Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

@lioness and JK- I hate that when doctors do that. How dare they.

@jakedduck1
I sure am!
Ronnie

Hello, I have a new (for me) ? But don't know how to start it. Do I just piggy back onto this thread ( I don't want to hijack the conversation)

Just post it like you did this one.

@jakedduck1 He is incredible. He is like no other doctor I have ever had -- very caring and when appropriate has shared personal things. When I was diagnosed with cirrhosis he suggested that I might want to see a therapist and told me about a crisis in his life when he did and how valuable he found it. Not many doctors would be so personal with a patient. I only see him once a year but when I do he seems to really remember me. He probably just takes good notes, but it's nice regardless. Of course he's a really good doctor also.
JK

@cwis Hi, and welcome to Connect. If you want to ask about something, and it falls within an ongoing discussion, then just post like you did your question above. If you feel it should be a new discussion then:
Click on "Home" then
on "How to Get Started on Connect" then
on "How to Start a Discussion".
That will give you the information you need.
You can see from how many pages of discussion there are within this topic that there are a lot of people out there and I am sure there are some who will be able to help you with your question.
JK

JK- Thank you. I wasn't much help

@merpreb I just thought she might need more detail, and I have always been known as a detail person. Not sure if that’s good or bad.
JK

Of course- I didn't have them. Glad you chirped it! Really. Happy holidays

@jakedduck1 You didn't find the biggest town to visit, did you? Holliday has somewhere between 1,700–1,800 population and is about 20 miles outside the bustling metropolis of Wichita Falls (105,747 population), known as the home of the Hotter'N Hell 100 bike race that occurs at the end of August (when it is hotter than hell except this year when we had rain in Texas for weeks and weeks and so it wasn't). My dad was stationed at Sheppard AFB (on the north edge of WFalls) and retired there in the early 60s, so I grew up in WFalls. I really only know Holliday as a town you blow through on your way to Dallas/Ft. Worth and now that 287 is a real highway (at least 40 years), you just see some of the outskirts as you fly by on the hwy.