Tapering pristiq and trileptal

Zac, that sudden jump from 750 to 600 is a big one, and what you're describing sounds like classic withdrawal. The obsessive spiraling and the crying that won't stop are the brain adjusting to less drug, it's brutal but it's a sign the taper is moving too fast. Try making smaller cuts, 10% and see how you feel. The ones you did are ok to start but can be too big as you get closer to 0. The anxiety you're feeling now is the drug's hold on your nervous system. Since this is your first post, would you consider logging check ins under My Taper? After a few weeks you'll see the pattern of how each cut hits you, and that data is gold for showing a prescriber exactly why slow is better. Also, when you have a window where the anxiety lifts, drop a comment on someone else's thread here. People three steps behind you need to hear that the bad days don't last forever.