Lexapro To Pristiq

I am switching from Lexapro to Pristiq with my Pdoc. He recommended that I drop from my regular 20 mg of lexapro to 10mg and go to 50mg of pristiq. He said after 2 weeks drop the lexapro altogether. is this safe? is it too fast? I take 2 10mg tablets. Should I maybe go to 15mg--10mg-5mg-0? How have other people made the transition with minimum problems?

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How long have you been taking Lexapro for? From my perspective I think what your doctor recommend is fine. What's safe for "you" may not necessarily be safe for someone else (and vise versa, because everyone is different).

If you're tapering your Lexapro dose down to 10mg from 20mg within 2 weeks, in my opinion, that seems to be a sufficient time frame to re-adjust. If tapering the dose really concerns you though, I would also consider cutting the pill up so that you can get a 15mg dose in if and when needed, during that 2 week period. I am not a doctor though so all I can do is suggest that it may be helpful to do that if you need to.

Did your doctor specify if he wants you to start pristiq before you're completely off of Lexapro or after you've successfully tapered off?

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