Zoloft withdrawals?

Treatment and medication
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Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has experienced what I'm going through at the moment.

Bit of background... I was on 50mg of zoloft for 2 years after the breakup of a long relationship. This helped me a lot to get though it & just be able to function day to day. Back in Dec 2017 I felt I no longer needed to be taking it & was starting to see some slight weight gain which made me very worried.

Under the guidance of my GP I weaned myself off over an 8 week period & have now been completely off for just under 2 months. Pretty much from the time I stopped taking any dose I have been severely depressed to the point of wishing I was dead. I'm very anxious & feel rage to the point of flipping out. I don't sleep until 3am & wake up around 11am.

I have never felt this bad before in my life & desperate to know of this is my brain still adjusting or of I am now damaged goods & need to be on meds for the rest of my life. I feel like zoloft has destroyed my mental state, as I never in my life have felt this way.

Anyone with any advice would be greatly appreciated. X

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I am in the same boat. 5 days off Sertraline and my head feels weird. In fact it never felt the same on the drug. For some people like us, we have very bad withdrawals from Sertraline but doctors underplay the withdrawal . Your brain like mine is struggling to reach homeostasis but it will in time. 

Please keep me posted on your progress.

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You're absolutely right lynn260, the doctors act as if taking these drugs is nothing & coming off is no big deal & talk as if once weaned off your last does there will be no symptoms. The head zaps are horrible but they do stop eventually, so hang in there.

Are you taking anything like B vitamins & magnesium?