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Phew thats a relief, not so awful as my initial assumption! I know not to halve the tablets but I didnt know why, so yeah I'll defo get my doc involved.
Pwoah! That time at work must have sucked major balls, holy shit. I don't think I would have survived. Your willpower is amazing!
I don't want to be on meds for the rest of my life, if I can help it. I'll try and get it out of the way before I do anything else for sure. I wasnt great this weekend, I won't be great coming off haha. I appreciate you taking the time to help me with this, you've given me confidence and reassurance. Thank you! ๐
You got this! I had to stick it out at work because of my visa situation, it was a matter of survival. It did break something in me though (I chalk that up to being socially isolated and having an unsupportive work environment, not necessarily the meds themselves). Knowing what I do now I'd be more careful around commitments when tapering off psych meds.
When coming off Pristiq my GP had me do 2 days cold turkey before getting onto Prozac (fluoxetine) to tide me over until I could see a psychiatrist. So at least it wasn't days and days of agony.