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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)?
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Hi, I'm new here. Want to taper off but constantly dropping the same amount of beads, I fear it will catch up with me and give me brain zaps etc.
Was planning to go down 5 beads a time till I have taken 40 beads out of 220 (= 75mg) (so 8 drops, holding each for 2 -4 weeks) .
New plan in decreasing steps of: 5,4,3,2,1 beads (holding on each for about 2 weeks). And to do this about 5 times so:
1st mini taper: 5, 5+4, 5+4+3, 5+4+3+2, 5+4+3+2+1 = ending: 15 beads.
After which I return to taking out: 5+(15), 5+4+ (15) etc
So you could say: a taper within a taper.
Anyone done such a method?
Thanks
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@upstairsad it’s crazy how addictive brain meds are!!! Very dangerous!! Be careful, I have a close friend who got addicted to Loraapam and tried to taper stop by self and the side affects were worse. His psychiatrist would not listen and kept prescribing because it would make him feel better all while changing other anxiety meds constantly each month because he wasn’t getting better. Now he is in a treatment facility being medically/professionally weaned off. Sad news is her never had taken anxiety meds for 60 years until he got buyers remorse from buying a commercial building, which doing that turned out to be a good thing but the all drugs and changes along with consistent low dose lorazepam made crazy thoughts get worse. Always be aware before taking anything and really weigh your potential outcome. I am an extreme advocate of healthy lifestyle and talk therapy.