Help with Withdrawal

THIS has already been a huge relief to read this! Been on Zoloft for 12 years. Went through post part. and then a bad divorce and really could not deal. My doctor kept upping my meds and 12 years later, I want to try to go off. I will say first I had to find another solution. Prayer, yoga, meditation and overall reducing my stress in my life. NOT saying yes to everything, over doing it all and overall just , taking time for me, eating well, etc... After doing these things consistently for a year, I want to try to go off. I am not sure if its nuts, but I have to try.

I have gained weight, felt numbed out, just overall feel like I am feeling less and have gotten a bit passive. My husband and I fight, and I could care less. NO emotion. I am numb.  its time to try.

I have been off a week, been OK. Physically I have the head zaps, some tummy things, and weird dreams. More energy, much better sex drive *husband is thrilled and do feel more energy. I try to put the quiet, rain music on at night and it helps. THe anxiety is BAD at night and I feel paranoid and sometimes want to run and hide. from who? I dunno, its not real, and I have to tell myself that. Its just been one bad night out of 7 days off totally.

Is paranoid feelings a side affect, never remember having that 12 yrs ago? How long before I can tell if I can DEAL without it? Does it take a month to totally get off? I weaned to 50mg and then did cold turk for 7 days.

THANK you all for reading this and just being here. I feel better already.

Hey there :) I have been on zoloft 7-8 years. I tapered down then went off totally just Thursday ! I talked to doc: I was on 50mg, tapered to 25 for three weeks, made some dietary adjustments and wala........ So far it's been good, today was killer headache day, but I finally got that under control :)

I was on zoloft for Premenstrual Disphoric Disfunction (PMDD) and yep, it's as female crazy as you can get, just as it sounds. So since 2009, my hormones have been suppressed due to medication for endometriosis. I did some research and found that once the hormones are suppressed (namely estrogen) that the PMDD shouldn't be such an issue. Question 1: Do I need the zoloft any more ?

Did a little more research. Diet , exercise and supplements help with hormonal balance and estrogen suppression... Question 2: Could this work for me? I hope so ! I was already half way there with my diet and exercise, reduced/eliminated a few other foods , namely sugar, and added a couple more vitamins and minerals to the daily vitamin. and so far so good.