Help Weening yourself off medication

[maxoffline]

I know this is a stupid idea, but I'm so tired of stuffing my face with sertraline, feeling the exact same, then repeating tomorrow. If I go cold turkey I'll get super sick, I tried that before. Any advice on how to slowly get off my meds?

 

[fuzzy-clown]

Tips for tapering Zoloft (sertraline)

Aka Lustral, Serlift, Sertawin, Zosert, etc. Sertraline is an SSRI with a half-life of about 26 hours. It is metabolized mainly by the liver enzyme P450 CYP2B6, plus CYP 2D6 (substrate, inhibitor), CYP 3A4 (substrate, inhibitor), and CYP 2C9 (substrate). It has an active metabolite, norsertraline...

www.survivingantidepressants.org

 

[cold_severance]

i remember when i had shitty withdrawal from zoloft, i took my regular morning dose for couple days, then 1/2 for 2 days and then 1/4 for 2 days. it was enough for me.

 

[moja bieda]

I'd advice not going fully cold turkey off SSRI/SNRIs, I've done it before and the "brain zaps" are horribile.

 

[mortuarymary]

Im on sertaline also, my advise is dont go cold turkey. Reduce it slowly. I remember going a week without it. Awful brain zaps etc.