@lisalucier
Thank you so much for doing that. I look forward to reading other people's experiences, hopefully some positive 😉
Yes, since the increases did not work (150->225->300😮 then down to 262.5) we figured it was time to wean off so we could introduce another antidepressant. I'm still on the Celexa, so am really hoping that will balance off some of the possible neg's of coming off the Effexor.
He referred me to the usual way of doing it, but I am going to do it at a much slower pace.

@lisalucier My doctor was fine with me using the Prozac to use as a bridge but no one has done any studies on it and there are no official protocols so I think doctors are afraid of possibility liability. Anyway, I figured it out with a lot of research. My doctor prescribed the 37.5 mg of Effexor and I used that to get off of the 75mg. I used 40mg Prozac with the 37.5mg Effexor to begin the taper. After a few days to a week, I dropped the 37.5 Effexor and used 60mg Prozac. I did that with the next 2, 75mg as I was on 225mg. I was off the Effexor in a about 3 weeks and on the Prozac 40mg-60mg at the end and stayed on it for 2 months as there are sometimes some long term effects from the Effexor. After 1 month off the Effexor I had migraine headaches for 3 day from 5-10pm? Then they were gone? I read it can take a year sometimes for all the effects to go away. I haven't noticed any after 2 months. I had no withdrawal coming off the Effexor. Going off the Prozac was easy with the long half life.