You seriously do not want to come off Effexor without it being tapered slowly by a Dr., Effexor is well know for having some of the worst discontinuaiton syndrom of all the AD's. AKA physical withdrawl from hell.

If you want to come off, I'd suggest going back to the Dr., and demanding a script for the 37.5 mg pills (I assume that they're available where you are) and very slowly decreasing your dosage.

I've never tried to come off it personally so this is all second hand, but I've heard of nausea, a feeling of electric brain zaps, shaking, and just generally feeling like crap. My pdoc has even told me it's a really hard drug to come off of.

--splitimage