First of all, no, I do believe you will feel better eventually, but that was an extremely fast taper. As folks already know, I was on a comparatively very low dose of 75 mg. When I tried to ween off the way my doc said, it was too fast, but she didn’t think there’d be a problem since I was on a “pediatric dose.” Anyway, for the next ten years or so, I took 37.5 mg. When I decided to ween off for good, I counted the little beads inside and tapered over a period of 18 months. And, strangely, after my last done in February of this year, I’m still having some withdrawal symptoms. Dizziness, odd smells, vertigo, anxiety and crying jags. All of which are getting better, but they’re still there. Mostly the anxiety.

Effexor is a weird drug. It changes your brain from what I’ve read. I don’t know what to recommend you do since I’m not a doctor, but maybe if you can get yourself back to a tolerable dose where your withdrawal is at bay, then go ridiculously slowly, that might help.

Good news is there is a light at the end of this Effexor tunnel!