Having Terrible Pristiq Withdrawal Symptoms

Took Pristiq for only two weeks (it did help me) but naive me stopped taking it without Tapering down and now have one week with headaches and light headed buzzing symptoms, have to take aspirin for the headaches, please how long this would last? never been on AD before, I'm getting worried this could last forever
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Hi Elias,

After reading a number of reviews from withdrawal patients, it seems like your symptoms shouldn't last more than 2 weeks. I came across another post where as this person was on Pristiq for 3 months and had similar withdrawal symptoms to what you mentioned for about 17 days straight before they subsided. I know everyone can be affected differently by these drugs, but I hope this helps give you an idea of how long they can last based on the duration the drug was taken for.

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