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Tapering: Effexor

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Germany, near Frankfurt

7th Effexor Update - Feeling Poor - Mar 5

March 5, 2026··
Today was worse than i thought, more like a crash day. Bad sleep, but took a good nap again after being awake for an hour. Woke up angry, also mom noticed i look changed and angry today. I did some digging in the garden. After that, i became desperate in the meantime and had this strange headache, it‘s not migraine but it is some kind of pain and i feel/am so dumb and cognitive disabled when it happens. When i did not get out of scolding about this condition i intervened and took 3 drops of Kratom extract. After half an hour my mind cleared up and i was able to practice my instrument and make plans again. Please folks, this should not be an endorsement for Kratom, people can get dependent on it! But this low dose works for me in this situation and i don’t loose the day to this strange and unnecessary kind of suffering. These Symptoms are new and only happen since about 3-4 months after the failed last taper from ~32,5 to 31mg Venlafaxine. My experience showed, after such a day everything lightens up again at the next. Let‘s see tomorrow, i‘m hopeful again but i do secretly consider getting into bridging.

Steve’s taper progress

Dose (mg)
Mood (/10)

off Stimulants (2000-2013)
off Fluoxetine (2010-2013)
off Lamotrigine (2013-2016)
off Quetiapain (2016-2020)

currently Effexor — 33mg — 13 years (from 300mg) — actively tapering | with clinician

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