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Coming off sertraline

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Leabee1234 · 21/05/2025 10:47

So I've been on sertraline for around 19 months. I went on them a few months after my son was born as I was struggling severely with postnatal depression and anxiety. I've always struggled with anxiety and depression but I was in a bad place. I feel I can cope better now and my son is almost two.
I'm on 100mg and want to come off them. They helped me at first but now I just feel like a shell of myself. I feel like a zombie in a constant brain fog and constantly exhausted . Needing to nap with my toddler everyday and even falling asleep working. I don't feel emotions I feel numb. I don't feel like me anymore and I want to start weaning off then. I feel like trying to half thr tablets myself and then gradually coming off them. I have a doctors appointment in a few days to discuss coming off them and how to. Has anyone successfully come off them? I am worried about the withdrawal and how unwell I will feel. Especially when I started it was hell for a few weeks. I know I'm bound to feel unwell but I really have had enough now. And I am completely ready to come off them. Can anyone tell me your experiences how you did come off them and how you felt?

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Flipslop · 21/05/2025 10:52

I have come off them twice now, just make sure you go VERY slowly in reducing your dose over weeks even down to 1/4 if a tablet at the end. You will be fine if you do it like this 😊

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