I stopped taking Effexor on my own and came clean to my pdoc and he will no longer see me. But in my defense he would not listen to me at all! I would tell him I'm having terrible anxiety ( I always have anxiety but this was major) I told him it was no longer working for me as I was having depression almost constantly. He would only say let's increase your dose. I was already taking a high enough dose. That being said, I should have told him that I was going to have to stop taking it and that I knew my body and it was not working out for me instead of doing it on my own without informing him.