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Tapering off stertraline

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victoria68136
victoria68136

anyone out there tapering off sertraline after 6 months

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  • ryan69574
    ryan69574 victoria68136

    Posted

    Hey 😃 no I have not tapered off sert. But I did 6 months on citalopram and tapered off. It was hard to start. But gets easyer 😃.. did you switch to the mitezipne??

    • victoria68136
      victoria68136 ryan69574

      Posted

      they have given me prozac to start in two weeks after tapering down from stertraline from 100 to 50 starting tomo

    • tree8324
      tree8324 victoria68136

      Posted

      prozac worked way better for me!!! im just curious if anyone else has No sex drive on these drugs. i have been on them for years and I HAVE NO SEX DRIVE and its depressing 😦

  • ntina41517
    ntina41517 victoria68136

    Posted

    Hi, I am

    It's been week 4

    From 50mg for 6 months to 25mg now

    Things are going well I can say. A bit light headed and a weight in my chest. Nothing major thought

    • victoria68136
      victoria68136 ntina41517

      Posted

      my gp told me to take half of the setraline to 50 mg for two weeks then stop and start prozac 20mg

  • Nementh
    Nementh victoria68136

    Posted

    yes, but as I'm literally half asleep I'll give you a decent reply tomorrow. I went cold turkey. do. not. do. that. holy hell the come down was a nightmare. it worked, but it was extremely rough, so not recommended. make a plan with the doc about how to taper down. it'll take a while I expect. just for f$%@ sake do NOT do what I did! bloody hell that was a bumpy ride. first call is always the doctors, not us lot. no offence to anyone, but we're not medical professionals, so consult with the doc each week to keep track of your progress 😃

    Ah well, so much for sleep, thought sod it, I may as well give my full thought while I can still remember it. (diazepam messes with my memory)

    • victoria68136
      victoria68136 Nementh

      Posted

      thank you for reply

      gp told me to reduce the 100 to 50 for two weeks then stop then start prozac 20mg

      do you think i should taper off slower ?

    • victoria68136
      victoria68136

      Posted

      ps doc gave me diazapam but scared to take it as every morning i am getting bad panic its horrible

    • tree8324
      tree8324 victoria68136

      Posted

      if it helps i did the switch and i perfectly fine!!! domt let your anxiety scare you. you are in control of your thoughts. you got this!

    • victoria68136
      victoria68136 tree8324

      Posted

      hi tree

      sorry slow reply but not been good

      you say you switched

      was it a quick switch ?

      gp told me to half my dose from 100 to 50 for two weeks then stop and switch straight to prozac

      was u similar ?

      really need reasurance x

  • Kells123a
    Kells123a victoria68136

    Posted

    im tappering from 100mg to 75mg, due to 100mg too high.. been on them for 9 months, dont be scared thats just a negative thought taking over, just take each day has it comes... yes always tapper slowly..hope this helps xx

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