Ipap0 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Hi, so I officially got off sertraline a little over two years ago now. Typical story, I don't want to go too into detail with the beginning. Anyway, long story short, after about three to four months off, I started to have windows. They got increasingly better over time, and my baseline of what I would consider a wave or bad continuously got better. The past few days though, I felt as if I have crashed back to a baseline I can't recall having been at in quite sometime. Maybe somewhere around the mark of a little over a year ago. It's been jarring and concerning, the level of disconnect I have is more pronounced. By disconnect I mean lack of feelings and able to be in tune with them. The depersonalization is back, at least at a noticeable level. I started having trouble finding the words to say again and write things out. My twitching/tardive dyskinesia suddenly got worse after having it very little in the past couple of months. I could go on. I've been in a really stressful situation the past week, also lack of sleep and not eating well. Did this potentially set me back? I also wondered if maybe my regular usage of zzzquil could be a culprit, so I quit it three days ago. Has anyone else experienced this, encountering a random wave after a very long time frame of getting better? My waves more or less disappeared over a year ago and I was always either stable or very, very, *very* gradually getting better, so this is concerning me. If you've been here, what helped you cope and how long did it take to get to another window? I just feel odd and worried since I haven't been in this mental state in a long while.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealthHopeHappiness Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Hello, sorry to hear you are experiencing another wave. It’s so hard. I stopped Sertraline in November and after a horrific first 4 months I had a period of a few weeks where my symptoms settled slightly. Then at month 5 my symptoms ramped up again - muscle twitching, brain fog (forgetting words, people’s names in work), etc. So I understand how frustrating it is to think you are coming out the other side to be right back in the thick of it again. I had to take a course of antibiotics which kick started the symptoms for me. I’ve also had my COVID vaccine and that has increased my symptoms a lot too. Really hope it passes for you soon. Take care. X Mid-August 2020 - started 15mg Mirtazapine, increased to 30mg 2 weeks later. Late-September 2020 - switched to 20mg Paroxetine as Mirtazapine exacerbated RLS. October 2020 - stopped Paroxetine because of worsening RLS, muscle twitching and general restlessness. Mid-October 2020 - Switched to 50mg Sertraline. Restlessness, muscle twitching and other symptoms even worse. Stopped taking it on 18 November following advice from GP - took every other day for a week before stopping completely. Mid-November 2020 - GP prescribed Propranolol to take as and when required for anxiety. Have only taken a few times as it makes me very light headed. January 2020 - currently taking magnesium citrate powder in evenings to help with RLS. Also taking high strength omega-3 fish oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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