Just started taking Pristiq (Advice please)?

Also, sovereign... why did you increase your dose to 100 mg. Is that what we have to do after a while?

Yes Sonia, there is light at the end of the tunnel. To start with it will be a mere glimpse but it will get brighter. I spoke with my GP after 5 weeks on 50mg and she believed that, whilst I was getting some good results, that it would be worth going up a dose to try and deal with it completely. You need to look on this as a journey. And you won't know the destination or how long it will take you to get there, just know you will.

Don’t think your still on but i’m On day 28 of 50 did it work for you

Hi Lynn. Sorry for the delayed response. I didn't notice your comment until just now. I sincerely hoping you are doing ok as this journey you are on is obviously a difficult one. I am still on 100mg per day of Pristiq and am about 2 years or so now into I think. I am coping quite well but still not exactly where I would like to be. I am considering changing meds again but will defer that until after the Christmas period. How are you going with things now? Hopefully you are seeing some good results by now. Let me know and I will support as best I can. In the meantime... you got this, and it will get better. (Even though some days it feels like it wont) :)

How long till it started working 9 weeks now

Dr switched me to paxil

Hi Lynn. One thing I have learnt on my journey with medication is that everyone will respond differently to different medications. Sometimes people find the right one straight away, whilst other people it can take a few different medications or combinations until they can get the balance correct. It is great that you doctor has recognised this and is trying you on another type. I understand that it is frustrating and tough but the best advice I can offer is to treat your journey as a journey and not a destination. That way if something doesn't work, or if you have a bad day, you will be able to accept it as part of your journey and know that things will get better. Take care.

Thats interesting what you said about the sunlight. I was trying to describe things and i said it was like last saturday when it felt like the sun was shining for the first time in a long while. My mornings are kinda weird still but that being said today seems a little better. I am really hoping this works cause the last three years have been hell... i thought i was losing my mind. No motivation, tired and nauseous all the time, anxious for no apparent reason... and a lot of self flagellation for being so "out of it" all the time. Anyway, heres hoping...

Hi soverign... hope all is going well with you. just wanted to see how you are getting on. I have had some good days and some not so good. Today being one of the latter. How are your mornings now. I find them to be the hardest but if I force myself to get it in gear then i seem to be ok. The option is to obsess about how lousy i feel and it can become overwhelming. And then i start beating myself up for being such a loser... which doesnt get me anywhere. Im not looking to feel like im walking in the clouds but a little motivation and a happy vibe would be nice... now and then.

Hi Cammy. Just wanted to check in and see how you are going. I have hit 4 weeks into my 50mg and things are going ok. I still have that constant anxiety feeling but I feel the intensity has lowered a bit. It can still peak but I also have short periods every now and then that I get those glimpses of what may be flagged as normality. I try and focus on those when I can and remember them when it is tougher. I think there is a little bit more hope starting to grow as well. Hope you are doing ok. Take care.