Posted by SLS on July 27, 2005, at 7:02:43
In reply to Re: 5 Months Zoloft Free - ANY Support Appreciated, posted by Sgt.207 on July 23, 2005, at 12:35:48
> I had to re-start and went up to 6 mg's and now I am back down to 2. Gearing up to stop again.
Good luck. Hopefully, you are already low enough in dosage that you are ready to stop taking the drug completely.
For me, I have found that once you get down to the very lowest dosages, you can use the drug like aspirin for a headache. Take very small amounts only when the withdrawal symptoms appear. It speeds up the process and prevents suffering. You first establish what is the smallest dose necessary to last 6-8 hours without symptoms and taper from there. You dose several times a day, reducing the size of the dose when the symptom-free period lasts for longer than 8 hours. You stop taking the drug entirely when you reach the point where the smallest doses no longer last for 4-6 hours before symptoms reappear. That is a very abbreviated explanation. If you find yourself suffering more than you expected or can tolerate, check out my previous posts regarding the "flexible-dose" strategy.
I have a feeling that you won't need to use this strategy, though. You have already done such a good job reaching 2.0mg
Again, good luck.
- Scott
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