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Tapering off of Sertraline - help

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lineandsinker · 15/11/2020 13:18

Hi,

I was prescribed 100mg Sertraline a year ago after a severe bout of post-natal anxiety. After a period of therapy and plain old time, I was in a really good place and started to taper off in June with the support of my GP. Been taking it all really slowly and leaving around 3 to 4 weeks between dosage reductions.

I’m now down to taking 25mg once every four days (been on current dosage gap for 3 weeks) but I just feel... angry. Like I want to punch a wall and scream angry. Getting angry over the smallest of things. Feeling quite down as well, lost all confidence in my abilities at work and have little interest in things at home.

Not really sure what to do. I’ve got this far and I don’t know whether this is a side effect of withdrawing that I need to just try and deal with or whether things are starting to rear their head again. I’m not an angry person so this inner rage I’m feeling is quite unusual.

Any advice gratefully welcomed.

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TimeToCloseTheDoor · 15/11/2020 13:21

Well done for getting as far as you have so far. It may just need to be even slower for the final step. 25mg every 2nd day or so. Call your gp, they are the only person who knows what is best for you. Don’t make any changes without discussing it with them first.

Good luck Flowers

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