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I am on day 10 of alternating 50 mg of Pristiq to every other day. It has been the worst experience of my life! Brain Zaps, crying spells, anger, feeling of a cymbal clanging inside my head with vibrations that linger, head aches, confusion and despair. I had no idea this medicine would be so impossible to come off of!
Is there anyone who has come off this nightmare drug successfully????? I am really concerned!
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Thank you for your reply. I am going out-of-town to a conference this upcoming week, so I feel I shouldn't try "cold-turkey" until I return. However, I do agree it keeps me in a constant state of withdrawal symptoms alternating days. I think I will try cold turkey when I return and see how it goes... Oh how I wish I had never entered a relationship with this drug!!!!! This is the hardest break-up I've ever gone thru!
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I am no medical expert, but from what I've read on this forum and my own experience, I think that alternating days just keeps you in withdrawal. I made the choice to go cold turkey and for me I think it's the right choice. If I were more patient I would have looked for a compounding pharmacy like the person in the post immediately below mine.