Such great solutions to minimize the withdrawal symptoms on this thread. I was on Venlafaxine for a year (took Wellbutrin a decade earlier for longer). This is the first antidepressant I've been on with such horrendous withdrawal symptoms. I can't stay at work my full 8 hours because about 6 hours in, I get more nauseous than usual and more dizzy. For only being on this for a year, I'm wondering how long I can expect to have these symptoms. I transitioned from 150 to 75, 37.5, then 18.25 over the course of 2 months, and finally just stopped taking the 18.25 (I experienced withdrawal symptoms every evening on the 18.25, so I stopped those earlier than I had planned).