Help needed - tapering off sertaline

Treatment and medication
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Hi

I've been on sertraline for about 6 months, max dose was 150mg. My GP suggested I give up on it as it clearly wasn't working and this was backed up my care co-ordinator. I'm now down to 50mg every other day but my GP is very vague as to how long I should do this before stopping altogether. Can anyone advise a realistic timescale for this last bit of the tapering?

Thanks

M

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Hi, 

I am assuming that you have plans to either try another medication such as venoafaxine, which works a bit differently or else have plans for CBT or similar for when you stop fully . You are really down as far as you can go, I would consider a couple of weeks every other day and then stopping it altogether- I think you need to be prepared for maybe feeling a bit naff initially. Wishing you well x H

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Hi Willow,

Usually with 50mg tablets they can be split in half. I took 25mg one day and nothing the next for 2 weeks and then stopped. I had around 5 days of feeling awful when I fully stopped with headaches and dizziness and then I was ok. Good luck

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You could could always go down to 25mg for a few days just to be on the safe side but you are really pretty close to where you need to be on your taper. Good luck and God bless

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You could go go down 12.5 at a time for a week or so. Even reduce it to smaller doses if needed.