Coming off sertraline

[Leabee1234]

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?

Check out survivingantidepressants. Lots of useful info on how to taper down. I was on 100mg/day and started with having Mondays on 75mg, rest of the week 100mg. Then after four or five weeks added Thursday with 75mg, currently on week three with that dosage. Will do at least another week or two and then add a third day in. It will take a long time that way but I’m hoping I’ll be successful this way. Wishing you good luck!

I was on a lower dose but I’ve been off them now for around three months. I’m feeling really good. Advice about tapering is great. And I know this sounds like a pipe dream, but make sure you are looking after your mental health in other ways: light exercise, getting outside, sleeping, eating well etc.

I didn’t have that in place the first time I tried to come off them, because it’s not easy when you have a child to look after. But it really did help me the second time.

I went cold turkey off 100. Been on them around 3 years. No real issues. Bit of irritability but good within a few weeks. I know it’s not advised, but I went on holiday and had no choice as I forgot them. Wanted to come off anyway…

I went cold turkey off 50mg and had loads of electrical shock feelings for a couple of weeks. Was difficult but they've all gone now. I was just too lazy to taper off and couldn't get a doctor's appointment for months so just went for it.

Taper off very, very slowly. 10mg a month. I hear alot of people have to really cut the pills down, which is a pain. A therapist friend in this area said you can get Sertraline drops via your GP, which is easier. But it depends on your GP.
SSRIs are very hard to come off. I could only come off Sertraline by switching to something else. It was disastrous for my metal health.

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