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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

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@samrichardson

I hope you don't believe tapering a dose is as simple as asking yourself how to mechanically split it... extended release system involve a lot of techs and complexity that you need to consider... That's the very reason why tapering off is a shit to deal with when monography alone never provide the reason why they advice not to split/crush/break their original form..

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rosa66 | @rosa66 | Mar 31, 2022

Dammit. So complicated:(
Going off Paxil doc had me cut pills and drop 5 mgs every two weeks which I discovered later was too fast and I’m still reeling 8 months later😞
Docs have recommended cymbalta, remeron or Effexor.
I’m freaked out about tapering off any of them if they don’t work or I have side effects.
But….I need something for my mental health and hoping for something that would be easier to cut doses. Reading about counting beads makes me crazy to think about. I don’t understand any of your photos but it all looks terribly complicated.

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