Posted by bruin on March 19, 2005, at 23:28:23
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft » bruin, posted by SLS on March 19, 2005, at 22:34:01
"It shouldn't take more than a few weeks"
There is no way to possibly know this.
"If it were me, and I had been stable at 50mg, I would restart Zoloft by taking 25mg twice a day for at least two days. Then, split the 25mg tablets in half and try taking 12.5mg three times a day. Let's see how you do with that."
Just because you say you advocate something that is flexible doesn't make it so. The aforementioned quote says try it for two days. Where did you come up with this arbitrary number?
As has been previously stated, we just happen to disagree and that is fine. I just don't think you can EVER put a prescribed amount of days to tapering of any of these drugs and doing so doesn't take into account an individual's biochemistry. The only person that can do that is the person doing the taper. Their body and brain should be the ultimate judge. It is a point I am pretty adamant on and that is why I continually point it out. Everyone's first inclination is to rush to get the stuff out of their system and that invariably causes more problems. Hence, flexible dosing shouldn't have any mention of how long it will take if it were truly flexible. Take care> > Going with a set schedule of how to taper is nonsense. Sorry SLS. It simply is.
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> You might want to review my posts, or perhaps read them more carefully.
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> I am an advocate of flexible dosing.
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