I TOOK MYSELF OFF EFFEXOR XR ALL AT ONCE. I COULD NOT SLEEP WHILE I WAS TAKING THIS DRUG. ALSO, MY LIVER ENZYMES LEVEL WENT BACK TO NORMAL AFTER TAKING MYSELF OFF THIS DRUG. I FEEL ALOT BETTER NOW. I CAN ACTUALLY SLEEP . ALTHOUGH I DID HAVE AWHILE THERE WHERE IT WAS HARD , I DONE IT. I DON\'T WALK AROUND FEELING DRUGGED UP ALL THE TIME. I BASICALLY HAD NO EMOTIONS WHILE ON THIS DRUG, GOOD OR BAD. IT WAS LIKE I WASN\'T EVEN MYSELF. I HAD TO WORRY FOR AWHILE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY LIVER. THAT IN ITSELF WAS VERY SCARY.