I've been on Effexor for about a year a half, up to 200mg. I've been weaning off since July, and my last dose yesterday was 9mg. I'm going off of it because it caused me to rapid cycle and then put me in a mixed state for over a month. It was this that caused them to re-diagnose me from depression/anxiety to bipolar ii.

I started on Lamotrigine a few months ago and am on 100mg. It seems to be helping minimally.

So far today, I haven't been able to stop crying since I woke up. I've got ridiculous nonsensical thoughts overloading me. I know it's withdrawal, I know it's withdrawal, I know it's withdrawal.