Posted by lksummit on May 14, 2005, at 9:20:39
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by JaneB on May 2, 2005, at 18:29:21
> Hi Kim,
>
> Your situation sounds very similar to mine. However, I tried a few times to go off and then erroneously concluded that my symptoms were a return of the original depression and not because of discontinuing the medicine. Be patient is the best advice I could give to you. My second month off the meds was the hardest. But after that second month things got better. Now I can laugh again, have more energy, think more clearly and have none of that AD-induced apathy. I can even sleep! I had thought that I would never be able to sleep normally again but I was wrong.
>
> I was on 50 mg for several months before I started to cut back more. I did it very slowly. Don't be in a hurry. Don't hesitate to shave a bit of the Zoloft after taking 25 mg for a while. Perhaps if you have a period of time when you can tolerate the dizziness,etc. you could go faster but as for me I just found that my life was interrupted a lot less by going s-l-o-w-l-y.
> Yes, it took more than a month but it has been worth it. Even the big "O" has returned.
> Hang in there.
> Jane
> > Hello there.
> > My name is Kim and I am new to this posting. Here is my unfortunate situation. I have been on SSRIs for 11 years. I starting taking them when I was very mildly depressed (situational depression) and stayed on them for so long only because I did not want to rock the boat and had no side effects on them. About one month ago, I stopped taking Zoloft. I was taking 50mg at the time. Well, the past month has been torterous, as you can imagine! I had the worst agitation/anxiety and aggressive moods (where are totally out of my character). I was never like this before I took an SSRI. Well, thankfully, the aggressiveness and irritability have stopped. But now, a month later, my symptoms are as follows:
> > extreme fatigue, despondance, trouble concentrating, foggy and light headedness. Has anyone here had withdrawal's that lasted for more than one month that can offer any words of inpsiration that it will end and if so, how long did it take to feel normal again? Thanks so much!
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>Reading this makes me feel so much better! I had taken Zoloft for 7 years when I stopped 5 weeks ago. I had all to the symptoms you mentioned, plus increased pain from my arthritis - thought I was going nuts. Anyway, I thought I was getting better when I caught a cold/sinus infection and have just been miserable. My doctor says if I don't go back on the Zoloft I will never feel any better. This just isn't true, is it?
Also - I posted 2 messages similar to this one last night and can't find either of them. What am I doing wrong?
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