Quitting Zoloft

[anxiousgirl7]

Anyone have experience getting off Zoloft 50 mg after 3 years . Please and advice. I slowly tappered off

[Lm92]

Yes, I do. I was on 75mg and had to stop cold turkey because I was suspected of having serotonin syndrome. The first few days were hell. I had what felt like electric zaps in my head and muscle twitches and spasms in my arms and legs. My doctor wrote me a prescription for a few days worth of muscle relaxer medication that helped relax my body and made me sleep a lot. I think that helped more than anything. Once those first few days were over, I was just fine though.

[anxiousgirl7 in reply to Lm92]

How long were you on 75 mg for ?

[Lm92 in reply to anxiousgirl7]

I was on 50 mg for 4 years and 75 mg for 2 years

[anxiousgirl7 in reply to Lm92]

Oh ok. I was on 50 mg for 3 years. I slowly tapered down and I’ve been off them for 5 days completely now. Feel weird.

[juzme]

I came off slowly. Three quarters of a tab for a week, half a tab for a week quarter for a week. Dont just stop the withdrawals arent pleasant