Posted by coral on October 8, 2000, at 6:48:58
In reply to Re: withdrawal symptoms coming off zoloft, posted by SW on October 5, 2000, at 20:07:54
Zoloft saved my life. After suffering a severe clinical depression for three and a half years, more meds than I could list, my life was still agony. Finally, Zoloft in conjunction with therapy, broke through the depression and I was able to heal. It took a year of meds and therapy. I had only one minor side effect going off Zoloft - I felt a "crackling" in my brain like someone was crumbling up saran wrap! 150 was the normal dosage, I dropped to 100 daily for a month, dropped to 50 daily for a month, 25 daily for a month. Six years later, depression hit again and I'm back on Zoloft and just went from 100 to 50 because the depression has been eliminated. I also use therapy to heal. So, for me, it's using Zoloft to deal with the chemical imbalances and therapy to deal with the underlying psychological causes of the depression. I so sympathize with all of you who have had such severe withdrawal symptoms. Have you considered a mild tranq. to help deal with the symptoms?
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