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keh · 04-23-2004, 11:33 AM

i have quit cold turkey.

i have been on since 1996 5 months after my child was born...i always had depression but when i noticed i didn't care about GOD and what he can do for me...i knew i needed some serious help....i started at 50mgs wentto 150mgs and now i went to 100 for a month then 50 after that for 4 days and now its my 4th day i have been off...withdrawls have always kept me from getting off plus my anger rage. any info you can give me to help process?

Crossbow · 04-23-2004, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by keh

i have quit cold turkey.

i have been on since 1996 5 months after my child was born...i always had depression but when i noticed i didn't care about GOD and what he can do for me...i knew i needed some serious help....i started at 50mgs wentto 150mgs and now i went to 100 for a month then 50 after that for 4 days and now its my 4th day i have been off...withdrawls have always kept me from getting off plus my anger rage. any info you can give me to help process?

It might have been better to taper off more slowly. I haven't been on Zoloft, but I think the withdrawals from all SSRIs are fairly similar. It usually only lasts about a week, so just keep telling yourself it'll be over soon.

serenity111 · 04-23-2004, 04:54 PM

i was on celexa for over a year (40mg). i just stopped cold turkey 2 months ago. i thought i was gonna DIE!!! it lasted 3 weeks. my doc said never go off these meds on your own---you need to taper off them. i stopped taking it, cuz i was soooooooooooooooooo tired all the time, and i noticed i gained weight on it. i was dizzy, nautious, headache, you name it. i feel much better now though.

Tanki · 04-26-2004, 09:13 AM

It is very dangerous to quit cold turkey, you should have consulted with your doctor before doing this, you can get extremely sick and go down hill.

When coming off any medication you should have told you doctor so he or she could have weened you off of this drug.

IS there a reason to why you stopped it like that?

You could be expeirencing withdrawal, how long have you been without zoloft, and have you talked to your doctor and told him/her about this?

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