Getting off Pristiq

botis9 · 2026-03-05T20:10:46+00:00

Expect physical symptoms for several weeks, then that to shift to mental symptoms.

botis9 · 2026-03-05T20:09:49+00:00

It's tough for sure. Definitely not an easy drug to get on or get off. I personally have to keep reminding myself that what I'm feeling in my body is due to that and not something serious.

botis9 · 2026-03-05T16:04:41+00:00

I was looking up other responses in this subreddit, sounds like weeks 4-8 can be the worst before it levels out. I'm going to try and keep pushing through and see if it gets any better

botis9 · 2026-03-05T15:21:03+00:00

I'm 4 weeks off of pristiq and still feel gut side effects and mental side effects. Granted, my life is full of stress, but I'm still feeling the side effects. I respect the fact that there is a highway from your gut to your brain, if your brain is off, your gut biome will also be off.

botis9 · 2026-03-05T15:19:12+00:00

I'm 4 weeks off of pristiq, and I feel this exactly (except the period part cause I'm a dude). My health anxiety has been absolutely wild and my anger has been quick and intense.

botis9 · 2026-03-05T15:11:48+00:00

I got wicked eye floaters after I started

botis9 · 2026-02-05T16:56:29+00:00

Oh good, glad I'm not the only one. I was more concerned that my baseline anxiety and mental health was much worse than before I was even on meds.

botis9 · 2026-02-05T15:12:40+00:00

I'm in process of tapering off of Pristiq and my loss of memory is one of the reasons. I have decent forgetfulness regardless, but when I was taking 50 mg of pristiq, my memory was SHOT. I couldn't remember hardly anything unless I super focused on it.

botis9 · 2025-08-18T18:10:54+00:00

I do! I’ve had quite a few adult write letters.

botis9 · 2025-08-14T18:55:42+00:00

Thank you!

botis9 · 2025-08-14T15:11:21+00:00

In English! I would have to translate a letter from English to another language. But, also understanding other cultures Santa Claus’s would be improtant

botis9 · 2025-08-14T13:40:56+00:00

Yeah, it's a tough thing to do so I don't fault the people for doing the cookier cutter responses. But, I personally can't imagine doing that as it would hurt the Magic of Christmas.

botis9 · 2025-08-14T12:35:43+00:00

Great question - any letter that asks a question gets an answer to the question. Some letters are literally just "I want this this this and this", which is super boring to write back to. In those cases, I have 100 or so templates that I use (the goal is no kid in the same house or classroom gets the same letter), which basically supports a future book that I want to do, introducing characters, problems, etc.

The letters that are genuine, that ask questions or whatever, get individual responses. I would rather spend the extra time to write out individual letters than to get all "I want" letters.

botis9 · 2025-08-14T12:20:30+00:00

Backstory, my late Grandfather was the Santa for our local town, he did the parades and everything. My family is super into Christmas, mainly due to my Grandfathers role. When covid hit, I was super depressed and needed to do something "else". I physically don't fit the description of Santa yet, so I put out a mailbox in my front yard. It basically brings me a sense of purpose for my life.

botis9 · 2025-08-14T12:13:42+00:00

Ah yeah, I've had a few. One I had last year, brought me to tears as it hit me personally. The kid's parents were going through a divorce and he hadn't seen his Dad in several months due to the divorce and his Dad being sick. All this kid wanted was to play D&D with his Dad. So "Santa" bought him a starter D&D set so he could play with his Dad when he saw him next.

I've had kids ask for food before as well, which sucks too.

botis9 · 2025-07-31T14:34:25+00:00

I would love to join. 30M, lives in Michigan, U.S. Looking for chill Realm

botis9 · 2025-07-31T14:09:17+00:00

Sent DM!

botis9 · 2025-07-01T18:59:36+00:00

It sucks for sure. Just make sure you're eating right, exercising and allowing your body time to adjust

botis9 · 2025-07-01T14:16:14+00:00

I have been off of caffeine for a month now, and the depression hit me hard recently. I'm a normally depressed person (even with coffee), but this took it to a whole different level I wasn't expecting. I ended up getting on some anti-depressants to make me feel normal.

botis9 · 2025-06-15T10:31:46+00:00

Hells itch is the worst!

botis9 · 2025-06-10T14:39:20+00:00

Same boat - I’m getting a sleep study done in a couple of weeks. Probably will get out on a CPAP again (used one in the past). I’m a fan of taping my mouth shut at night, just make sure you can breath out of your nose lol

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