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As promised, my successful tapering off Effexor (Venlafaxine)

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 23 4:58pm | Replies (229)
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@deb103

Thanks for this. I will check out Mark Horowitz. Have you noticed any changes with your memory on a lower dose of venlafaxine?

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njoys | @njoys | Jun 23 4:58pm

Hard to tell. I'm hoping for more noticeable changes once I am off the drug, but I expect that to take another year.
I started decreasing (my third attempt, after two failed attempts) from 50mg in December, with a water-based liquid solution created by my pharmacist from information contained in Mark Horowitz's book. I made it to 25mg rather quickly, with 10% decreases over time, but it could be more difficult to get to zero--because I have been on it for so long AND have quit twice, but not according to the book. I want to be sure I succeed this time, so I plan to switch to 5% decreases, and will see how that goes. Slowly is key.

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