Weaning off venalflaxine aka effexor

Hey guys!
So I've decided to join and get some input from the community from anyone who's taken venalflaxine or knows much about it. I have recently gone from 112.5 MG to 75 mg. I feel that it was giving me anexity more than keeping it at bay. I've been working a lot of talking myself down from panic attacks and working on natural healthy ways to keep anexity levels low and having good support. So I wanted to come off the medication. I have larazapam .5mg when I have a panic attack, but they are like 1 maybe every 3 months. But I have been feeling off lately, no brain zaps but I've been dizzy and a little bit antisocial and not wanting to go out as much. It's hard to pin point if it's just my mood or the withdrawal. But I jusy feel shaky, sweaty in my sleep and most prominent is dizziness. I was wondering if anyone has any pointers. I want to be off mess, but then I'm thinking that it is also a chemical imbalance and maybe I should just go on a more gental strictly for anexity med. Cause venalflaxine treats so much I feel it effecting things that don't need fixing. Opinions would be great thanks!!

Hi

Welcome to the forum.

I used to be on venlafaxine and did find it was a difficult one to discontinue.

It sounds to me like you are getting withdrawal symptoms so I would speak with your prescribing doctor and see what they suggest. A very slow reduction in dosage is best for venlafaxine so if it was me I would stay at 75mg for a while before reducing to the next dose.

Hibee