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@sharonlou I went from 225 to 150, stayed there for 6 weeks, then 150 to 75. Stayed there for six weeks or longer before I started experimenting with going lower. Symptoms I experienced mostly were: dizziness when shifting focus (turning my head for instance, to look in different directions) , nausea, fatigue, shaking or shivering like I was cold. All of these symptoms would come and go. Stay the course. If you find yourself having anxiety, it may ver well be caused by withdrawal and bot necessarily relapse into old anxiety. I think that all of us here, yourself included, are extremely self aware and we KNOW what we need to do. Have a great day!

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When each of you were. off your Klonopin, did your old anxiety come back?

@sandij After the 4th day of cutting my 150mg Effexor by 25% the withdrawal symptoms returned at night with the brain zaps and an anxiety dream but nowhere near as bad as missing a dose. Cut down dose by 20% yesterday and today with no ill effects yet. From other's experiences here I know it will be up and down, day by day. Appreciate the responses!