Posted by Joe84323 on March 26, 2006, at 22:37:40 [reposted on March 27, 2006, at 7:58:01 | original URL]
In reply to withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by Shelly on May 4, 1999, at 17:37:51
I read this thread before I started Zoloft about 8 months ago, but decided to do it anyway as I was having chronic panic attacks, and thought my life as I knew it was over.
To go off Zoloft (Still coming off) I went down from 100 mg to 75 for a week, then 50 for a week, then 25 for a week. The day I ended Zoloft, I started taking some Wellbutrin I had leftover from attempting to quit smoking.
I took Wellbutryn for 5 days. The two days after I stopped Wellbutryn (has longer half life less withdrawal symptoms,)I experimented with St. Johns Wort.
St Johns Wort is a Reuptake Inhibitor in itself (some kind of protein causes this) and isnt the same effect as Zoloft, but keeps my serotonin steady whilst the SSRI's filter out of my system.
I am still irritable somewhat, but The St. Johns wort makes my sleep better, helps me wake up better, and makes me more productive.
I think after two months, I will continue a small regimen of St. John's Wort, which is incredible in itself.
The past two days I have had a ringing in my ear, and every sound is like 4x as loud, and sometimes I reply to friends while really I am hearing somebody talking 2 blocks away.
Some sort of crazy Superman stuff? eh?
God Bless peoples.... good luck
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