I've been on Effexor XR for years and I'm on 75 milligrams but getting off of this is hard. I got off it once before but I was on Prozac and I managed to do it. I'm not on Prozac anymore and am on Viibryd. The Prozac seemed to help get me off the Effexor XR for some strange reason. Anyway I was down to 37.5 milligrams of the stuff when the withdrawal started kicking in like bad headaches, fatigue and nausea. Anyway called my doctor and he told me to go back up to 75 milligrams and I hated to do it but my headache was so bad I did it. I need to get off of the stuff because it affects my blood pressure. How can I get off of it without going through all the nasty side effects like headaches? Would it help if he put me on regular Effexor then weaned me down more gradually or increase my Viibryd to 40 milligrams? Or even put me on Prozac temporarily to curb the nasty side effects? I see my doctor next week he has to do something.