Quitting Zoloft Cold Turkey
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Hey everyone! I'm new to this site, but just created an account to get some insight from people who have been through this before. I'm a 25-year-old female. I was on sertraline for about a year. I remember when I first started on it a year ago at 50 mg that I had some initial discomfort-- just a little bit of nausea, loss of appetite, and maybe a bit of heightened anxiety. I think it may have helped me with anxiety after the first month or so, but nothing incredibly significant. My doc increased my dosage to 200 mg about 5 months ago, which didn't really have any effect on me. I wasn't feeling depressed before she upped the dose -- I more so felt apathetic, which she thought was a sign of depression. Well, I have a feeling I never really was depressed in the first place and probably didn't need sertraline at all since it just helped with mild anxiety. I stopped taking my 200 mg dose four days ago cold turkey and so far I haven't felt a single symptom. I've read a lot of horror stories online about people who quit cold turkey, so I wanted to reach out to get your thoughts on what's going on. It seems odd to me that I'm having no symptoms whatsoever. Thanks for your help!
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angela67588 ML1994
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I quit cold turkey about a week & almost a half ago... the side effects are terrible, but so worth it to me (not for everyone)! I'm not a zombie anymore... its a horrible drug! I still have these zap brain effects, & blurred vision at times.... its pretty scary when it happens. After doing some research, I learned that it was the after market zoloft.
angela67588
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Either way, no way i would suggest taking that drug to get better...
rebecca21762 ML1994
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Your post was 3 months ago. how are you feeling now after quitting Sertraline? did you end up experiencing any side effects?