After over a year on effexor, I've gotten to a place where I've felt better and have decided to discontinue use of the medication. I was working with a psychiatrist who helped me taper the dose down to the lowest possible dose, but the last time I met with them, the best they could do beyond that was say that I just needed to find a time when I could handle the withdrawal. I'm on summer break from grad school and haven't started my summer job yet, and missed a dose on Thursday and decided it's now or never. Tomorrow (sunday) will be day 4 without it and I'm glad to be finally free from it, but the withdrawal symptoms are terrible. The head zaps aren't as frequent now, but it basically feels like I have the flu and I keep seeing online that sometimes the physical symptoms can last for 5 days and sometimes it can last for a month. Is there anything that helps with the withdrawal? I'm going to pick up imodium tomorrow and Tylenol has been helping with the headache. I guess I could also use some cheering on because I've been tackling this alone (at least until my next therapy session).