Coming off Zoloft
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hi I'm coming off Zoloft I have been on it for 11 years I was on 100 mg the doctor said to take 50 mg for a week then 25 mg for other week I'm not coping very well light headed my eyes not right and just not well can anyone help me please
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vikki2303 gail63128
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Yorkshire gail63128
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I would say that's far too quick to come off.
Are you on any Sertraline at all now?
I came off 50mg over 3 months and barely got any side effects, except mild ones towards the end and I was irritable.
At the time, I was posting on here and people had said they were coming off cold turkey. They felt quite ill for a week or so but it did stop.
gail63128 Yorkshire
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Yorkshire gail63128
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gail63128 Yorkshire
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I did a few times and got much better advice and reassurance then the doctors.
It seems your options are to continue again with setraline, maybe take 25mg for a month, then I would take 25mg & 12.5mg on alternate days for the next month, then 12.5mg a day for following month and then 12.5mg every other day for a month and then off.
Or, continue as you are, hopefully have no longer then a week of feeling terrible and then you should hopefully start feeling better gradually over next few weeks until you feel back to you.
Were you def ready to come off them? Are you having any bad thoughts?
vikki2303 Yorkshire
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Blu02 gail63128
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As you've not taken them for 2 weeks I'm not sure what to do but if you are still feeling bad then it maybe a good idea to start taking a small dose to help your body overcome the withdrawal effects.. one thing I will say is, because you've been on Zoloft make sure you take 'Zoloft' as changing to a generic brand could give you worse side effects than you have now, see this link:
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/generics-can-they-make-you-feel-this-bad--28893