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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

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@smurf

I’m wondering if you or anyone else had to take a leave of absence while getting off this drug? I could not function at my job when I decreased to 75 mg. I had to go back up. I’m afraid to try it again

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Oct 24, 2018

@smurf
I don’t know what dose you were on or how much you decreased your dose but you obviously cut it too much.

Try decreasing it by
10-15% and stay at that dose for at least two weeks before you decrease it again. A compounding pharmacy could make tapering easier.

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