Cutting pristiq in half
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Hi im not sure how long ago i decided to start cutting my klonopin in half (maybe almost a month ago) and i was tapering off xanax also anyways i starteed cutting my 0.5 mg klonopin in half and taking 1/2 every 4 hours and i ahvent felt teh best so last night i decided maybe i should go back on how it says on my bottle tot ake them 1 pill 3 times a day..so i took a whole one last night and anotehr hole one this morning and i felt so drugged out and dizzy amd jsust ill.
I realize this may sound strange but I was wondering if any of you have a "pill cutter" at home or do you just cut your pill in half with a knife? I am cutting down on the dose of my beta blocker per my Doctor and I was wondering if I have to purchase a pill cutter or can I just cut it with a knife or razor? I am a little anxious because you aren't supposed to "crush or chew" these pills and I'm afraid that if I cut it.......perhaps it will be crumbly.
Called dr. to ask how to do this today. Whenever I've missed a dose, by the afternoon I feel nauseus, generally yucky, and start getting those "brain shivers". I take 50 mg per day which is the lowest dose, and it's extended release. Doctor advised to cut down to 1 pill every other day for a week, then every 3 days for a week then stop.
Well I was on celexa then switched to zoloft then switched to pristiq...all in a time frame of a year and half. I been taking the pristiq 3 weeks now went on it straight from zoloft. I was taking it for anxiety/panic. I did a good tapering plan I am doing it very slowly now. i tried doing it cold turkey and I thought my life was over. I spoke with the doctor and said ti was ok to do it that way. I just am so afraid whenever I stop to feel this way!
t really doing much for me so my doctor got to to cut down and go on to pristiq, while I was cutting down the paxil my partner and I decided to TTC, I ask the doctor if I should still start pristiq but she told me not to as Pristiq is harmful during pregnancy. However it may be more harmful for you to stop taking it, especially if it will mess with your head whether your taking it for anxiety or depression.
I presume you're referring to Paxil (pail?)...at any rate there is a great hope to wean off klonopin. You have to do it gradually and perhaps over a longer period of time than most meds. I'd try by cutting the tablets in half and try keep your mindset that taking 1/2 is like taking one whole. Mind over matter is a powerful way to overcome things. Best wishes!
I realize this may sound strange but I was wondering if any of you have a "pill cutter" at home or do you just cut your pill in half with a knife? I am cutting down on the dose of my beta blocker per my Doctor and I was wondering if I have to purchase a pill cutter or can I just cut it with a knife or razor? I am a little anxious because you aren't supposed to "crush or chew" these pills and I'm afraid that if I cut it.......perhaps it will be crumbly.
I went to my psychiatrist today and told him of my episode of missing effexor dose and he said that it was from the effexor, I was just 7 hours late and wound up in ER from symtoms listed in my first post. So he wants me to switch to pristiq, which I have never taken. I am supposed to start taking pristiq 50mg. along with effexor xr 75mg for a week and then effexor xr 37.5mg along with the pristiq for a week, and then just pristiq. I am afraid, seeing how just being off effexor for 7 hrs.
I was on sertraline for 3+ years but was switch to pristiq and began to take it today. I would like to know what to expect because I tend to panic when I experience any changes in my health. I have also been suffering from allergies for a week and a half and wonder if this will have any effects on the switch.
Today my eyes seem to have a bright light in the center of my vision. Almost like the effect on your eyes after somebody uses flash on the camera. It seems to be only one eye. It is starting to bother me because it is hard to watch tv or talk to people because it covers half their face... Before this occured today, I have recently been to the Opthymologist and he says my vision is 20/20. Dose anybody know what this could be? It has been happening for over 10 hours now.
Check with your psychiatrist and make sure. I've had hypertension since I was 40, scared me half to death. But I finally got in shape, lost almost 50 lbs., eat healthy, learned to not worry so much and my doctor feels I can go off my medication which I was only taking a 1/4 of for a year now. So, if yours isn't bad maybe some life style changes will help. Don't stress out over it, it's very controllable.
Take care...
I am in the process of trying to figure out how to procede with this as so many others are inquiring about the hair loss and the use of this medication. I am cutting it in half as well trying to go off it. It is horrible. Body aches, cold chills, irratibility, nausa, dizzy, headache, sweating, loose bm's, and finally so foggy in my mind I almost ran a red light. I would never reccomend this drug to anyone.
I was just wondering if I'm getting the right amound of thyroid meds, I'm on Armour and for the past 6 weeks or so I've been cutting my pills in half,taking half in the morning and half around 3 but sometimes I'm late taking them, will this mess with my levels? Also They just fall apart so I chew them, are they absorbing that way? and I'm just wondering when I get my labs done the 31 will I be lacking due to this method of taking my meds?
The SGPT and SGOT levels are elevated in liver disorders. Besides this they are also elevated in conditions like muscle injury and sometimes due to medications. GTT (gamma glutamyl transpeptidase) is often elevated in those who use alcohol. But it is also elevated due to liver-toxic substances like paracetamol. It's likely that the medications you are using could have caused this elevation. Please re check these values to study their progression.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Hello, i have been on and off depression meds for over two years first prozac, then effxor xr and then this new **** pristiq which my doctor had me cutting extended release capsuls in half for over two weeks becaous of panic attack that only started after the pristiq,the er said 154/116 was way to high kept me there till it went down so the dr sugested to get off of then they were having to many side effects my issues is my husband is an alacholic on top of is 44 year old sister has stage 4 canc
Mentioned it to my doc, and now she wants me to still continue on half a Pristiq a day, but add on half of my bupropion XLs to it as well.... I am afraid I will begin to lost weight on it. Anyone have any experience with this at all? I feel like I'm going to have to chose between a great sex life or being comfortable in my body & fitting into my clothes again...
I've been on provigil for a year and a half now- as needed (my job requires shift work). I also take pristiq for anxiety in which I've had for many years. In the last six months I've been dealing with w lot of troubling events that have taken a toll on me, my emotions, my stress level. In the last month or so I've noticed that I get really bad anxiety/nervousness about ten minutes after taking my provigil. It never used to do that before.
All medications have a specific half life. This is the amount of time it takes for the dose you took to break down in your body and no longer effect your brain or whatever it was targeting. Some meds have a really short half life - meaning if you miss even one dose, you'll have bad withdrawal symptoms. A good example of this is some powerful illicit drugs. Others have longer longer half lives and thus it takes longer for your body to "flush" them out so to speak.
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