wowserclo Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Anyone else going through sertraline withdrawal after a low dose? I was on 25 mg i tapered for a month and have now been off it for 9 days. Just about coping. It's horrendous. I've had excruciating headaches, nausea, elevated anxiety, jaw ache, chest pains and fatigue. Seen several doctors, had blood tests and all kinds of checks to be told there's nothing wrong with me. It must be the withdrawal! Any advice most welcome xx Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus mammaP Posted August 1, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted August 1, 2017 Hi Wowserclo, welcome to SA. Sadly it doesn't take a very high dose to have withdrawal following a fast taper. How long did you take sertraline? The only way to halt withdrawal is to reinstate the drug and then start a slow taper once you are stablilised. This can go on for a very long time so I would trecommend going back on and starting to taper again. You could try 12.5, half the dose you were taking, this would be less to taper later. You could find that withdrawal is stopped in it's tracks quite quickly. I will get some info for you. First, it will help if you fill in your signature, here is the direct link to settings, fill in the box with the drugs doses and tapering, when started and when stopped. Click save and it will appear at the bottom of your posts. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/settings/signature/ What is withdrawal. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/603-what-is-withdrawal-syndrome/ Reinstating to stabilise http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/7562-about-reinstating-and-stabilizing-to-reduce-withdrawal-symptoms/ Tapering sertraline http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1441-tips-for-tapering-off-zoloft-sertraline/ **I am not a medical professional, if in doubt please consult a doctor with withdrawal knowledge. Different drugs occasionally (mostly benzos) 1976 - 1981 (no problem) 1993 - 2002 in and out of hospital. every type of drug + ECT. Staring with seroxat 2002 effexor. Tapered March 2012 to March 2013, ending with 5 beads. Withdrawal April 2013 . Reinstated 5 beads reduced to 4 beads May 2013 Restarted taper Nov 2013 OFF EFFEXOR Feb 2015 Tapered atenolol and omeprazole Dec 2013 - May 2014 Tapering tramadol, Feb 2015 100mg , March 2015 50mg July 2017 30mg. May 15 2018 25mg Taking fish oil, magnesium, B12, folic acid, bilberry eyebright for eye pressure. My story http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/4199-hello-mammap-checking-in/page-33 Lesson learned, slow down taper at lower doses. Taper no more than 10% of CURRENT dose if possible Link to comment
nz11 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 wowserclo any update? Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment
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