1. Community
  2. Mental health
  3. Sertraline

Switching to Zoloft

Posted , 3 users are following.

Grounded
Grounded

So, this is a first for me. I've been on zoloft in the past and it has been very successful, but have quit taking them years ago and when this bought of anxiety, depression, ocd hit the new doctor wanted me to take celexa and I did, I tried, I have been on it for a total of 9 months without success so he decided to put me back on zoloft. I now have to switch over and I'm not sure how to do it. Of course he gave me his textbook way of doing it but I would like to hear how others did it successfully without much complication.

Oh and by the way, as of now I am only on 15mg of celexa, nothing else.

Thanks!

0 likes, 7 replies

7 Replies

  • sue74917
    sue74917 Grounded

    Posted

    hi grounded sorry to hear the meds did not work but sometimes, for whatever reason we could drive ourselves mad trying to figure out, it happens. The way I swapped over was 20 to 15 for a week, 15 to 10 for a week, 10 of citalopram and 25 of sertraline for a week then just 25 of sertraline for 2 weeks with the plan of going up to 50, I found the increase from 25 to 50 too much all at once so I went back down to 37.5 and stayed there for 2 weeks, back up to 50 after that, which I have been on for 7 months now and am doing ok. Had a few issues with the swap, like mood dipped, intrusive thoughts and no motivation and usual things like headache, dizzy spells but nothing too horrendous and they did not hang around for long, glad I swapped though

    • Grounded
      Grounded sue74917

      Posted

      Oh thank you Sue! That is exactly what I was looking for. A lot of posts that I found online really didnt give a detail of how they did the swap and me being the nervous person that I am worried so much about it. I will try this method, it is similar to what the doctor said only a little slower which is okay with me! So glad that it went by quickly for and you are doing better.

      I appreciate the reply, thank you! 😃

  • lynn67615
    lynn67615 Grounded

    Posted

    the celexa is not working. i thought it was helping

    • Grounded
      Grounded lynn67615

      Posted

      It did help with the anxiety but at the same time made me numb, along with dp dr, those just never went away. I feel that those are more of a bother then what the celexa did to relieve my anxiety because I seem to focus on that every day. I thought that may go away after time but its been 9 months now and they go from not so bad to bad up and down.

    • lynn67615
      lynn67615 Grounded

      Posted

      Good luck with the swap. ive been on raised dose of luvox for 5 weeks slowly see improvement. starting cbt theraphy for anxiety

    • Grounded
      Grounded lynn67615

      Posted

      Thanks Lynn I need it! So happy to hear that you are seeing some improvement, that is great!

Back to top

Report or request deletion

Thanks for your help!

We want the community to be a useful resource for our users but it is important to remember that the community are not moderated or reviewed by doctors and so you should not rely on opinions or advice given by other users in respect of any healthcare matters. Always speak to your doctor before acting and in cases of emergency seek appropriate medical assistance immediately. Use of the community is subject to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and steps will be taken to remove posts identified as being in breach of those terms.