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I finally weaned myself off of Effexor. What a terrible experience! Today is the first time I feel like doing anything. I moved to a new, beautiful home a month ago. Before Effexor, my house was always clean. For the past 5 years, I've had no motivation to do anything. I was like a zombie. The love of my life passed away almost 5 months ago. I grieved for him then, but now it is like I'm reliving it all over again. The nausea is the worst! I know I'm rambling, but this experience has been unbelievable. The way I did it - and I've been told it's the wrong way - I was taking 150 mg. daily. I started to open the capsules and dump a little out of each one. I did that for 1 week. The next week, I dumped a little more out. I continued to do this until I had only about 1/4 Effexor in the capsule. I don't think I did it long enough. I've experienced most all of the side effects I've read about. No leg or muscle cramps or bad dreams. I've had dry mouth, nausea (like I'm pregnant - I'm 65) crying spells, dizziness and brain zaps ( that's the only way I can explain the feeling in my head). I layed on the couch for most of this month. I hope you have some luck getting off of it. I'll never go back on any anti-depression med. again.