Posted by Osama on April 20, 2003, at 10:56:19
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by JanB on September 18, 2000, at 13:57:23
I’m a 34 year old male, and have been taking Zoloft on and of for almost 18 months, and have decided to stop four or five months ago, when I stopped I started feeling dizziness, or vertigo as a doctor referred to it, or to best describe it they were dizzy spells that lasted for a couple of seconds whenever I moved, so I started taking Zoloft again hoping they would stop, at first I started taking 100 mgs, and I repeated the dose when the spells returned, but at some point the 100 mgs were of no use, so I had to double the dose to 200 mgs, but after 3 or 4 days I’d feel dizzy again, and I started experiencing other symptoms such as irritability, disorientation, aggressiveness, sleepiness, and became extremely emotional, easily provoked, and felt a general feeling of discomfort and fatigue, all these symptoms were affecting my work and productivity. The only times that I could properly work was when I take my Zoloft dose, which climbed up to 750 mgs/week.
Now I know I’m over-dosing and should stop, or at least slowly decrease the dose, I’m cutting back by 50 mgs/week. I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing, but from what I’ve been reading about the drugs withdrawal symptoms, they should subside if I slowly cut back. My doctor, doesn’t seem to know anything about the drug’s withdrawal symptoms, or if it has any at all. Please advise on what to do.ana
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