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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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I'm trying to get off of 75mg of effexor. I was on 225 mgs and got down to 75. Now my problem is odd thoughts they just don't make sense. My thinking is all screwed up and confusion. I tried going every other day and that didn't seem to help. I get cranky,moody,flu like syptoms,ear aches and very tired. I've been on effexor for 7 years. Nasty drug if you ask me. Thank you for any suggestions or help.
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Congrats on getting the dosage down to 75mg. What was your taper down plan, like after 225mg, you went down to 150mg, etc? I would ask your doctor about taking a 37.5mg dosage. Doing big dosage reductions (if you're past dosage was in the 150-250mg range) doesn't work with this medicine. My doctor strongly recommended told me to taper off as gradually as possible since it has a long "shelf-life" in your body. Once your body gets use to the lower dosage, then that's when I would take the next step of doing every other day or 2 days on, 1 day off. Again, talk to your doctor about it.