@jtj
“Since I've had no other withdrawal symptoms could I do this quickly?
I don’t think anyone is able to answer that question. Some people can stop Effexor with no problem whatsoever others can’t. perhaps you’re one of the lucky few who won’t have a problem, I don’t expect to get a guarantee from anyone that that’s going to be the case.
My first concern is that your brain is used to a certain amount of Effexor and the way you choose to taper that drug you’re changing the percentage of how much your brain is getting especially if skipping days like momo13 is suggesting. You started out tapering at 25% then you chose to taper by 50%, now you want to decrease it by 100%. I personally wouldn’t gamble that a 100% decrease wouldn’t cause side effects nor do I believe its a reasonable thing to except or try. Why are you all of a sudden in such a hurry to stop.
I believe in the 5 to 10% tapering method although some people are able to taper by more than those percentages. If it it were a medical emergency to immediately stop a drug thats one thing but that’s rarely the case.
my advice is to take it slowly and although it’s not a guarantee for an uneventful taper it certainly increases the probability of one.
Read back on this thread and see how many people took their physicians advice on tapering and how many people came back complaining of withdrawal symptoms and received no help from their physicians. You might want to remember medical professionals are not always right. According to Johns Hopkins university medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States.
whatever you decide I hope you both can avoid the side effects,
Jake