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Sertraline Tapering Symptoms

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Owlman
Owlman

Hi all. I've been on Sertraline 50mg for around six months due to anxiety that I couldn't overcome myself this time and decided with my GP to taper off them recently.

The advice was to drop to 25mg for a month and stop (which I won't be doing after reading this forum!).

Anyway, about two days after reducing to 25mg, I began to feel really tired, then the next day irritable, then over the next couple of days I began feeling spaced-out, dizzy, low-mood, empty and slightly anxious in the pit of my stomach. Oddly, I can still function and feel a little detached from it, but I have this background fear of it erupting to destabalizing levels.

Does anyone else have experience of having these symptoms when tapering from 50mg to 25mg? If so, how long did these symptoms last and were they just an adjustment period? Is 50mg to 25mg too big a jump? Looking for reassurance.

Many thanks.

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  • howie0309
    howie0309 Owlman

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    i wish i had answers for you. im also in a similar position to you currently. reduced from 75mg to 50mg and i have felt so zoned out, fuzzy head & heightened anxiety. im so scared im going to go backwards.

    howre you feeling now? have the tapering side effects got better..

    sending you lots of strength

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