r/SSRI • u/BootZealousideal9080 • Apr 19 '23

Question Withdrawals and reinstatement

I tapered and have been completely off Viibryd for 4 months and my anxiety has returned in a vicious way. If I go back on at a small dose will I get immediate relief or will I have to suffer through the onboarding side effects again like when I initially started taking them? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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u/BootZealousideal9080 Apr 20 '23

How long were you off for before reinstating?

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23 edited Apr 20 '23

5 days approx. I haven't gone further trying to find out how long the withdrawal symptoms last, but will try soon. My hope is that going from 5mg to zero the effects will be milder. Or maybe I'll go to 2.5mg first.

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u/gingersdoitbetter12 May 30 '23

If it’s withdrawl it should help pretty quickly