Severe heartburn/vomiting 50mg, taper off?
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Hi!!
I started sertraline on 25mg and moved up to 50mg after a week. I have been on it now for about a month. I have felt jaw pain but tried to look past it. However, for the past 5 nights I have been having an insane amount of heartburn and vomiting. At first, thought it was because I ate too soon before laying down. The next day I made sure to wait 3 hrs before getting in bed but it happened again. It has now happened 5 times and is unbearable each night. I start to feel the intense heartburn, start to feel nausea, then 30 mins later I throw up like clockwork. I've tried Tums and Mylanta but nothing has been helping. I just want to stop this.
My doctor did not warn me about this. I won't be able to get an appointment for at least a week and I need to get off of it as soon as I can. I read that a lot of people have really bad symptoms if they get off of it too fast so I want to be careful while still stopping it.
I haven't been on 50mg for long, maybe 3 weeks MAX. Should I do the 10% thing that people have been talking about? Most of those people have been on 100 or have been on it for at least 6 months so I don't know if it would be different for me?
I need some advice because there is no way I can keep feeling like this each night.
Someone please help!! I appreciate any comments at all I just need something!
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lynn16003 chrismcc
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Hi Chris, I am trying to taper off Sertraline and like you have been on them just under 4 weeks. I started on 25mg then went up to 50mg and quickly realised they were not for me. I have reduced to 25mg this past week and I am hoping my GP can prescribe 20mg dose that i can take and hopefully break down to 10mg. I plan to then take 10mg every other day until i can finally taper off them. I hope this helps.
chrismcc lynn16003
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Hi Lynn, thanks for the reply!
What side effects were you having that made you realize this wasn't good for you? Mine is super bad heartburn that makes me throw up.
When you began to taper did you jump from 50 directly to 25 or did you cut it down slower? If you went directly to 25, have you had any noticeable symptoms?
lynn16003 chrismcc
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Hi Chris, I had really bad Anxiety, couldn't eat and couldnt sleep. I was only on 50mg for about 10 days and just went back down to 25mg 7 days ago. I cant say I noticed much of a difference when I reduced, other than i started to eat and slept better. As i have only been taking them for a short while, I'm hoping the meds wont have built up too much in my system.
kieran35167 chrismcc
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Hi sorry to bring up and old post but I'm having the same heart burn symptoms and just wondered how you got on I've just increased my dose and now have these symptoms?