HI -- I am in the same boat. I think effexor is now working anymore at 150mg. How did you switch from effexor to lexapro? Did you take both at the same time while slowly increasing lexapro and decreasing effexor. I would like to talk to my doc about doing the same thing. Did you have side effects when you got off the effexor. Thank you so much -- any info you have would be great.