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Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)
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@mjfisch you like me are tapering during an already stressful time in our lives so expect things not to go as smoothly as we deal with the lessening dose and the new events in our lives. I am tapering during a lupus flare and a tick borne disease which caused me to total my car and have a hospital stay, all of which have driven me crazy. I ask myself : is it the tapering ? Is it the lower dose Med I'm not doing well on (inactive ingredients ?) or is it my medical conditions? Pick and choose for the answer because no one has it, least of all me!!!
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Let's be kind & loving to ourselves. During times of upheaval, rapid change, & stress galore, it's OK to stay with a low dosage for a while. I have a bad cold right now, need to send out some book material to readers, & prepare a presentation. So, just for this week, I'm taking a single 37.5 mg ER venlafaxine every day. Now is not the time to add more change to my day. I copy my indoor cats Tux & Gingi who keep life simple. They have not skipped 1 opportunity to cuddle, play, eat, or drink. In my next life, it would feel good to be a house cat!