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meh12337425
meh12337425

i am on zoloft 50mg for 1 months , it is too late to do cold turkey?,and sorry for my poor english

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  • BulldozerMcr
    BulldozerMcr meh12337425

    Posted

    Hello, I don't know the answer unfortunately I would like to know that too.

    But can I ask please what is the reason you want to stop taking it?

    TIA

    Regards,

    B.

  • b90844
    b90844 meh12337425

    Posted

    I went cold turkey after the same time and dosage as i was told to by the pharmacist as there was a concern i was allergic to Sertraline. The last 4 weeks have been awful with various withdrawal symptoms from raised anxiety, awful vivid life-like dreams where I'd wake up thinking it was actually happening, itching skin, broken sleep which left my always tired , aches and pains, nausea , shaking hands, low libido ,low level headaches, stiff neck and this awful thing called brain zaps . Was shocked how Sertraline can not only give you awful side effects when you start but ad bad withdrawal symptoms. I'm going to avoid such meds in future if i can and now due to have cbt, exercise each day and daily self help hypnosis

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