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Zoloft (Sertraline) withdrawal symptoms..but without missing a dose?

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gnomer
gnomer

im on 100mg zoloft and have been since April 30 so approx 2.5 months. I was slowly upped from 25 to 50 to 75 to 100 over the course of a month. The last 2 weeks (but not daily) ive been getting those weird brain buzzing vision twitching episodes even when I havent missed a dose. I normally take the meds at night after dinner and if I forget, by morning im getting those weird feelings and they dont go away for quite a while even after remembering the dose. I dont miss a dose often, maybe 2 or 3 times since I started taking it. Anyone else have this happen?! Does that mean my dose needs to be upped?!

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  • hope4cure
    hope4cure gnomer

    Posted

    This is something that may work out with time or adjusting the dose. I never had a reaction from missing one dose. If u need to ck with UR dr then it's always a good idea leave a message with dr,it's on record then UR reported reaction .

    CHEERS

    HOPE

  • shell58234
    shell58234 gnomer

    Posted

    Hi I am on 150mg sertreline. It took me months to find the right level. Also I found taking my meds in the morning which I also found that help. Cause when I was taking mine at night I had weird dreams and bad night sweats and weird fuzzy head. Have a good chat with your gp about this, it may help, take care
    • hope4cure
      hope4cure shell58234

      Posted

      She'll I never had any bad reactions to Zoloft..

      in fact it help me sleep and cope with many other stressful issuesthat was going in my life.

      wow UR side effects sound really scary. I guess I was lucky.

      amazing how by just changing the time u took it made the difference.

      Cheers

      HOPE

       

  • cinzia86145
    cinzia86145 gnomer

    Posted

    Are you taking anything else? Grapefruit will do this, and I recently went into horrid/major withdrawal despite taking my meds properly because I was also taking Milk Thistle. Been taking some other herbal pills recently and started to get the zapping again... Check with your GP or a pharmacist.
    • hope4cure
      hope4cure cinzia86145

      Posted

      I've read wher grapefruit will cause the side effects. I forgot all about it.

      I get the zapping occasionally from asprin or tylenol.

      withdrawl can be brutal if not tapering off slowly.. Hope UR better.

      CHEERS

      HOPEconfused

       

    • gnomer
      gnomer cinzia86145

      Posted

      Im not only anything else except prenatal vitamins (Im 8 months pregnant..medication was my last resort sad ) and ranitidine (Zantac) for heartburn and to protect my tummy when taking the Zoloft. I also get horrible night sweats and uncontrollable yawning during the day and super drowsy most of the morning hard to tell if it's pregnancy or mmedication rrelated.I tried taking It during the day last week and I got horribly nauseous even though I took it on a full stomach sad 
    • shell58234
      shell58234 gnomer

      Posted

      I think you need to give it more time. And that sickness feeling is a common problem with this pill. I'm sure that in time you will start to feel better.

      Take care

  • shell58234
    shell58234 gnomer

    Posted

    Hi just wondering how you feel. Think in ofg you
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