Posted by Cam W. on June 3, 2000, at 18:36:27
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by Susanm on June 3, 2000, at 17:19:11
Susan - It might be a very good idea to go back on a lower dose of Zoloft for a while. Ask you doc to give you 50mg strength caps (tabs in U.S.?) and try 100mg daily for a couple of days. If this doesn't help, raise the dose to 150mg (you could raise the dose again, but I doubt you will need to). Then, about every 7 days drop the dose by 50mg and, if tolerated, do this until you are taking 50mg daily. Do this for a week, then take 50mg every other day for a week and the try to stop. This should ease your withdrawl symptoms.Talk this over with your doc. I have seen this method work, especially when withdrawing from higher doses of the shorter acting SRIs.
Hope this helps - Cam
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