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Suddenly stopped working

Hi everyone- checking here to see if anyone else has experienced this…

I’ve been on Pristiq since May. Initially no major side effects or changes except the night sweats and some heat intolerance which wasn’t fun but bearable.

Then all of the sudden it felt like the clouds had lifted and my anxiety, ocd quieted and the depression subsided significantly. It finally felt like I found the perfect med for me and I was so happy. Even a little over a week ago I met with my psychiatrist and she basically said “see you in 3 months” and that felt great.

Seemingly out of nowhere, I started feeling more anxious, brain fog, body/muscle pain. It almost felt like I had flu like symptoms? And then I felt like I was losing control- I’d go out for errands and shop excessively (I do love shopping- but this was not normal). I felt irritable and just not connected to anyone or anything.

I’m so frustrated I feel this way but I think if this isn’t a momentary blip I definitely can’t continue this. I’m only on the lowest dose of 25mg but have no desire to go up in dosage because of how difficult it sounds this med is to come off of.

Thinking of tapering with Prozac cuz I have some on hand. If anyone else has a similar experience please let me know!

I would like to add when it first started I actually found taking it at night helped lessen the severity of my sweating but the consistency of timing in taking it isn’t great and there had been a time when I took it in the morning thinking that might help me during the day. I’ve read you really have to be consistent taking this med at the same time every day. Does anyone have experience feeling like this and then getting on a consistent schedule of taking it and feeling better?

I just don’t know if this is user error or like the paradoxical effect happening.

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u/kokobean27 — 2 days ago
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Don’t know what else to do.

I was hoping someone might have some advice about one of my bettas because I'm kind of stumped…

A few weeks ago I noticed a notch in one of his fins that looked more like an injury than fin rot, so I removed anything that could've been sharp. When his fins kept getting worse, I treated him with two rounds of Maracyn. He stayed lethargic but was still eating. A few weeks later he declined more, so I fed Kanaplex + Focus + Garlic Guard for about a week. It's been about a week since then, and he seems even worse.

His fins are in rough shape, he's very lethargic, breathing seems labored, and he mostly sits at the bottom of the tank. He still eats and will swim up for food, but then slowly sinks back down. Yesterday I dosed with first packet of API General Cure in case it's parasites, even though he doesn't have white stringy poop or lesions.

The only other thing I can think of is that the tank temp has fluctuated between about 78–82°F because of the heat upstairs, although my other rescue betta in a separate tank in the same room is doing fine. He has one mystery snail in the tank, so I haven't treated the whole tank with Kanaplex. I've considered moving the snail but I'm worried about transferring something if it's infectious.

I have always been very constant about weekly water changes and maintaining a good bacterial base for him. I feed him frozen brine shrimp once a day and test parameters 2X a month with a liquid test. He is in a 10 gallon tank.

Last pic is of him healthy. ❤️‍🩹

u/kokobean27 — 3 days ago
▲ 44 r/bettafish

Another rescue ❤️‍🩹

I get the sickest bettas surrendered to me by local chain pet stores and yesterday’s might be one of the worst. I frequently pop in to the Petco and PetSmart’s near me to check on the bettas and pull the sickest ones off the shelves. I try and get the employees to do water changes and teach them about proper meds/intervention— I know they only have so much time/resources and fully blame evil corporate not the hourly employees.

Anyway, this guy looked dead. So I pulled the cup from the shelf and he started darting around and literal pieces of his fins were just coming off as he swam. The bottom of the cup was covered in black fins. I immediately asked for a water change and to take him home. The employee tested the water he was in and it was one of THE WORST parameter results I’ve literally ever seen. They surrendered him to me no questions asked.

He sat with me in the front of my car and watched me the whole ride home. 🥹

So now he’s home with me in his hospital tank. He made it through the night so I’m hoping he continues to get better. We have a long road head of us. My hope is once is feeling better to get him in one of my 20 gallon community tanks. ❤️‍🩹

Everybody meet, Corndog. 🖤 (Named by my sister and her bf because that’s what they were eating when I FaceTimed them to show them this guy) 😂

He has really cool markings that look like a domino so I may rename him at some point but here we are. 🤷🏽‍♀️

u/kokobean27 — 18 days ago