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Pristiq withdrawal - sick with headaches, body aches, nausea, sweating
Oh my God! I am trying go taper off Prestiq 50 mg. I am so sick!!! The headaches are unreal! My body aches like I have a bad case of the flu. I vacillate between nausea and sweating! This is so horrible! I literally could not get out of bed today!
I cannot believe this! I do not have the brain zaps but the headaches are unbelievable!!! Help!
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I recently just tried, keyword there tried. I wouldn’t say I was depressed, but I had uncontrollable crying spells. I have been on 50 mg I went down to 25 mg and then off now I’m back on 25 mg. I have a good experience with prestiq as far as helping me. But yes, trying to wean off of it very hard.
Is it possible that your body gets used to Pristiq? I take 50 mg of the generic desvenlafaxine. Back in 2023, my doctor put me on 25 mg after losing my son in 2024. My doctor increased it to 100 but it was too much and I didn’t like the way it made me feel so we went back down to 50 mg. I know that I am grieving the loss of my son, but I also feel like Pristiq stopped working. I feel extremely sad all the time, and I get irritable some days. I cry all the time, so I stopped taking Pristiq last Thursday 10/2 and by Sat evening, I started to have flu like symptoms feeling nauseated and throwing up so I went back to taking 50 mg Pristiq on Sunday 10/5, I don’t see my doctor until the end of October. So my question is, does Pristiq stop working at some point. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.