Not only will you begin with a low dose, but you quit the medication you'll be weened off of it as well. My last Dr. did not realize that I was on Effexor when she changed my meds. I quit cold turkey and what a horrible couple of months that was. I thought that it was side effects of the new meds and was going to refuse to take it.

It's like an exercise program, you're not going to run the Boston marathon after a week of training.