Zoloft Withdrawal - At Wit's End

How long after this post did you feel like yourself again? My daughter is on her 4th day of total withdrawal after slowly weaning off of Zoloft and is now having some new, worse symptoms. I hope you are doing well now and am very thankful for all the people who have shared their experiences on this site-it has really helped us get her through some really horrible days of zoloft withdrawal.

Thanks so much for your response. - so glad to hear you are doing better! :)

Hello I too am experiencing horrendous withdrawl affects listed here but not limited to: nausea, constant brain zaps, headache, insomnia at night, drowsy all day, feel limp and drained, extreme emotional ups and downs, rage, frustration, if it's a problem, I have it due to the severe withdrawl. What does seem to help are milk thistle (liver cleansing), fish oil/DHA (cognition), vitamin B complex specifically for stress (got mine from amazon), and when I can't sleep at night, sleeping tablets.

I wish us all a safe and speedy recovery. Put up that fight and dont give in. We'll be in hell for 2 weeks but it'll get much easier from there on.

Phenibutt will ease annxiety mixed w 5htp great sleep and mood.

i heard that Omega fish oil caps help....i feel your pain i am on day six and feel horrible...zoloft is poisen period..stay off it this time!

hi, i was wondering if you got any relief and if you did what helped you, i too am struggling the same and it is awful. :(

jacqueline wrote:

bluerabbit123 wrote:

I was on zoloft for over 5 years and have attempted to go off of it numerous times. I go back on each time because I get so sick (zaps, dizzy, nauseous, headaches, irritable, weeping, anxiety, etc.)...I have tried again, this time because I wish to get pregnant. My psych. is not much help. I went off very slowly and have now been off for almost 10 days. I feel so awful - all of the above symptoms. Can anyone recommend an OTC or prescription med that they know helps ease symptoms? My dr. keeops saying to take a zoloft ..but he does not seem to get I do not want to be on it anymore. I can't keep doing this. I'm at my last straw..and really could use some help. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

hi, i was wondering if you got any relief and if you did what helped you, i too am struggling the same and it is awful. :(

Hi, dont just take a zoloft...at night 3mg of melatonin helped me sleep and 12oomg of fish oil helped with the zaps...you can take st. johns wart for the anxiety and that is it. I am happy to report that after 3 weeks of feeling bad i have finally made it to the other side and i have never felt better...i will NEVER take that poisen again...i hope this helps you!

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My experience would be to take a zoloft when the symptoms are bad. If it helps, then u have your answer. U may not have tapered off slowly enough.Eventually this craving will go away. I'm only saying take it every couple of days or so, if that works. Otherwise, Switch to an antidepressant that is safe during pregnancy.

I am going through what I guess are syptoms from decreasing my zoloft and imipramine.  I had no idea that going off antidepressants would be like this.  I was never told that your body could go through this unpleasant side effect stuff.  I feel like HELL.  I feel like what it typically feels like when you start taking a new med that has awful side effects: I feel sluggish, out of it, tired, hungry (appetite has increased since decreasing the meds)....These are the sort of symptoms that are so intolerable, that i would not want to take the med!  I am so baffled.  How long will this unpleasantness last??? A month? A couple of months? A Year? I am tough....but I am not *that* tough! I really feel icky and with an overall sense of un-wellness.   I threw my cell phone yesterday out of frustration....(totally out of my character! I do not throw things!!!!)   I feel more "sick" now than I did before.  And it would be do-able, if I thought it would only last a short time....But, to feel like this indefinitely is no good!   : (  

I was on the highest dose of zoloft (200mg) for a year and a half or so now....and had been taking 100 mg of zoloft for years.  Also I had imipramine added maybe a year and a half ago - 2 10 mg tabs a day (a.m. and p.m.).   Well --- I have not really had a psychiatrist paying close attention or really monitoring me....and anyway --- I sought out a psychiatrist for a 2nd opinion....and she adamantly felt that I was having a anti-depressant induced bipolar III reaction --- she said she really thought all the zoloft and impiramine at this point had caused a hypo-manic reaction in me....and felt I needed to switch meds.   I am at a point (after years and years of being on meds and having longterm psychotherapy) where I would like to be on as little meds as possible.  The psychiatrist had me decrease the zoloft to 150mg and the imipramine to 1 pill at bedtime.  I cannot beliieve that such a small tweaking and reduction would cause such a horrible reaction in my body.  I really am disgusted with this.   I cannot believe i am actually considering going back on the dosages I was on, just to not feel so cruddy.  

Uggggg.   I wish I could just practice healthy nutrition and natural remedies and do yoga and meditation and exercise and heal myself that way. This feels awful.  

Thanks for "listening" all. 

hi confused, i've been experiencing protracted wd from zoloft for 7 months after completely quitting after tapering too fast. It sounds like you're experiencing wd from your post. Your post was 3 weeks ago - are you still suffering? If you are, if i were you, i'd go back up to maybe 175 and try and stabilise. Then once your symptoms have gone, you need to reduce by no more than 10% of your current dose every few weeks so your next dose would be 157.5. I hope you;re feeling ok. Helen x

Hi I wanted to share my experience. Wow what a truly bad drug. I did the wrong thing and quit cold turkey! Big mistake! I am now a week into it. Day 3 was when my withdrawal started. Wow the dizziness was bad. I felt sick my skin got really itchy, I have a constant head ache. I searched and searched for something that would help me get through this because the next thing was I was going to go back on zoloft. I was reading a post like this and I read that a gentleman had been taking a natural herb and he had an overdoes :(. He mentioned the name and I straight away thought that is going to help me. It is called ginkgo biloba, and it stops all the brain stuff. It improves mood and alertness. I can't believe the difference! I am also taking fish oil and multi vitiman. I have woken up feeling half normal finally! I am so glad because I did not want to go back onto this drug. Please try this it truly helps! Good luck to you all. X

Heyy everyone!

Was taking 100 mg of zoloft for over 2 years and recently weaned off of it. I weened off of it over a 2 month period and have been off of it completely for about 9 days. Yikes!!! I have been feeling the withdrawls since I went down to 25 mg. So over a month I have been dizzy, nauseous, random INTENSE rage!! I have such bad mood swings! I work as a dog groomer and my job can be very stressful, lets just say I am so scared that a customer is going to come in and say the wrong thing and I will freak out at them!! I have no patience! Every little thing sets me off. Especially when I feel dizzy and nauseous, it makes my anger worse. I decided to come off Zoloft because of my none existent Sex drive...which sucks...lol....and i had no idea about the severe withdrawl symptoms. There were a few times in the past I didnt have it for 3 to 4 days and I would have a complete meltdown! I figured that my depression/anxiety was still bad so I though ,"well I must need it!" After reading all of these stories of Withdrawl, I decided to get off of it. I know I just need to get through these next few weeks and ill be fine! My poor bf and coworkers tho!! Im a crazy person lately!! I feel like ppl dont get it tho!! uuugghhhh......ZOLOFT!!! lol well good luck everyone! we can make it through!!!  

Hi! The fifth or sixth day was the worst for me. I am now 5 months off of zoloft and feel pretty good. I do have anxiety attacks every now and then (thats why it was prescribed to me in the first place) but they pass and surely dont need such a horrible drug to handle them. Just keep pressing on and dont give up! The symptoms of withdrawl are bad but i promise you she will get through them.

Music its the best for me too, but the withdrawals symptoms of only 5 days without are all the above, except for the crying bouts, no tears. But its awful I want to feel .