Posted by Continuous Relapser on June 27, 2010, at 19:03:38
In reply to Re: The Best way to stop a SSRI/SSNI, posted by Huxley on June 21, 2010, at 18:56:23
> Been on ADs for about 10 years. Pristiq for the last year I think?
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> It seems to be a bit of a black art getting off ADs so I am not going to risk it with the prozac. Don't want to crash and burn 5 weeks down the track. Thinking about switching across to effexor and tapering by taking the little balls out.
>Hey Huxley, if I had known about the prozac thing, I would have tried it and it would have saved me so much grief over the years. I get terrible withdrawals from all SSRI/SNRI's. It's been years since I took them. The worst one for me to come off was Efexor by the way. Twice mind you. I went cold turkey the 1st time and the 2nd time I opened the capsules and took about 3 pellets out everyday until they were all gone. Guess what, no difference! Same hellish withdrawal but I've seen the prozac thing work first hand.
My sister however doesn't suffer very badly from AD withdrawal at all. When she got down to 50mg of Pristiq her pdoc switched her to prozac and after literally a couple of wobbly days during the cross taper she was totally fine when she finished the prozac. She took 20mg for a month but apparently you only need to do it for a week or even less. Good luck.
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