I was prescribed Effexor for 20 years. I was never told by any provider who maintained the prescription that getting off of it would be difficult. I accomplished it cold turkey, which, based on the various Effexor threads, appears to put me in a small group of people who successfully pulled this off, but man that process sucked. If I had understood what this particular drug does to people, there's no way I would have embarked on it.

I'd also wonder about why this drug is being prescribed! If the eventual goal is independence from depression meds, well .... this drug seems counterproductive. I'm on it and taking *300mg* per day!!! 🙁