Bi-polar II: recent diag. after years of chronic depression. on ...

Coming off of Effexor can be totally AWFUL!!!!
For me, if I missed a dose, I would get those strange electrical charges going off in my brain, and my brain could not keep up with my eyes, when I looked from one side to the other.........IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Tho it worked quite well as a mood stabilizer, I was determined to get off it.
Figured it must be bad to have those kind of effects.
So I tapered myself off VERY VERY VERY slowly. over at least 3 months.
When I got to 1/4 pill daily, and then stopped, I would still take the occasional 1/4 pill to ward off those brain stings.