Thanks. I gave been on 50mg of Pristiq 5 and a half months. 2.5 of Lexapro, too. I have been weaning off the Pristiq for 7 days by taking 25mg. Upping the Lexapro to 5mg. Stared 10mg today. I have 23 more 25mg of Peistiq to go in the weaning process. Does this sound ok? In day 20: I will have 10 pills left. Should I take every other day? My side effects are more anxiety/Depression/insomnia. Incapable of manual labor for more than 15 minutes. Out of breath and sweating. This is really scaring me. Will this end and then the Lexapro will kick in? Thanks.

Hello @kmunroe,
It would be interesting to read a follow up report of your experience, as well as others similar with some timelines. I am in a very similar situation, titrating towards end stages of quitting with determination. It's much more difficult than I anticipated. I've been on it for 12 years; life-family situations have changed where I am ready to undertake this. I am wondering about longer term withdrawal experiences from anyone! How long does complete withdrawal take?

Thanks

I'm feeling the same. Not to mention, high blood pressure runs in my family. Well,...I now have high BP since starting this a year ago. I had a bone marrow transplant 2 years ago so I need to keep a better eye in my heart and other organs due to all of the chemo I had back then. Idk. I'm just keep on doing the one day on and one day off thing and see what happens.

Hi! I’ve been on Pristiq for a year and three months now and I take the 25mg Mainly for my anxiety but I just ran out of my medication last week and “suddenly stopped” without getting weaned or anything and it’s been tough because I’m 21 dealing with some horrible withdrawals like massive headaches, vertigo, dizziness every once in a while, nausea, or flu like symptoms I’ll get the shakes but I know that’s my anxiety it’s currently been 6 days without it and I’ve been feeling like crap since the second day of not having my meds I didn’t stop them I just needed a new refill but my Dr told me I couldn’t get anything until I see her and that’s in a week or so and it’s been a horrible week already I’ll get hot flashes and chills every once in a while and I’ve never missed my meds maybe once but not this long and I’ve got to wait until I see my Dr for anything and it’s been rough because I’m scared. I never went through something like this before in my life. I do, do things around the house just to take my mind off it more I think more I freak out but every once in a while I’ll get sick to my stomach and want to lay down because of it. I’ve got my family helping me while I’m going through all this just I never went through something like this in my life and it’s scary to me. Not being able to sleep much or have an appetite. And it scares me because I don’t know how long the withdrawals are gonna last or stay for. I already want them to stop because I feel so sick. Tomorrow will be a week since I last had my medication in my system or last took it and I’ve been waiting for my Dr to just give me a week worth until I seen her next but that wasn’t an option and it made me go in tears because I don’t like being or feeling sick I mean nobody does and it’s scary going through something you’ve never went through before but I know I’m not alone a lot of others deal with it or go through it as well. I’ve got put on Pristiq because I’ve taken every medication she had or recommended me like Effexor, Zoloft, Mirtazapine (Remeron), Citalopram in the last two years but thouse didn’t seem to help but my Dr thought Pristiq would help because she said it had “less withdrawal symptoms” after getting off it and thought it would help my anxiety but I’ve noticed more anxiety then just my depression. My depression isn’t as bad or horrible as my anxiety is I struggle with anxiety everyday more then I do with depression I have it just it’s not as severe as my anxiety. I know I’m not gonna die or anything it may feel like it but at the moment I’m dealing with a horrible nasty headache and every once in a while some nausea if I get up sometimes some weird smells that arnt there or like a taste in my mouth. I’ve noticed I’ve got a dry mouth after not having it sometimes burning eyes when I look at light or something bright. But I figured I’d reply even though this is 2023 and this was way back in 2012 but I’ve been reading some other stories from people dealing with withdrawals from Pristiq.