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Tapering: Effexor

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Help me help you

February 24, 2026··
This is still early. Things will break and a lot of what this platform becomes will be shaped by the people using it. If something isn't working — post it here. If you wish something existed — post it here. I read everything and I'm building actively so if enough people want the same thing it'll probably get built. One ask: be specific. "The forums feel slow" is hard to act on. "When I post a thread on mobile the page doesn't update and I have to refresh" is something I can fix today. No request is too small. If you cant post here email me at [email protected]

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

69 Replies

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Something else that might be helpful for the users: Whenever there is a notification that someone has replied to your post, if you click on the notification it doesn't take you to that particular post...it takes you all the way to the top of the page. You have to scroll down all the way to the bottom of the page in order to see the person's reply. Is it possible to be taken to the right place when clicking on the Notification? Hope that makes sense! 🙂

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
I really hope you don't think I'm being nitpicky 🤣 but.... Let me see if I can explain this issue in simple enough terms: As it stands now, if I quote and reply to someone it works okay. The issue is if I want to add another quote and reply to something else they've said. If I do it a second time, it puts the quote on top of the first quote instead of at the bottom - underneath it. It would be nice if it could go underneath of the first quote and reply. I hope that makes sense! Sometimes I have a hard time explaining things.... let me know if you need further clarification! Thanks so much....

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Based
BasedStaff6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"Something else that might be helpful for the users: Whenever there is a notification that someone has replied to your post, if you click on the notification it doesn't take you to that particular post...it takes you all the way to the top of the page. You have to scroll down..." — @Catina
great idea
"If I do it a second time, it puts the quote on top of the first quote instead of at the bottom - underneath it." — @Catina
Agreed, just noticed the same!! youre not nit picky, youre actually so helpful. Thank you again, you rock!!! I want this to be so easy to use, i want it to bring happiness,

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"youre not nit picky, youre actually so helpful. Thank you again, you rock!!! I want this to be so easy to use, i want it to bring happiness," — @Based Psychiatrist
I'm glad you view it that way! 😂 You and your team have been incredibly open-minded, humble, and friendly. It's so appreciated!

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
You're going to be sick of me.... 🤣 .... Anyway, in looking at the forum sections, how would you feel about having one section just for tapering and then a separate one for symptoms and self-care? That's how Surviving Antidepressants had it, and it worked really well that way. Just a suggestion. There may be a good reason why you have it organized the way you do, and I don't want to mess anything up. I'd love to get your thoughts when you have a chance. Thanks!

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Based
BasedStaff6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"You're going to be sick of me.... 🤣" — @Catina
Sick of friends???? never
"There may be a good reason why you have it organized the way you do, and I don't want to mess anything up" — @Catina
There sure isnt, Im just adding suggestions and hoping nothing breaks in the process 😎
"how would you feel about having one section just for tapering and then a separate one for symptoms and self-care?" — @Catina
Sold! Thanks for the suggestions again!! I think ill do a batch with everything noted when i find some time to write more code, i was on vacation for the last week so it was a little easier to go hard

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"i was on vacation for the last week so it was a little easier to go hard" — @Based Psychiatrist
Thank you for working on this during your precious vacation time! It shows just how dedicated you are.

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP! Thanks for all the great changes...much appreciated. I'm still having a problem where I try to post a new thread and it says "Posting," but then it freezes. It also freezes sometimes when I try to click on a particular forum link. The little time circle indicates it's trying to pull it up, but then it never does and I have to do a page refresh. Both of these issues don't happen every time, but they do happen every now and then. Just wanted to let you know. Edited to Add: I think I'm having problems because I'm using the Brave web browser. I'm going to use Chrome for when I pull up this website and see if it resolves those issues.

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP! When we create a new log entry in the My Taper section, is the Title of our new entry supposed to match the actual calendar date? It doesn't seem to be matching up, and I don't know if it's supposed to be or not. Thank you!

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Based
BasedStaff6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"s the Title of our new entry supposed to match the actual calendar date?" — @Catina
Weird, it works for me. It may be set to my EU timezone if its slightly off. Maybe ill just remove that aspect of the title as it doesnt provide much value?

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP! I hope you and your family are doing well. When I spoke with Dom yesterday, I gave him some further suggestions. However, I forgot a couple things:
  • It would be helpful if we could "tag" a specific member in a post so they can be notified and be able to respond accordingly.
  • Another nice option would be to allow members to "follow" certain topic threads so they can be notified when something new is posted.
A new member said they filled out their profile but it wouldn't "save" and they lost all their information. Thanks again for all the hard work you and your team are putting into this wonderful site! ❤️

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
It's me again 😂! One other thing I thought of would be to have a Contact Us link at the very bottom of the website, at least with the general email address listed.

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP.... I sent you an email pertaining to the web platform. Hope you got it okay. ☺️

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Based
BasedStaff6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
". I sent you an email pertaining to the web platform" — @Catina
Thanks so much for your notes! Ill be replying to all of them soon! a little busy at the moment

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"Thanks so much for your notes! Ill be replying to all of them soon! a little busy at the moment" — @Based Psychiatrist
Sounds good BP! I know you have a lot going on right now. 🙂

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
The logo and Taper Community title look really nice at the top of the site! It adds so much. You guys are awesome! 😍

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Based
BasedStaff6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"The logo and Taper Community title look really nice at the top of the site!" — @Catina
Thanks for the suggestion!. If you look again it may have changed. at first it pushed the unedited version

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP! Just a few things....
  • The site is still freezing sometimes when I try to add a post.
  • I tried to use the message feature to contact STVE, but it wouldn't let me compose a new message.
  • When going back to edit a post, it would be nice to be able to Bold or Italicize words. As it stands now, we have to manually add the asterisk signs in order to change the font.
  • Whenever we bold, italicize, or tag someone the changes don't take effect right away. Extra coding letter and numbers appear. It's not until we actually publish the post that the changes take effect. Is there a way to make it so the changes are seen right away? I hope I explained that well enough.
  • When I go to check in for the day, the date on my Title is still not matching the actual calendar date.
That's it for now....thank you! 🙂

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP! The site updates are wonderful. We appreciate how much you care about the community. What do you think about having a topic thread for Announcements (and also a tag)? Surviving Antidepressants had that and it was really useful. That way, all the announcements can be found in one place, or people can click on the tag too. Also, some members' taper updates are showing up in the Symptoms & Self-Care thread. I'm wondering that if it happens too much then it might cause the thread to get clogged up and the informational documents might be hard to find. What are your thoughts? Thanks again for the amazing work! -Catina 🙂

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Another feature that would be useful is to give members the ability to add a Hyperlink to their posts. image

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
If we want to add an image to our posts we need to download it to our computer first and then upload it into our post. Is there a way for us to be able to "copy" an image from a website and then "paste" it into Taper Community? Just wondering about this. Thanks BP for listening to all of our suggestions! 😍

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi BP! I'm still having some general lagging issues. Also, if I wait too long to make a post it won't accept it; it says the "session timed out." Furthermore, I wish I could use this site with the Brave browser, but it doesn't work right. I also sent a private message to STVE, but he never saw it. I know it will take time to work out some of these kinks. Thank you for everything! Catina 😊

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hey! I went to post a comment about your very well-written blog article and got the following error message: "Could not find a relationship between 'blog_comments' and 'user_id' in the schema cache"

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
  • I'm "following" the Introduction thread, but I never seem to get notifications when someone new posts.
  • When we write a reply, is there a way to make the boxed area a bit bigger? Just wondering about this.
I hope you're not sick of me yet! LOL 😂

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Catina
Catina6mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Also, are people getting notified if someone tags them in a post? Not sure. Thanks BP! 😇

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

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