JaniceHelton: Want to come off Vibryd

[JaniceHelton]

Hi Everyone,,

 

I am off of Klonopin, ambien, and lamictal,,yea for me,,,Klonopin off just 2 1/2 months. Would like to now attack this AD.

 

Doc wants me to switch to Prozac ,,states it's longer acting,,,,and then remove one pill every week for 7 weeks,,then off,,Dose of Prozac is 40 mg ,,length of time on AD"S???  Ever since prozac came off the assembly line (1986?).

 

First,, do you agree I need to switch from Vibryd to Prozac to be successful

Second,,is it too soon to start to wean another med?? Yes I am still healing from the Klonopin ordeal,,not fun!

Third,,do I follow the rule of 10% taper every 2 weeks??

 

With the klonopin withdrawal insomnia and some anxiety were prominent and I knew it would be temporary,,,However if severe depression returns,,,do I just push through??

[mammaP]

Hi Janice, welcome to SA.  Well done for getting off the other drugs, how did you taper them and how

long have you been off them? I see you have been off klonopin for 2 1/2 months and still having some withdrawal

symptoms. It would be better to wait until the withdrawal symptoms have have gone then wait a few months before

starting to taper the vibryd. This will give your brain and nervous system chance to stabilise and give you the best 

chance of tapering smoothly from vibryd.  It is better to taper from the drug you are taking rather than switching,

especially when you have had so many changes and tapered other drugs. You need to keep things as stable as

possible so that you don't have too many problems with withdrawal.  

 

Here at SA we recommend a taper of no more than 10% of the current dose every 4 weeks. 

 

Here is the topic for tapering vibryd http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/4318-tips-for-tapering-off-viibryd-vilazodone/

 

It will help us if you can put your tapering history in your signature strip, there is a link in my signature to instructions how to do that.

 

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[Rhiannon]

I would definitely give it more time on the Klonopin withdrawal. 

 

It's hard to say for sure since I don't have your full history (amount of time on each med, how long you took to taper, etc.) But overall I'd recommend waiting four to six months between tapering one med all the way down and starting a new taper. Withdrawal symptoms can have a "lag time" kind of effect, and you want to make sure you're really stable before starting a new taper. People just do so much better when they start from a stable place.

 

Plus you say you're still recovering. Don't rush it. This is a race that is really won by the turtles.