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Usually when withdrawal effects are too much, the advice is to go back on the dose of Effexor where you weren't having symptoms and stay there awhile before trying to taper again. In this case, you said you need to get off Effexor because it's detrimental to your blood pressure. I'm not a doctor, never experienced the headaches you're having and didn't know about using Prozac until I was well off Effexor, but I'd go back to your doctor and bring this up--if Prozac worked for you before, it might help. Also, folks who were experiencing "brain zaps" found relief by taking fish oil capsules.

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So I should hold off trying to get off the Effexor XR for a bit? Just stay on 75 milligrams for awhile? The stuff has messed with my blood pressure, blood sugar, even my liver enzymes. I truly hate the stuff.

It did help and got off the Effexor XR with more of a blah feeling then a head-achy sick feeling. I think the headaches I've been having have to partly be due to getting off the Effexor XR is the Viibryd. There is no Viibryd bridge to the Effexor XR like there is a Proxac bridge. Do I make sense?