Oh man. I'll be glad to never hear that cursed name again. You might want to wean yourself even slower, because this is NOT my experience.

I weaned myself off of it against doctors advice because I really hated rhe experience and I did not go cold turkey until I'd reduced my dose by 75%. I had to open the capsules and subtract the amount I want to wean, and depending on how I felt that day, I'd either stick to that dose or I'd subtract further. There wasn't a science to it, I started removing 10 beads, then 20, etc. Eventually I came up with an easier (but far less accurate) way to measure.

I got the sweats, the zaps, the headaches, but I don't remember being so inebriated? Maybe it's because I was only on it for about 6 months and my dose wasn't that high (75mg).

I went on magnesium and it really changed my life. My chronic migraines (don't get me started) went away, i sleep more, my mood is overall better. Venla made me feel so emotionally stunted, and also... While it helped in a way, eventually you have to be able to heal. And healing requires some pain.

All this to say I've been there and it's really hard. I'm sorry you have to go through this.