I was on Effexor for several years. I tried to get off it but began to think it was impossible due to the brain zaps etc. Eventually I counted the number of granules in a capsule and reduced the number by one each day or each couple of days until I got down to zero. It was quite a few years ago and I’ve forgotten how many granules there were in my tablets. I’ve also forgotten the dose. I think the granule number was in the 200’s. It took several months but it did work for me.