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@irishgirl55 & @lt74 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, a place to give and get support.
It sounds like both of you have support and information to give.
@lt74 Did your provider mention why you are unable to cut the pill and take it each day? I know some pills are designed in such a way that doing so isn't advised.
I have the same thing with the sensitivity to sound, among other things. It’s horrible! I’m glad I found this board. Trying to wean off this medication. I only took 50mg for one month and decided to get off because of the side effects. Dr. Recommended taking 50mg every other day while starting 10 mg of Prozac. Then the next week off the Pristiq and increasing Prozac to 20mg. That didn’t go well!! The withdrawals were awful. So he said try 25mg of Pristiq every other day to see what happens. That’s where I’m at now. I don’t understand why it’s so hard to wean off this when I was only taking it for a month. I wish I never took it in the first place!