Coming off Setraline

I have been trying to get off Sertraline also and am experiencing the same symptoms as yourself.....feeling sick, dizzy, heavy head etc... I really want to stay off this drug but dont know if I can cope with these symptoms and just want to get back to normal!

Have you managed to stay off sertraline and how long did it take for these feelings to stop???

Please reply as I need help

Hello

I was on sertraline and came off them to go onto citolapram, it took me around a month to get back to normal, all i wanted to do was sleep, i never got the dizziness though.

I did manage to stay off Setraline and the dizziness did go away after a couple of weeks.

Unfortunately, I never got happy again. I was very depressed, irritable and sad. I went back to my doctor and he put me on citolapram as well... Ive only been taking it for about 4 days now but I think I feel a little bit better - although the same as you, Shim1978 - soooo tired!!!!! I just want to sleep!!!!!

Ive also been referred to a therapist who Im hoping can help the cause of the problem so one day I wont need any drugs.

Stick with it Lisa8 - the dizziness does stop! Good luck x

Citolapram didn't work for me but that doesn't mean they wont for you, i think its because i went from 100mg of sertraline to 20mg citolapram, i was on them for maybe just under a year but i kept on having panic attacks and my anxietys were coming out too much so ive gone back on the sertraline and so far so good.

I have now been off Sertraline for 2 1/2 weeks and i'm getting better every day. The dizzy spells have stopped and I no longer feel sick. I am controlling the panic's!!!! I feel better not taking any of the medication to be honest and I feel better in myself nowing that I am controlling myself and not relying on drugs....

I may have a blip further down the line but I will cross that bridge when I come to it. No on eknows what life will bring but I can't live my life popping pills!

Good luck to you all and I hope you all find your own way.. x

Hi

I was recently on sertraline 50mg for postnatal depression.

I weaned myself off really slowly. I cut my tablets up by taking 37.5mg (basically 3/4 of a tablet) for one

week, then 25mg (half a tablet) for one week, then 12.5mg ( 1 quarter of a tablet) for a week. I then continued taking 12.5mg ( 1 quarter of a tablet) every other day, then every two days until I finally stopped.

I found coming off sertraline really really slowly I experienced no side effects at all.

Hope this helps : ) xo

I was on 50mg of Sertraline daily for more than 18 years. I tried several times to get off -- the first time I tried cold turkey after being on for 4 years, and I ended up miscarrying my third child. Each of the other times I tried weaning myself off, the side-effects (severe dizziness, a feeling of being underwater, anxiety) were so bad, I could not handle it and went back on. Several times I told my doctor I wanted to get off, but was afraid of the side effects. His solution was to just stay on the medicine. After 18 years of trying, failing, and just staying on, I went to another doctor. She prescribed Fluoxetine HCI. I took 20 mg for 2 weeks, then 10 mg for 2 weeks, then 5 mg for 2 weeks and then none. I've been off completely for almost two months. I still have the dizzy and underwater feeling (some days worse than others), but not nearly as intense as before -- it is at least manageable. I would just like to know if it will ever go away completely...

*coming off sertraline"

I have been on 50mg sertraline since February, on starting it I had all the normal symptoms- nausea, loss of appetite and insomnia.

I went on holiday last week and the tablet was making me feel really sick again, so I stopped it. I haven't had one for approx 5 days and have now returned home. I woke up last night with extremely bad vomiting and have had the same thing all morning. I can't even keep water down. Is there a chance this is to do with the tablet or just a holiday tummy bug? I don't know whether to start taking one again today or what really?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. x

I'm just coming off of sertraline and after 5 days I started experiencing a dizzy spaced out feeling which has steadily got worse over the following 4 days. No feeling of nausea but I feel quite wobbly and unsteady on my feet. I'm hoping it's not going to go on for too long. I was on 100mg and my doctor said I could just stop taking them. I'm beginning to think maybe that wasn't very good advice.