Posted by ladydee54 on March 20, 2005, at 9:49:23 [reposted on March 29, 2005, at 7:49:33 | original URL]
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft » ladydee54, posted by SLS on March 20, 2005, at 8:10:51
Hi Scott,
I was on 100mgs and my MD said to cut back to 50mgs for two weeks, then 25 mgs for two weeks, then I was given 12.5 mgs for two weeks, then nothing. By the time I got to the final dose, I was having the infamous "head zaps" like crazy. I thought for sure I was going to stroke out or something. But I didn't.
I also had wild mood swings, OK one minute, way depressed the next, and I had never before been manic, so this was clearly another withdrawal symptom.
Also had a lot of whooshing noise in my head, which to some extent I still have, although it's decreased a lot, and I only really hear it now when I wake up in the morning and it's very quiet.
Like I said, a good 6 months is what you are looking at for complete return to "normal".
Don't let those first few weeks get to you too much because I was soooo tempted to go back to the zoloft, just like any other addictive drug.
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