Posted by ladydee54 on March 20, 2005, at 6:37:44 [reposted on March 29, 2005, at 7:49:31 | original URL]
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by Andreadrea on March 19, 2005, at 12:52:41
I'm so sorry that this is happening to you.
I was only at 100 mgs for a year and had a terrible time coming off, so I'm guessing that you must be having it a lot worse.
I was so angry at the doctor for not knowing what this stuff really does to us.
The good news is, these side effects eventually do go away, but given the dose you were on, you need to really back off very slowly. If I were you I would stay at the same dosage coming off for weeks, I did a week at a time and I still think it was too fast. The crying is absolutely normal as it will take much time for your emotions to even out, I will tell you that I took my last dosage in April of last year and didn't feel right for the whole remainder of the year. So for me it was at least 6 months of feeling like crap, but today, almost a year later, I feel OK, pretty much as normal as I get! lol.
Yes, I even got my sense of humor back!
So you will live thru this, you just really gotta be slow about it, don't rush to get off, as no good can come of that kind of withdrawal.
Good luck to you!
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