My experience of coming off 100mg after 2 years
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So, some two years ago it was decided on my GPs advice I should start taking sertraline. I had never heard of this drug before I started taking it but boy i wish I had. Started on 25mg, moved to 50mg after 4 months. On the review at 4 months my GP asked how I felt. I was feeling good. The best Id been in what felt like a very long time. He said how would I like to feel even better? He upped me to 100mgs. I didn't realise how baige these things were turning me. It wasn't I was feeling good, i was just existing in a weird world where I didn't mind anything, didn't get upset, excited or have any powerful feeling at all. I decided to get away from this place i was in. I'd rather feel and be upset or down than just exist. I stopped taking them on my own accord 4 months ago and wow what an experince Ive been on. The head buzz's, electric shocks, memory loss, unable to sleep. Its been unbareable. After 3 months of this I finally found a stability in how i was feeling and for two weeks id never felt so alive in years. It only lasted for two weeks though. I can rapidly feel all the old feelings coming back and already can't stand going out and am making excuses to go out and see anyone. I really dont know what to do, but im sure that tablets aren't giving me the chance to feel anything. Im a 31 year old male and this is starting to cripple my once enjoyable life. Anyone else experiencing these type of things or have any advice please let me know...
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IansAnxiety
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I should probably add, the side affects I experienced coming off were on a par with the dreadful experience I went through when starting on them. Will power and want kept me going while coming off because i knew there'd be change at the end. A chance to feel emotional again, good or bad. I keep saying to myself I want to feel like I used to feel. Chasing something that's always out of reach. To laugh and enjoy the things I once loved seems impossible
a-new-day IansAnxiety
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were you ok on 50mg sertraline then? in which case you could go back on 50mg and dont increase from there
or if sertraline is not the right med for you, try another one, as that would be different and hopefully suit you better. you could try citalopram instead this time? most people take a few attempts to find the right med for them, dont feel bad or let down just because the first one you tried didn't work out how you hoped
GodsServant IansAnxiety
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Maybe you need to go back on it, but this time at 50mg or 75mg since you won't feel that strongly the zombie-like feelings with a lower dosage.
I got off many times in the past and each time my anxiety came back. Work with your doc. That was where I went wrong. For me, I would take the muted feelings over the obsessive thoughts. You have to weigh which is worst.