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quitting zoloft cold turkey

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Robert Rister answered this Coming Off Zoloft (And Other SSRIs)
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Guest

I went off 100 mg zoloft after taking it for 2.5 months without weening off and I did not experience immense side effects. However, I don't recommend doing cold-Turkey at all, especially it if you felt side effects when initially taking Zoloft (I felt no horrible side effects when initally taking it except a mild headache.)

I think if I took Zoloft for longer side effects may of occurred when stopping.
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Guest

7 days so far as I quit cold turkey after being on Aropax and Zoloft for 11 y. I don't have withdrawl symptoms !!! I feel .... something but nothing significantly bad !
but it is just 7 days, will I have later withdrawl symptoms ?
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Guest

I was on 25mg of Zoloft, my doctor told me to stop it because of the unwanted side effects. I had diarrhea, cramps nausea
After stopping I became angry at a couple of things this week. All this week i have been feeling tired, feeling like I have the flu, is this all going to go away i was not on that much i also feel like i am going to fall out at times why is this
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Guest

For me personally I started taking it after my dad passed away, and I was working a very high stress job. Now, three years later after weaning down from 100mg to 25mg over the course of three weeks I'm off Zoloft. I no longer have the same job and am sick of the TOTAL lack of sex drive the mess caused. Also sick of "not" feeling. I am having vertigo but also pin pricks of normalcy. I want to feel again. That was the point so I'm not complaining about the side effects. I don't think there is anything wrong with taking it but also believe it is time for me to stop. It served it purpose!
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Guest

How are you feeling now? After what a yr of being off? Any problems? I have been on 50-100 for about 10yrs stopped cold turkey about 9 days ago. Feel like an alien in my own body
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Trey

I started taking Zoloft in March 2017 prescribed for depression and anxiety. After about 3 weeks felt better than I ever did in 35 years then the psychiatrist quit and I had no one to refill my prescription. Running around trying to find someone to help me and not even the VA would help me. Was only on Zoloft for about 2 months and was forced to go cold turkey and then the side effects started oh my God the tremors and I felt something like a human computer glitch that wouldn't stop. Still trying to find some help b/c the depression and anxiety is back and still having side effects what an awesome feeling(sarcasm).
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Guest

I recently cold turkeyed my Zoloft 50 mg dose I've been on since feb 17. I'm feeling fuzzy in the head and irritable. I'm going to give this stuff a try, thanks :)
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Guest

Best reply ever
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Guest

Ive been on zoloft for years too ( can't even remember how many) and i was really worried about quitting cold turkey ( my doc has suggested I change meds to an snri instead) . I decided instead of going through 4 weeks of hell weaning, to just go cold turkey for a week of hell instead- then supposed to start new meds. Im currently on day 3 of no meds & don't feel too bad. Thought id be worse!
Im wondering if I should just carry on without any meds , after the withdrawal symptoms have eased , im hoping I might be able to live life as a non dependent on antidepressants? Would be nice. Any thoughts? Great to see others who understand this shizzle im going through- not many people around me do !!
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Guest

Hi! So glad to know I’m not alone! I have been on Sertraline, 200mg (the highest dose) for roughly 3 years. I gained so much weight and had no sex drive. I got blood sugar issues etc so I had to stop as it’s literally killing me.
I was on Zoloft for Anxiety, not depression. Anyways, I stopped taking it cold turkey, 7 days ago. The first 3 days I was fine. No symptoms and no anxiety. NOW, the past 4 days have literally been the worst I don’t know what to do! I have headaches SO bad, I’m dizzy, I’m nauseous, I can’t sleep at all, I’m so irritable and randomly lash out, I’m just not myself. This is the worst thing I’ve ever been through. On top of all this, I’m a single mother of a wild 4 year old! Today day 7, I finally broke down and took 100mg. It didn’t do anything for my withdrawals so it was pretty much a waste... anyways someone please tell me there is light at the end of the tunnel!! And I went to my doctor, she just wants to put me on a diffremt medication, which I don’t want! When this is over, I will NEVER take medicine again.
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Guest

I have been on Zoloft 150 mg daily for about 5 years. I realized that it was just another drug they are pushing on me. I am 72 years old, and my brother committed suicide 18 years ago. I went off a week ago. I have more energy than I thought possible! So far the only thing that has been different is that I have begun to get very cold. I don’t know if that’s a problem or that fall hit quickly!!
I wish everyone good luck!

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Guest

I'm right there with ya stopped cold turkey (BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE) off 50g a day of Zoloft (was only on it maybe 6 months?) about 3 weeks ago. Felt amazing the first week no more zombie or feeling "overly emotional" (which is why I stopped) honestly pretty much forgot I stopped taking them... About day 7 I woke up having an electric shock sensation in my lips, literally like someone was tazering me in the face, and felt very off balance and just all around for lack of a better description "not right in the head". I googled the face shocks and low and behold antidepressant withdrawal was the first thing that popped up... As the day progressed I was very up and down emotionally. Day 8 had a complete mental breakdown, crying uncontrollably (basically felt like a little b***h) my wife (soon to be ex wife

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Guest

Looks like it cut my reply off about a quarter of the way through
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Guest

I've been on zoloft for 17 years. I stopped 3 weeks ago and for the firs 7 days i felt exactly the same when i turn my head very quick. It's a very weird sensation.
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Guest

SAME. It has been three weeks without the medication & everything anyone says makes me want to punch them in the face...like, no joke - even my best friend I cannot STAND her right now and it's just because I am so pissed off all the damn time. Ugh. It's like, do I shoot myself or punch everyone around me? lol these thoughts do not stop.
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