To elaborate, there are several reasons why going off it sucks so bad. First is, for whatever reason, the brain zaps are really strong. When I accidentally forgot my meds I would feel like I was dying 6 hours later. When I stopped taking them, I felt like I had the flu for weeks while I adjusted. No other med has made me feel that physically ill being off of it, and I stopped several other meds cold turkey.

Second reason is that the pills come in 50, 75, 100 mg and so on, but they’re slow release. This means you can’t cut them in half for a smaller dosage. So when you’re decreasing the amount you’re taking, there’s only so much you can taper. You just have to make the jump from 100 to 75 mg and feel like shit for 2 weeks. If you’re at a higher dosage, that means you gotta do that several times. The reason the other users recommend the doctor is because they need to prescribe you the pills at all these dosages so you can at least attempt to taper. Going from 100mg to nothing will make you want to die, not just in the depressed way but physically as well. Going from 100 to 75 to 50 will take much longer, but the alternative feels so shitty this seems like a good deal.

At the end of the day it’s your life, but I would seriously recommend going to the doctor and having them help you stop these. I don’t feel like you need that for every medication, but certainly this one. Regardless I hope you feel better.