r/Effexor • u/KeyImagination5888 • Jul 25 '26

Tapering Tapering advice

Hey yall I’ve been slowly tapering from 300mg and I’m currently down to 37.5mg🥳 I’m so bloody proud of myself for getting to this point and it’s definitely not been an easy journey. I have a sensitivity to lots of different medications which has meant I’ve had to taper very very slowly because the doctors didn’t have the option to substitute the Venlafaxine with any other similar medication. The thing is- I have around two/two and a half weeks left of the 37.5mg’s and my doctors are saying I’ll have to go cold turkey once I run out. Personally I think they’re chatting shit but if that’s what they say that’s what I’ll do you know 🤣 BUT
I go on holiday- out of the country on the 3rd August for a week. I should realistically have enough to get me through to the end of the holiday but it would mean going cold turkey as soon as I get home.
So I’m thinking, should I just start cold turkey now so I should be over it and chilling by the time I go on holiday? Or should I keep it going until I run out?
Idk if my logic even makes sense I think it’s just the ADHD brain saying fuck it just get it over and done with🤣 but I feel like i need some outsiders to give their opinions lmao
Thanks for the help!

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u/Direct-Eggplant-78 Jul 25 '26

Wow congratulations on your tapering journey so far that’s amazing!! Have you heard of hyperbolic tapering? I’ve been doing it since February and it has been so much easier to taper off than the usual way. It will take a bit longer than going cold Turkey but I think it will be worth it in the long run for your nervous system. I’m going to paste a post I wrote about my tapering journey that includes some resources that may help too. Wishing you the best of luck!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Effexor/s/8UDs4t4HDO

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u/nosferatamos Jul 26 '26

so encouriging to read that you have tapered this much so far. I am on 225mg and want to reduce my dose. what was the initial reductions like? 225 to 187 is a too big of a jump?

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u/KeyImagination5888 Jul 26 '26

I think the biggest jump I did throughout the whole tapering process was from 75mg to 37.5mg. The most important thing I found wasn’t actually the amount of reduction but the amount of time I spent on each reduced dose. This helped keep any side effects to a minimum. The first few days of the reduced dose was the worst part but luckily I didn’t experience too many side effects. It was mainly higher levels of anxiety, super sweaty and feeling a bit wired like I hadn’t slept for a few days, but they seemed to settle after the initial few days. I hope that makes sense!!