And how did they achieve it?

@kieren09
Hello!
It has never been my intention to come off Effexor completely.
I tried several meds to deal with my anxiety and nothing worked as well as Effexor.
However, although I did not come off completely, I did reduce my dosage substantially without any side effects.
It did take me a long time to complete the process, but I remained patient.
I was on 300 mg of Effexor (150 in the morning and 150 in the evening).
At that dosage, my memory (which isn't great to start with) got worse and I always felt I was walking around in a fog.
MY PROCESS:
I started with my evening dosage (I took 2-75 mg tablets to equal the 150 in the evening).
It was my goal to cut my dosage in half (to 1-75 mg at night).
As I said, this was a VERY SLOW process.
1. Cut 1/4 off ONE of the pills. (1-3/4 pills in the pm)
2. Took the full dosage EVERY OTHER night and the half dosage in-between.
3. I did the EVERY OTHER NIGHT dosage for 3 weeks.
4. Since I felt good after the 3 weeks, I continued.
5. I now took the NEW dosage EVERY NIGHT for 3 weeks. (1-3/4 pills)
6. Since I felt good after the 3 weeks with the new dosage every night, I continued to reduce.
7. I cut another 1/4 out of the pill.
8. I took the previous dosage (1-3/4 off a pill) EVERY OTHER NIGHT). i took the NEW dosage (1-1/2 pill) in between.
9. I did the EVERY OTHER NIGHT for 3 weeks.
10. Since I felt good after the 3 weeks, I continued.
11. I took the 1/2 pill EVERY NIGHT for 3 weeks.

I continued this process of reducing the dosage by 1/4 first every other night and then every night.
I did this until I hit the desired dosage, which for me, was 1 pill a night of 75 mg.
When I got down to the dosage, I lived with it for a few months before I started the process again.
This time, it was to reduce the morning dosage.
I followed the SAME EXACT PROCESS of reducing by 1/4 at a time until I reached the desired dosage.

In all, I reduced my complete dosage by 1/2.
I did allow for an extra week at each step SHOULD I HAVE ILL EFFECTS, but I didn't.

As I said earlier, It was NEVER my intention to come off completely.
I AM CONSIDERING reducing my dosage a bit more, but I'll see.

If I can give you any more info, I'll be happy to.
Good luck!
Ronnie