The slow taper
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Hi all have been on sert for the last year for anxiety was on 100mg then 75/50/25/ now 12.5 after tapering down since last November. Now that I am ready to taper down more should I take them every second day for the next few weeks or should I try cutting the 12.5 in half and take every day for the next few weeks, I would like to come down at the 10% taper but the tablets are so small that its impossible to get the exact dosage by cutting the tablets, also I live in ireland so cant get liquid sert, the dr said to take every other day but I know that I might have to go slower than that as I had some pretty bad wd the last time I came down from 25 to12.5.
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dodo81786 michael58834
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Just want to ask you are you fully normal now ? No anixity or depression or fearful thoughts ?
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if you follow the 10% method you should be fine, combine with talking therapies or CBT x
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like you don't know if I should just stop or take every other day, I too would be grateful for any advice
anyone got an idea ?
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this was a disaster for me, even after a few days on half I suffered horrific nightmares and numerous other withdrawals so I just put myself back onto the full dose. I did some research and took advice from this site ( look at 'sertraline withdrawal, does it go away').
once I felt more stable I started the 10% taper method it's taken me 6 months to get to the stage I'm at but I have avoided the worst of the W/D effects that people describe on here such as brain zaps.
I had one occasion where I stayed on the same dose for 2 months as it took me more than a month to stabilise after the reduction.
in general I have kept well through this process, I've had the random sharp skin sensations that make me jump and have sometimes felt down and or sad but I've worked through it by telling myself it will pass and it does.
my opinion is that if you can manage to come off it you should it's a nasty drug, I took it for two years but it just numbed me it didn't help me solve my problems.
the good bit is that I feel as calm and am coping as well as I did when I was on the full dose and hope this will continue.
good luck like you I made the decision to come off them about 3 months before I plucked up the courage to start the process. I have to say the GP and the advice he gave me was terrible, generally it's better talking to pharmacists.
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the skin sensation is random and feels like someone just pricked you with a pin that's what make me jump, I haven't had that for a few days now it's. Nothing to bother about.
Hope that helps x
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i knew the probs with these type of drugs so resisted increasing from 50 mg and kept to that for two years, took the edge off and my body adjusted to that level. It took a good three months to stabilise my mood.
getting off to sleep was a problem for me too, I used to take it at night Some people recommend taking it in the mornings, don't know if that makes any difference to sleep pattern.
that' one of the problems with these drugs, you take one then have to take others to counteract the effects of the first one and so on. I used to take herbal sleeping tablets, I can't function without a proper nights sleep.
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