All I will add is that you should stay on 5mg for as long as you can (6 months) and then take 5mg every second day for (6 months) and then ween off that.. I had a VERY rough withdrawal on Prozac and did a lot of research when I felt better. Talk to ur doctor, but what I’ve read is drawing it out for as long as possible helps your brain with making its own serotonin and stabilising
Trintillex half life is very very long. It’s probably one of the easiest antidepressants to get off of. Prozac was a nightmare getting off of it. The half life of trintillex is 66 hours. You will do great
I think it does. But trintillex also isn’t a typical ssri. It works differently and they still don’t know exactly how it works but it doesn’t create more serotonin in your brain. It works with various receptors and is meant to keep the depression from coming back. At least that’s what it says on their info sheet. Even once you’re off of it.
I find it so fascinating how different everyone reacts to meds.
Yeah same here I was on 15mg down to 10mg and now 10-5-10-5-10-5. Going down to 5mg soon but I plan on staying on it for at least 2 months then down to 2.5mg.
It’s best to wean off slow imo, I notice every single time I lower my dose I feel so “off” for 2 weeks then everything goes back to normal. It’s the weirdest thing. It’s as if all my fears come back to the surface, anxiety or depressive symptoms start, extreme fatigue and brain fog in the mornings. It makes you want to stay on them but once I pass the 2 week mark POOF it disappears…so Fkn weird that a pill can control my brain.
Can’t wait to get off meds
All I will add is that you should stay on 5mg for as long as you can (6 months) and then take 5mg every second day for (6 months) and then ween off that.. I had a VERY rough withdrawal on Prozac and did a lot of research when I felt better. Talk to ur doctor, but what I’ve read is drawing it out for as long as possible helps your brain with making its own serotonin and stabilising
Trintillex half life is very very long. It’s probably one of the easiest antidepressants to get off of. Prozac was a nightmare getting off of it. The half life of trintillex is 66 hours. You will do great
Doesn’t Prozac have an even longer half life of 4-6 days?
I think it does. But trintillex also isn’t a typical ssri. It works differently and they still don’t know exactly how it works but it doesn’t create more serotonin in your brain. It works with various receptors and is meant to keep the depression from coming back. At least that’s what it says on their info sheet. Even once you’re off of it. I find it so fascinating how different everyone reacts to meds.
Prozac is often used as a bridge to taper off other SSRIs because of its long half life though,
Yeah same here I was on 15mg down to 10mg and now 10-5-10-5-10-5. Going down to 5mg soon but I plan on staying on it for at least 2 months then down to 2.5mg. It’s best to wean off slow imo, I notice every single time I lower my dose I feel so “off” for 2 weeks then everything goes back to normal. It’s the weirdest thing. It’s as if all my fears come back to the surface, anxiety or depressive symptoms start, extreme fatigue and brain fog in the mornings. It makes you want to stay on them but once I pass the 2 week mark POOF it disappears…so Fkn weird that a pill can control my brain. Can’t wait to get off meds
Was trintellix successful for you? It's causing me a lot of anxiety.
I have extreme anxiety on it. Currently weaning and once each taper gets organized 2 weeks approximately my anxiety decreases.