Hello Bright Wings here.
My 2 cents is I was on Effexor for around 33 years.
It was the last of 16 drugs I weaned myself off of.
I did not research.
I just went cold turkey.
I suffered a stroke , the drag your foot to the door, left arm tightly against chest with fist clenched, drooling kind of stroke.
Cause? Nightmares caused by withdrawal from Effexor.
No one would be able to tell I had the stroke cuz i am a do what ever it takes kind of girl.
Listen to these kind folks. I have been here 11/2 years.
They know what they are talking about.