Anyone ever taken an SSRI? Or tapered off of one? I'm currently coming off of Zoloft after some anxiety I dealt with during school. Just wondered if anyone else had done it and what it was like.

Fucking awful.

Yeah, I'm slowly realizing that. I'm tapering off and it's one of the hardest things I've ever done. Makes me wonder how good this shit is for me if its this hard to come off of. Are you still on it? Or did you come off?

I'm on one now but it's the lowest dose possible how high was your dose. My doctor told me when I'm ready to start breaking off tiny pieces of the pill taking less and less each day

I was only on 50mg Zoloft. Which is typically the starting dose but I just needed it for some testing anxiety. I cut that in half for a week and did 25mg. I went from the 25mg after a week to nothing. I lasted 5 days. The withdrawal was unbearable though. I lasted 5 days and I emailed my doctor and told him I was basically losing my damn mind. He said to break the 25mg I had from starting out in half and take that for 2 weeks and then continue that (12.5mg) every other day for 2 weeks. I want no part of this shit anymore.

baseball4;1782199 wrote:Yeah, I'm slowly realizing that. I'm tapering off and it's one of the hardest things I've ever done. Makes me wonder how good this shit is for me if its this hard to come off of. Are you still on it? Or did you come off?

About 8-9 years ago I was on Zoloft. Can't remember the dose. Whatever the initial/minimum dose is. Was only on it for a couple months. If you're just on it for occasional anxiety, just ask about something you can take as needed like Xanax or Ativan.

I would suffer from anxiety here and there before school. It was always something I managed though. I work out frequently and that's my release, I guess. But I just went through nursing school and it amplified by like 10x. I'm big on not taking any meds. I know that I can manage the anxiety alone. But the withdrawal side effects are killer. Every day of feeling like shit feels like a week.