Coming off Sertraline

[Romas]

I'm on 200mg of sertraline and want to stop taking it. I've come off 100mg of it in the past cold turkey with about 2 weeks of feeling light-headed. I know I should taper it off, so would it be okay to cut down to 150mg for a couple of weeks and then 100mg etc?

Thanks

having been on various anti depressants before bi polar was diagnosed, i can understand what you are going through with the side effects DON@T go cold turkey please you'll feel like shit, i actually suffered a psychotic episode doing this, reduce 50mg every two weeks then the last 50mg every other day until you finish them, this worked for me on advice of my g.p, as a result, no side effects. hope this helps and good luck romas

You're better off asking your GP, they're better placed to suggest a suitable withdrawal period as they know your medical history, how long you've been on it etc.

yes that is very true pandora, but i'm just suggesting to op this what generally happens , sorry if i wasn't clear on it g.p must always be the first port of call, i tried doing it on my own stopping straight away and the results weren't good.

Thanks for the suggestions. GP is no help, says there is nothing else he can do for me and to just stop taking the tablets if I want to stop.

I was only on 50mg but having read about cold turkry, & read a book (taking antidepressants') I cut down very slowly, allowing a few weeks at each stage to make sure the issue (mainly anxiety in myvcase didn't recur ie I really didn't need them any more. Really took my time (months) as what did I have to lose really?, Just went on collecting the repeat scrips till I was sure I was safely off.

romas, sorry but your g.p sounds a bit of a dead loss tbh, could you speak to another at the surgery ? perhaps a pharmacist or just cut down as i suggest, please don't go cold turkey, let us know how you get on. good luck.

I'm not going to come off cold turkey, I felt light-headed coming off 100 mg like that. I'm going to start tapering off when I'm on holiday from work in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'll be able to sleep the worst of it away.

Thanks.

well done, you are going to be fine, take care.