Posted by SLS on March 2, 2005, at 8:51:31
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by Mirandakdj on March 1, 2005, at 20:22:37
Hi.
> Now that I read your comments and your experiences, I suppose I better get myself off this drug slower. So I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and tell that bastard to give me a new prescription. I feel worst now than when I started taking this drug.
Get the 25mg tablets to work with. If it were me, I would cut them into quarters and use a flexible dosing strategy. I would start at 37.5mg taken as 25mg in the morning and 3 quarters at night. I would then wait until any withdrawal symptoms disappear or wait a few days to a week and then drop down to 3 quarters twice a day or 2 quarters three times a day and see how that works out. Again, I would wait until any withdrawal disappears or wait a few days. I work down this way to 1 quarter three times a day. I then begin to wait longer between doses and allow the withdrawal symptoms to appear. I wait no longer than an hour and then take another dose. The withdrawal symptoms should disappear for hours. I repeat this cycle over and over. I take the minimum amount that will cause the withdrawal symptoms to disappear. Ideally you should find that you can last longer and longer between doses. At some point it will make sense to stop taking the drug. You might do this once you reach the point where the dosing period hits a plateau when the length of time between doses no longer increases. The final withdrawal will very likely be mild-moderate and last no longer than a day or two. I have successfully discontinued SSRIs, Effexor, Cymbalta, and benzodiazepines this way.
There are other strategies that I'll let someone else suggest.
- Scott
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