Posted by bruin on March 19, 2005, at 18:21:59
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by Jasmine25 on March 18, 2005, at 21:11:25
Very few people can make the cut you did and feel ok. This is only my opinion that has been fleshed out with experience and research, but there is something that you also need to remember. Going with a set schedule of how to taper is nonsense. Sorry SLS. It simply is. You should make no more than a 5-10% cut and you should stay at that dose until you are stable. That may be a week or a month, but that doesn't matter and the idea here is to get through this with the least suffering possible. Whether it takes you a few weeks or a few months DOES NOT matter. The impulse to rid our bodies of these neurotoxins only exacerbates withdrawals in case after case.
Also, there are a number of things you could be doing to boost your CNS, which is in chaos right now. If I were to recommend three I would go with:
1)Fish Oil(Carlson's Liquid brand, not the crap in the stores)
2)Magnesium
3)Colloidial Trace MineralsThere are other things I'd do as well, but that is a good start. Mix in tons of fresh, spring water and some exercise with a prudent, non-time framed taper and you will be much better off. Oh, I'd go to 50 and wait to stabilize and then start all over. You will be saving yourself plenty of grief. Best of luck
> Wow, I had no idea that what I've been going through the past 3 days was withdrawal symptoms. I thought I had the stomach flu! I forgot to take my meds one morning, and I was only halfway to work when my stomach started feeling really nasty. By noon I could barely sit up straight. I left work early, and 4 hours later I had the worst diarrhea I'd ever had in my life. Several hours later I'd puked up everything I'd eaten that day, and yesterday I couldn't go to work. Today I went to work, but had to leave early again; I felt so dizzy that it felt like I had the world's worst hangover. Now it doesn't matter if I'm sitting or standing, the room keeps spinning.
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> All this makes me wonder though; I've been off my meds for 3 days now, would it really be worth it for me to go back on a low dose of this crap or should I just stick it out? I've got a 3 day weekend ahead of me now, will this last longer than that?
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> Some advice for anyone who is thinking of going on this medication for depression; try going to a psychologist first before you go on the pills. If anyone had told me that the withdrawal would be this nasty, I would have avoided them like the plague.
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