Posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2009, at 10:56:46
In reply to quitting Pristiq - advice?, posted by LongRoad on May 26, 2009, at 22:40:45
> My Nurse practitioner said I could stop 50mg Pristiq cold turkey and up my dosage of 5 htp from 50 to 100mg.
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> Not that I want to ignore medical advice, but I'm worried that withdrawal will be hell. Does anyone have experience and/or something to suggest to the Nurse Prac. about this?Hi,
I'm currently on 50 mg of Pristiq. When I accidentally skip a dose, I know because I start to feel sick. Getting off Effexor once kicked my butt--for a long time. Don't know what to expect from Pristiq in terms of length of time of discomfort. I just don't expect withdrawal (for me) to be too easy. (Not that I am discontinuing--see above thread!)
Candace
P.S. I withdrew from Lexapro with prozac--w/ my pdoc. That was easier.
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