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I was on Pristiq for 1 year and the first time i tried quitting it was a complete nightmare with all the symptoms that people are taking about, i couldn't handle it so i went back on it.
But this time it was different; i switched to a healthy diet with lots of veggies, whole grains, fruits, healthy fats & lean meats, started exercising once in the morning and once at night, drank a lot of water, kept myself positive and with good faith in God. And then i decided to go cold turkey off the medicine...and i kid you not... i had 3 terrible days (one of those days was a nightmare and i almost puked from the dizziness but stayed strong knowing it would pass) and THAT WAS IT! after those three terrible days my symptoms have steadily decreased each day and after only 2 weeks they were all absolutely gone.
It has been 2 months now and i am very happy.
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Two weeks? In order to wean off of it, my doctor told me to take it every other day for a week and then stop altogether. I knew what the withdrawal symptoms were so I stretched that out to oh...4 weeks. Every other day was okay. A little rough at first but my body got used to it. I didn't refill my script so now it's done. Friday was the first day off of the cycle, 2 days without. It was a little weird. Saturday and today have been a bit hellish with hot flashes, dizziness & nausea. All I can think is Oh God I have to go to work tomorrow.
I was on Pristiq for 5 years and decided this past year to taper off. Miserable process. Nobody warned me either. Lightheadedness, irritability, nausea, insomnia. But now off the tapered dose 1/4 of 50-mg tab for several days and nausea has gone. Still dealing with the lightheadedness and irritability and insomnia but I think the worst is over. Would not take this med again for anything, I think it also made me jittery and hard for me to concentrate.
Hi Marye20019, I approached getting off prestiq the same way. How long did it take for the side effects to stop after stopping the medication??
Hi Lolli,
After stopping the medication, day 3 was horrible and that continued until about day 10. Just as my doctor said "7-10 days". I'm happy as a clam now. 🙂
Thanks! I'm happy that you're feeling better :). Hopefully I will start feeling better soon!
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SOOOO happy for you JJGH.... you DID IT!!! I am having problems with just the 2,..1/2 tabs and 1 full tab I took...decided NOT to take the 4th tablet last night...but its been a ruff day... praying tomorrow is much better and since I didn't have tooo much in my system it won't last the several weeks that some have said that it does.... Like I said,..Happy for you...God Bless!!!