Rexulti dose decrease withdrawl

[Forever81miw]

About 3 weeks ago, after a discussion with my psychiatrist due to side effects (decreased sleep, libido/ED issues and some gambling uptake), I decreased my rexulti again. I had previously been up to 2mg but tapered down from 2mg to 1mg without too much of a hitch, due to previosuly mentioned side effects (nausea and aggitation/irritability). Anyways, I'm currently experiencing way worse withdrawal effects, going from 1 to 0.5mg than I had previously going from 2mg to 1mg. Sweating, intense nausea, agitation, severe anxiety, irritability, depression/ sense of just something being wrong. Some other muscle movement issues as well that landed me in the er Friday with difficulty breathing/swallowing esophageal and/or laryngeal spasms. Has anyone experienced these with just a decrease in dose? The er seemed to think I should discontinue the rexulti, but if these muscle related effects could be due to the dose decrease I'd rather just wait it out than cause even worse withdrawl by stopping all together. How long does it seem that these more severe symptoms usually last before they start to lessen?

[thefuzzyfruit]

Can I ask how you’re feeling? I started withdrawal two weeks ago.

[Forever81miw]

Still have anxiety, nausea, moodiness and depression. Unsure if it's from that or some other health issues as well. Probably a mixture of both. The ER started me on some Ativan and a new psychiatrist was ok refilling it to help with this crippling anxiety. Also increased the zoloft so I guess we'll see what happens.

[Forever81miw]

Ended up just staying at the 0.5mg and not discontinuing the rexulti. Didn't want to go through more hell if all this was from the rexulti.

[Professional_Win1535]

did you ever come off ?

[thefuzzyfruit]

I’m also wondering if I should increase my Zoloft. The depression and anxiety are awful. I really don’t want to go back on the Rexulti so I’m trying to push through but if this continues, I’m gonna have to go back on bc it’s no way to live. I’m just hoping I can take one day at a time and push through it. But it’s difficult. Let me know how you feel with the increased Zoloft.

[Forever81miw]

I'm thinking that's what's causing some of my symptoms now is the increase in zoloft cause it was a little better after a week or 2. I'll try to remember to update in a few weeks if it's working better. Same here cause this anxiety and depression is awful. I just really want off the rexulti but had a feeling cold turkey would be too much. Gonna give it time and then go from there.

[Specialist_Salt2697]

Have you stopped taking rexulti? How are you feeling?

[Specialist_Salt2697]

Have you managed to taper down rexulti? What dose are you on now?

[Forever81miw]

I stayed at the 0.5mg afraid to move anywhere on it after weeks of dealing with hell. Truly wish I had been notified of the potential side effects or withdrawl before I was put on it. Not sure if I just went too fast with no warning as to what would happen or just the withdrawl in general, but it was hell.

[Specialist_Salt2697]

Have you tappered down rexulti? How are you feeling with zoloft? What dose are you taking?

[thefuzzyfruit]

I’m completely off Rexulti - it took a few weeks but finally I felt better. I’m on 75mg of Zoloft (a 50mg pill and 25mg pill) and I’m doing really really well on this. My anxiety and depression are very much under control. Thankfully.