"i took pristiq for 3 days and stopped it myself. i was taking it for anxiety. the first day i took it, my anxiety seemed worse. i was very jittery and extremely sleepy. i could fall asleep anywhere at any time of the day. the second day, my body still felt on edge. i started having bad thoughts that i would have never had before. then i started feeling nauseous at times. the third day of taking it, i was so unhappy. i wasn&#039;t enjoying anything. i wasn&#039;t excited about anything. i still felt extremely sleepy and had bad thoughts going through my mind. i stopped taking it a couple of days ago. i feel a lot better than i did, but i still think it&#039;s going to take a little longer for this stuff to get out of my system!"