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Hi, I know the first week after dropping a dose is bad, all the physical symptoms and insomnia, but what happens at a later stage? Anyone has experience with that? Do some symptoms show up late and how long would they last? My days 1-3 after dropping (12.5mg out of 200 for 2 years) were bad, but then things stabilised and now, since wk 3 has started I have more symptoms that seem to be linked to the withdrawal, insomnia, sometimes can't fall asleep, sometimes wake up at 3 or 6, low mood, low motivation, headaches etc. Is that normal?

I lowered my dose, only from 200 to 187.5 (by 12.5 mg). The first two days I experienced some withdrawal symptoms, then everything went back to normal. I'm around 2 weeks in and today I'm experiencing depressed mood and anxiety. According to my consultant (chat gpt) around wk 2-3 there is a peak in withdrawal symptoms that then subsides. Has anyone experienced this? I had been on seroquel for 2 years, adjunct to effexor. Thank you 🙏