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Hello, @john368, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Since you mentioned you are in a tapering process with venlafaxine, I've moved your post here to this discussion on "Tips on minimising withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)," so that you can talk with others who are in or have been in a similar process and may have some thoughts to share, especially about countering the withdrawal symptoms when you are at 19 mg.
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Does your prescribing doctor have any input on dealing with the withdrawal symptoms and whether your tapering schedule should be adjusted, @john368? Since you feel you'd be better off without antidepressants, what therapy is your doctor suggesting instead?