I'm off my meds...

[Snow White]

Please don't ask me why(that's another conversation)but I've decided to come off the Sertraline(Zoloft). My g.p told me to wait until I see the pdoc next month but I really, really can't wait that long.

Now I'm getting all the crappy side effects and don't know how to manage them on a practical level. I feel anxious, sick, tired and I can't stop shivering even though I don't feel cold, I can't eat and have to force myself to drink. I haven't taken the A/D since Sunday but it's only now I'm starting to feel the after effects.

Any advice please?

SW

[Caillech]

Hi,

I dont know if you are opposed to taking all meds, but what helped me thru a zoloft (plus invega and lamictal) withdrawl was a benzo. It didnt cure it, but it made it less withdrawl-ly.

Hope this helps.

[Snow White]

Hi,

I dont know if you are opposed to taking all meds, but what helped me thru a zoloft (plus invega and lamictal) withdrawl was a benzo. It didnt cure it, but it made it less withdrawl-ly.

Hope this helps.

My g.p has left the responsibility of my meds to the pdoc, but I can't see him until next month.

So no benzo's for me.

[Rabbit37]

Well, if you can't get benzos, and you can't tolerate the withdrawal, is it possible to just take low doses of zoloft until your pdoc appt? Did you just suddenly stop taking it, (not generally recommended), or have you been tapering? Perhaps a small dose when things get too bad. I tapered off zoloft while titrating on other meds, so I don't have a clearcut idea of what the withdrawal was like.

Um, best of luck.