Hi everyone. I self tapered from 225mg effexor to about 4mg currently. No doctor I asked even had any recommendations about how to taper, so I had to do it myself. Sitting at the table every week playing pharmacist. So now I am on my last 4 beads and am needing some help. I tapered so slowly that my withdrawal effects were really minimal. But now I am starting to feel the brain zaps/shivers and little bouts of vertigo. It makes sense, now every time I remove a bead I am taking away a larger percentage of the medication. 5 beads to 4 beads is a reduction of 20%, etc.

So my question is twofold. 1) What can I do to taper these last few milligrams slowly? (I've heard of compounding pharmacies, etc?)
2) What can I do to minimize the withdrawal effects? (Can I take seasickness medication for the vertigo? Does weed or CBD help? etc?)

Also, what happens when I get to my last bead, have people had lasting symptoms after they have gotten off of it completely-or do you have to take that last bead 4 times a week, then 3 times a week, then every there day for months?

Thanks