Posted by susan C on September 5, 2001, at 16:21:03
In reply to Serzone Withdrawal??, posted by karenR on September 5, 2001, at 13:02:04
I am sorry I cannot be more specific with amounts and times, all I can share is after two opinions to go off of Serzone cause it could be contributing to manic and wasn't really helping depression after being on it for 11 months, One doc said, just stop, my pdoc said go slowly. I decided to stop it because I didn't think it was really helping much, if at all. I slowly tapered as per his instructions. Each time I dropped I got very depressed for several days, The last was the worst. I eventually went on Depakote which kind of helped even things out. I am now on an additional trial of Keppra. If you would like details, let me know. I just share to encourage you to be cautious and be ready to ask for help.
Susan C
> I am currently taking 100mg 2X daily of serzone and need to come off. My doc said
> go down to 50mgs 2X/day for 4 days and then just stop. I"ve been on the serzone for
> about 5 months now.
>
> Has anyone experienced withdrawal symptoms? I had terrible ones coming off
> of zoloft and I just want to be prepared. Has anyone weaned off? How long
> did you take to do it?
>
> Thanks,
> karenR
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