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I have stopped taking Sertraline twice in the past year. Each time my sleep has got worse. I stopped taking it 4 weeks ago and I now sleep in cycles of 1.5 hours, but when I wake up I find it hard to sleep again.
Is this withdrawal or does Sertraline help with sleep? I have tinnitus which I think may have been caused by medication. Can anyone help as my dr wants me to go back on Sertraline.
Many thanks
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mozz66 lynn260
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Hi, i'm about 4/5 wks off, I think, and going through exactly the same.
But, just this wkend my sleep has started to change where Im managing almost three hrs and with no vivid dreams.
Still have trouble when wanting to pass out but can't sleep due to the brain saps though.
Apparently it takes one of the chemicals three wks to peak and start to leave your system which in me is causing more issues.
Personally I'm determined to ride it out as I've been through hell over the last 6 months and believe the Docs do not have a solution to the very harsh withdrawal from sertraline.
lynn260 mozz66
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I feel better off it but my head feels waterlogged and muzzy and my sleep is so fragmented.
Did you have side effects on it?
mozz66 lynn260
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https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2014/04/15/zoloft-sertraline-withdrawal-symptoms-list-duration/
this is a link that everyone should read including the Docs before!!! entering into the world of sertraline.
lynn260 mozz66
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We are in the same boat. I have been off Sertraline for five weeks. Since then my sleep has got worse-I slept two hours last night, I feel permanently dizzy and my head feels it’s in a vice.
If I could sleep well I would feel so much better. The option of taking benzodiazepines has been used by me but they are addictive and so I limit their usage.
How are you today? Do you have any remedies to help with the withdrawal?
mozz66 lynn260
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Hi I was on it for 6 months and I must stress that it did shut off my anxiety but....I was one of the unlucky few, apparently, that suffer all the stated side effects and then some for the whole 6 months.
After three month I told my doc that I couldn't cope on 2 hrs of disturbed sleep a night but she blamed that on my anxiety, of which the sertraline had very effectively stopped, and just upped my dose from 50 to 100mg.
After 6 month I had to insist that I came off it as I now wanted to top myself which was never really an issue before sertraline.
I now know why the docs don't want people to come off as there is no effective help for the Horrific Withdrawal Symptoms which can last months.
The link I sent you is everything im going through and hate to say it but suicide is a very plausible option. Now thats not me saying that it my withdrawal from sertraline.
joe41529 lynn260
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lynn260 joe41529
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Did the Sertraline cause the initial insomnia or was your sleep bad to begin with?
joe41529 lynn260
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