I've been taking venlafaxine since November 2015 and I take 2 tablets 150mg each total 300mg a day. Mine are slow release. I take the 2 tablets together in the morning, as I found taking one tablet in the evenings would keep me awake. Towards the end of each day, I have started to get the brain zaps as people describe, even though I have taken the tablets. However, things that had driven me to the depression and suicidal thoughts have now thankfully settled down. I feel I should now start to come off the drug. I have tried previously but even just reducing by 25mg every other day (so taking 275mg and not the 300mg) was enough to make me feel so ill. I am not looking forward to the experience, but determined to do it. So any advice you can give me to keep me going I would really appreciate it.

My suggestion to the Dr wasn't taken seriously and he just laughed at me. I said, can't he put me in a deep sleep for 3 weeks, and not to be given the venlafaxine whilst asleep, then when woken up after the 3 weeks, I would hope to be over the worse. I thought that sound reasonable, but he just laughed at me. In a nice way not a mocking way.