If you’ve been following my antidepressant journey over the course of 2019, you’ll know I began gradually lowering my daily dose of 150mg of Venlafaxine in February, the idea being to eventually come off it entirely. Due to my own past experience, friends’ recollections and the vast number of horror stories out there regarding coming off antidepressants too quickly, I decided to take a whole year coming off of mine.