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I went back and read your previous posts. When the withdrawal symptoms are too much, the usual recommendation is to go back to the dose where you didn't have those W/D effects, stay there for a while (weeks, months, etc.) before again tapering to not so big a drop. Your tapers have been pretty steep and you haven't stayed at the next lower dose for long. You may think you're losing ground by going back, but the discomfort you're experiencing is not worth it. The main advice on this site is go slow. Some suggest no more than a 5-10% drop at a time (or even less if your W/D is bad). I'm not sure if you're still at 37.5mg, or if you've gone to 0. Depending on where you are, you can try going back to 75mg, or 37.5mg and see if you get relief. After some weeks (or even months), you can taper to a slightly smaller dose, stay there weeks and then, try tapering again.

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OK I'm probably going to fast. But I want this effexor out of my system. It has created a lot more harm then good over the years.

I'm going through some really really bad withdrawals tonight. Very high anxiety,my clozepam won't even calm me down. I feel very angry, crying alot, can't get calmed down and feel like I'm going to freak out.