IF YOUR COMING OF SERTRALINE, READ THIS POSITIVE REVIEW FOR ONCE!!!!

Hi,

Now, i know everyone comes on here to find some light, some reassurance and to be told it will work out in the end. Well i am that person. All that we see on here is negative experiences, scary reviews and very little hope. I need you to listen to me, and listen good. Anyone who has come off sertraline successfully (which WE ALL DO EVENTUALLY) will just be going on about there life, living comfortably and wont even think about it, as it wasnt a difficult experience for SO MANY people. So just because it isnt written on this forum doesnt mean them people dont exisit. This forum is full of people who need help, who need the love and support and to be shown things will be ok. However you have to dig soooooo deep to find any of that.

I was on sertraline for 5 years. I went straight on 50mg and never came down or up, stayed there. I had the most awful side effects, you name it, i had it. The mental torture was worse then the anxiety i actually went on them for! But i stuck it out thinking it was just part of the grueling process of happiness. But i do wish now that back then, i realised that the tablet wasnt the right one for me and switched or not gone on it at all. However, it gave me the break (eventually lol after months of hell) that i needed. It helped me learn about who i was and how to cope with life again. I was only 23. Im not sure how much of it was the tablet or how much was my inner strength, but regardless, as i got older, i got wiser.

But we arnt here to talk about that. This is about the coming off. So, first things first. YOU CAN DO IT. i Promise you. On every single bone in my body i swear to heavens above you can. I know it feels soooooo scary and your so petrified you will return to the darkness, and yes, you will for a bit. But the way to do it is extremely slow. I started off snapping in half and went down to 25mg from Jan - April. Thats four months, which is alot longer than any doctor will say (dont ask them, go as slow as you can is my advice) this felt amazing, i felt myself again and just new i was doing the right thing. I trusted myself 100% and i was brave and new that this process would be hard but i allowed any feeling in and just went with it. Then i have been on 12.5mg for 7 weeks so far. Now, this drop was a little more intense, i am more teary, anxious, and SUPER tiered. Honestly, the exhaustion is mad. These withdrawals can feel like they go on forever so you get scared its depression or anxiety returning. It isn't. You MUST trust yourself and the process. Im here to tell you the withdrawl is not as bad as what anyone is saying, these forums frightened me to death. I didnt want to come off, even though i new i was probly 3 years over due. I was just so scared i would go FU**ING mental! I didnt lol. Nor will you.

Honestly, its your mind that MAKES it a huge deal, trying to frighten you to death. Please try and just go with any symptoms, anxieties, depressed feelings, they will eventually subside. Give yourself a break and stop being so hard on yourself. You are changing the way your brain functions, its a big thing. If you want to stay in bed one day it DOESNT MEAN YOUR GOING BACKWARDS OR DEPRESSED, you are ALLOWED TO feel sad sometimes and struggle!! it is perfectly normal to struggle through this!! Yes, of course i have days where i think my brain is going to explode, but guess what, you will even AFTER the tablets lol its a part of life. You have to understand that having extreme feelings sometimes is NORMAL. SO VERY NORMAL. None of us our perfect, never believe social media or think there is a finish line. You wont get there because life constantly changes and things happen to pull you off track. But its also wonderful and you get one shot at this. Don't allow your stupid brain to corner you into the darkness, smash them walls down, even if its a crack, it lets the light in.

The biggest lesson ive learn throughout my mental health journey is, every day is different, some will be awful and some fantastic. Take them all and just go with it. Feelings and emotions don't always, if ever, a label? We just ARE, it just IS. Overthinking and over analyzing on everything and every emotion is the catalyst to most of your problems. Accept what's going on. Remember your brain and thoughts and mind cannot kill you. Your thoughts are NOT YOU, they are passing THROUGH YOU. Whether you hold onto them and become extremely distressed, is up to you. Just let them be, don't define you by what your head says. Its full of s**t.

I wasted so many years reading books, therapy, yoga, meditation, manifestation, googling, researching. Trying to figure out how to just become NORMAL. But guess what, we are ALL NORMAL, who says what normal is? F**k that word! Your overthinking this literally. Your OVER DOING IT. Sometimes over talking is just as poisonous as UNDER talking. Trust me. Your shedding too much light on whatever is going on inside your head, your giving it so much life.

You can do this. Trust yourself, believe you can do it. Don't let the fear ruin your life. Rise above it and take control of WHO YOU ARE. You have the power right inside of you, just gotta dig deep enough.

Love you.

Char

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