My post to which you responded was from more than a year ago. I have learned much since then about the proper way to taper. It was my doctor who suggested that I had become an anxious person--but she was incorrect; that was withdrawal! from a drug that creates dependency. I had to go back on Effexor, and ended up on 50 mg immediate release (down from the 75 mg extended release capsule). I have learned a lot from posts on this forum and from websites such as Outro dot com about the proper way to taper, and have just begun tapering from the 50 mg immediate release tablet per day. I am going to do it by no more than 10% at a time, and remain at the reduced dose until I feel comfortable enough to proceed with a reduction of 10% of the balance (NOT ten percent of full dose), until it gets down to minuscule amounts. The lower the dosage, the more careful one must be to proceed with caution because a reduction at that level can be significant, though the numbers are low, if you know what I mean. The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines have helped a lot. Google "Mark Horowitz," one of the authors, and you will find his Youtube videos which are quite helpful. Good luck to you. You have already come quite far. Stay steady at 37.5 until you feel comfortable enough to proceed. It will take me years to be free of this drug, but that is my goal. You can do it--give yourself time to do it right.

Have you tried tapering down from 37.5 by using compounded formula?