How long does it take for pristiq to work

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My 18 year old daughter spent the last 4 months weening off Pristiq and now feel she really needs something for depression and anxiety. So my question, how long to start feeling the effects of Zoloft? She is starting at 50 mg for a week then moving up to 100mg. Any information would be helpful.. I realize everyone is different, but would like to know some experiences.

Usually they give these meds 6 weeks and if you have'nt started feeling better they may try something else. Some of us need a little longer though. Have you had a dose increase since you started taking it?

The above post doesn't appear accurate to me -- Pristiq is not usually prescribed as an adjunct to another antidepressant. It is the newer version of Effexor, is very strong, is a very stimulating antidepressant so isn't usually used if anxiety is the primary problem unless all other meds have failed to work, and can be very difficult to stop taking.

You should start to feel better within 2 to 3 days. It may take up to 4 weeks for pantoprazole to work properly so you may still have some symptoms during this time.

I went in for my lp test and some blood work, they said they thought they were sending the lp to the mayo clinic but werent for certain. They said it could take up to months? Does anyone know when i should except to get some tests answers from my doc? Or when I should call my doc and find out if they heard something? I had it done thurs the 24th but I am so parionid of what it could show. I just want it to be over and done with finally. U know. Thanks for all the repsonses ahead of time.

So I have a question... might sound dumb.. but how long does it take for your baby bump to go away??!

It takes 4-6 weeks for a med change to reach full potential in your blood, then after that, it can take another few weeks or even a couple months for your body to get well. While I don't condone sassiness and talking teenagers talking back to their parents, ask your mom to be patient and understand that the thyroid controls quite a few body processes, so without it, your entire body has to readjust and get used to the medication.

It takes 30 days to clear your system but if u work out n sweat it out a lot it takes only a few days

I really think that as a recovering addict I will always have those dark periods, after all I was an addict for 24 years, and it is going to take some time to get back to normal. You did well by coming back online to express your thoughts.

Some people say to test twice a day, because your surge could be very short and may only have a 12 hour window, which only adds to the anxiety. I would have liked to try it, but it was hard to stomach the $30 for each kit. You could still conceive naturally. OPK's are not effective on everyone. Most of the time, it is because you ovulate at times you least expect due to stress, anxiety, or life events as well as most women don't ovulate every month too.

I ended up on 100Mgs a day with Pristiq and took it for a good 5 months, it worked ok, but not well enough to cover my symptoms. I then got off Pristiq. (I must tell you that the withdrawl from Pristiq is very strong. MUCH worse than even with Cymbalta or Effexor. My best results were with Effexor XR (a couple years before the Cymbalta and pristiq problem) Effexor XR just worked much better.

Thanks for your comments on my post. I did go back to my doctor and he said that withdrawal should have been over after a week so the symptoms I'm having are from my original depression. I talked to him about returning to medication but trying something other than Celexa. I'm now on Day 2 of Pristiq SR. Not too bad so far. A little dry mouth, tiredness and a restless night's sleep which I can put up for now. I'll see the doctor on Dec. 16 to see how I'm tolerating it.

Primary docs aren't very good at this. Psychiatrists are better, though only a good one. This can be a difficult med to quit, so the plan is to go as slowly as suits you -- what it's like for one isn't the same as for another person. It could be really easy, could be difficult. Partly it depends on how long you've been on it and how well your body metabolized it. Just prepare to take it slow and easy, taper off and don't let docs rush you or pretend it's easy.

Each time my depression returned and I felt worse than ever and was basically nonfunctional because that was the only medicine that seemed to work for me besides even in the medicine insert it says that you are supposed to stop the meds gradually never abruptly because it can be dangerous. Well that would happen at about every Oct or so and then they would make the medications affordable again the following January.

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