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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.
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?
Posted by greywolf on May 27, 2009, at 0:07:33
In reply to quitting Pristiq - advice?, posted by LongRoad on May 26, 2009, at 22:40:45
I quit Pristiq cold turkey without a problem, but that's me. I just don't seem to suffer discontinuation problems.
Greywolf
Posted by Phillipa on May 27, 2009, at 0:26:20
In reply to Re: quitting Pristiq - advice?, posted by greywolf on May 27, 2009, at 0:07:33
Well we're the same in that respect never withdrawal from ad's Phillipa
Posted by LongRoad on May 27, 2009, at 7:32:17
In reply to Re: quitting Pristiq - advice? » greywolf, posted by Phillipa on May 27, 2009, at 0:26:20
You folks are very fortunate.
I do have get bad discontinuation from stopping ADs though.
Is there anyone who normally DOES get withdrawal from ADs but has found a way to successfully quit Pristiq (50 mg) without having it be too bad?
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.
>
> 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.
Posted by B2chica on May 27, 2009, at 12:45:55
In reply to quitting Pristiq - advice?, posted by LongRoad on May 26, 2009, at 22:40:45
my doc told me the same thing, but i did every other day for a week just to be on the safe side.
Posted by Zana on May 27, 2009, at 17:05:45
In reply to Re: quitting Pristiq - advice?, posted by B2chica on May 27, 2009, at 12:45:55
I've been on pristiq for about 7 weeks and it seems to be helping me. May I ask why you are quitting it?
Zana
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