Posted by Buckeye Fan on February 5, 2010, at 13:55:40
In reply to Re: Symptom of Medication? » Buckeye Fan, posted by 49er on February 5, 2010, at 12:55:51
> Buckeye Fan,
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> You're having problems because you're not taking a consistent dose every day and as a result, you are putting your body into withdrawal.
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> If you stop the med, that will be a cold turkey withdrawal. You may be fine for a few months but the chances of having problems are big time.
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> It isn't case of simply lowering the drug level like with an aspirin. These drugs have made long time neurochemical changes throughout your body and it needs to be given time to adapt to a lower dose.
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> I previously wrote you suggestions on how to taper Pristiq slowly. If you can't find the post, let me know and I will do a search.
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> 49er
Holy cow !!!!
I am half way through day 3 without taking my dose of pristiq, and I feel like I am in full withdrawl! I thought I was doing so well too...49er, I didnt know you had posted..I was just coming on to post my upsurge in withdrawl symptoms after trying to go 3 days between dosing...but I am glad you did!
( By the way..how do I access my User controls so I can receive e-mail notifications when a reply is made to a topic I am interested in ?)Anyways....as you know,I have been doing an every other day taper, with what I thought was success.
Right now I feel like crap.
And I think it has been slowly building, even tho I thought the every-other-day taper was working.I am so sick of this, and dissappointed in myself for ever starting an anti-depressant.
All I had was Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia in the beginning...I should have just stayed on a Benzo until the situation changed that was causing the anxiety.
Now here I am 8 years later...strung out on an AD like a heroin addict.
Brain shivers...depression...cant sit still...cant concentrate...nerves are raw and edgy
So now I need to decide to throw up the white flag of surrender ( again) and return to the bondage of prescription drugs....or tough this out and hope it gets better.....while feeling like I am losing my mind.
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