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I feel effexor (venlafaxine) brain zaps?
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Slow down: You are probably trying to discontinue too quickly. Make sure you are slowly tapering off the medication, rather than just stopping altogether. Talk a half-dose for a week, the a quarter-dose for a week, then stop.
Answered 11/2/2014
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