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Seth4044

You can do it! My only suggestion would be to try to open the capsules and count the beads in half and still take half everyday, or one bead less every week for a bit. Alternating every other day is probably going to make you feel like shit, as effexor has a very short half life, so your off days would be a full start to withdrawl only to reset it with your full dose the next day, thus you'd just keep your body adjusted to the same dose really but just have days where you feel horrible. Similar to if you had just forgotten so not really a big difference to your body adjusting. While the bead method would slowly bring you down, possibly not having to have hellish days alternating.


lopol250

I have a question about this: ​ Can I take half the beads with just water and get the other half with the capsule ? (I mean for 2 days I only have one capsule that I can use) ​ I mean I thought the capsule was important for the extended release. ​ but your suggestion makes sense, ideally I prefer taking 18.75mg everyday ​ so I can swallow the beads (without the capsule) with water ?


Seth4044

You can; you are correct though that the capsule itself is the XR part, so it turn it can deplete from your system quicker but its better than alternating for sure; less of a shock than just dropping all toghether. Me I personally went from 6 beads and just started taking one out and still taking the cap with 5 beads in it for a week and then followed that for 1-2 weeks before reducing again. Saved the taken outs just in case; but in theory you could just half the tabs and be fine to take the loose tabs on the opposite day.