said it has worked wonders. I do find that it takes the edge off. It has .3 THC so it does show up in a drug test. They have some gummies that are .5 THC that help you chill. I am going to try to use these more to taper off. This is a horrible medicine. CBD has helped me with headaches and joint & muscle pain too. It's a blessing. Love & hugs to everyone.

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Hi @hopeforpeace ,

I experience similar effects while tapering from Venlafaxine after 6 years (the past two weeks from 300 mg to 262,5 mg). The diarrhea part not as bad right now (knock on wood) but the other symptoms for sure.

I like your advice for CBD oil to help with the aches. I need to do some research on that to see what type off legitimate stuff we have in the Netherlands here. Or maybe in gummies/ edibles? Would you recommend that as well or do you prefer the oil?

Kind regards 🙂