Sertraline Withdrawal .. Does it go away?

Thank God I found this site.  I thought I was dying.  I was always  active, energetic, full of energy and all I feel like is lying on the couch.  Oh yes, and eating, bc I felt like my blood sugar was low. I was on Z for 4 years, and  weaned off completely 6 weeks ago. 

I would encourage everyone experiencing withdrawal symptoms to report them to the database of adverse drug reactions. The more reports the agencies get, the less the doctors and official bodies can ignore us. 

http://www.adrreports.eu

Oh my goodness. First of all, thank you so much for your post. You are such strong person to continue through all of that. I am crying here now as a read your post. Partly for you and partly for me as I have taken zoloft for over 10 years now and am suffering terribly trying to get off of it. Good luck to you. Please let me know if you ever feel better (and not just acceptance). Do you ever wonder if it wouldn't be better just to have stayed on the anti-depresssant life long?

Hi Everyone! I've never posted before and stumbled across this site luckily! Everyone who has posted I can relate to I feel I've got some answers and a little clarity to how I am feeling as I genuinely have felt so alone and frustrated, so thank you! I was prescribed fluoxitine(Prozac) 2yrs ago and had never had ssri before so I didn't know what to expect I was suffering from acute anxiety work related and external issues not within my control so I thought on the advice of g.p can only help,how wrong was I! I was so poorly from the start terrible side effects from the initial induction but was told to persivere as the meds would take time to get into my system! After 3 months I was unable to work and prescribed sertraline 25mg I was a little better but still felt really poorley? I didn't know that some people are actually sensitive to certain meds in my case particularly sertraline so another 12 months down the line I  have endured worse panic attacks than ever,intense fear, unable to socialise practically housebound and not just suicidal thoughts but have actually tried twice just to escape? I am a former shadow of the person I was I feel so so sad inside I do hope one day I can recover from this poison! 3 months ago I felt worse than ever was advised to increase my dose from 25mg then 50 mg then 75mg and 100mg if it made me feel better all in the course of a wk? I was told that if I had a severe headache why would I take half a paracetamol to feel better! And in my confused state that made sense! This advice was to catapolt me into absolute insanity actually completely pshycotic!  ...... I tried to hang myself and rationalised that this was the only way out, but for the grace of God one of my sons came round for a brew and saved me minuted later it would have been too late. I stopped the sertraline that day I can't believe I even thought that way let alone try to achieve it, I feel sick at the thought that I could have been there one minute and gone the next. I'm so disgusted in the lack of training in the medical profession handed out like sweets and I would have been just another statistic. Now I am suffering massive withdrawal bed ridden severe muscle pain , double vision headaches tearful ,memory loss, more anxious than ever the list goes on.... and although I've got my own brain back and no longer a zombie I do wonder if I'm ever going to be normal ever again? I do hope so I am a fighter so I'm so sorry for going on and on ! Thank you again everyone , I know I'm not alone, if only I knew then what I do now! The drug companies have a lot to answer for! Wish me luck!! And I have every sympathy for anyone struggling like me! Love sue Xxx

Evening, everyone... I've been reading this forum for about a month and have learned a lot. Now I have something to add.

I was put onZoloft back in the first week of December 2014. Didn't do badly at first...except a gnawing stomach ache. I ignored it and it went away. Two weeks later..I started waking up with blood in my mouth. I thought I was grinding my teeth due to the anxiety and stress. It slowly, but steadily got worse.

Zoloft caused an upper g.I. Bleed. I'm still trying to heal what it's done to my stomach and intestines. I have severe acid reflux now (never had it before!), gastritis, Duodenitis, and gallbladder pain! An endoscopy showed the blood sitting in my stomach, but not where it was coming from!

This is not a common side effect.. But one we should all be aware of.

Hope it's ok I post ..... I started on pills 2009 when my mum was diagnosed with motor neurone disease it was because she wanted to kill herself and aside from mnd being horrific (mum was 5th person in my family) the whole suicide talk was equally horrid. Anyway the Prozac helped. She did kill herself then 3 days after that my dad was told out of the blue incurable cancer he died 6 mths later. Dr upped my dose and I thought I was coping. Started a new job September 2011 then my last close relative my mothers sister who only had me was diagnosed with cancer and died jan 2012, between then and feb 2014 I tried several times to kill myself. I also had a blood test showing me to have motor neurone with no symptoms so far I am 46. My grandmothers generation had it in late 40's my mums late 50's early 60's therefore I was scared. In all this time they tried various antidepressants but now having been stable I decided to stop. It's been about 3 weeks of no sertraline (Zoloft) some days I think I've beaten it and then today rubbish. I really want to be drug free

This is new to me, and I'm experiencing a sort of shock feeling inside my head and face, often when I move my eyes, accompanied by a dizzy feeling, and almost a sound (although there is no real sound) is this the brain zaps people are describing?

The brain zaps I experienced were like an electric shock hitting the brain for a few seconds, aka a zap.

I'm not sure it's withdrawel from Sertriline you are experiencing, as it's pretty easy to move from one drug to another in my experience, have you come off anti-depressants completely? 

I'm a month in, and feel terrible, thankfully not mindfull way, but physically, aches and pains, tiredness, off my food, eye sight is a lot like when you have drunk too much, and i sweat and ache so badly. I was hoping it was the flu, it appears i'm not that lucky, I'm not sure what advise I can give, maybe local charities can help, when i have been in a better place i've been able to make use of the help they offer and in the long run they've done me a lot of good, what ever it is, don't give up, life's worth living, a lot of friends to meet, lovers to love and adventures to have, and there is always us on here. keep up posted, all the best