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Off sertraline, crying and breaking down consistently

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Hello.

I haven't been on here in a while, a lot of new people came so I felt wierd, but I guess I'm fresh at a limit again.

I stopped taking zoloft completely (though not cold turkey, a month and a half of 50 by 50 weekly).

I feel the same shit as I've felt when I was on it, but I am unable to control expressing it, which means that I actually cry, which I haven't done in a long while.

I don't know
 
Just cry. Sometimes that's all there is to do. Cry and let it out.

Success can only come through failure. So you feel like a failure, but the truth is, you are not, because you are here with us.
 
I just feel consistently broken though, and nothing has any meaning anymore
 
I'm so sorry you are feeling this way. I understand. It's like, what is the point of just life when you keep getting broken.

Sending so much empathy and support to you right now. I don't have much advice, but only this, that the feeling will pass. Do what you need to do in this moment that you KNOW will help the feeling pass.

If you don't know, I would recommend just cry. Let your heart grieve if it is greatly needed.
 
So, i was writing s post about slowly getting better, but then the last 20 minutes happened so im freshly sick of living

Pretty much stereo yelling from two people which depleted my stress capacity
 
So get away from the people shouting if you can. Is it happening in real life or online? There's steps you can take to avoid this stuff so you don't get too stressed. You're obviously feeling very fragile again so now is the time to practice self care. It seems to me that you are suffering withdrawal symptoms from coming off your medication. Did you reduce it gradually or did you just stop it cold turkey? If you did the latter I'm sorry to say you're asking for trouble love. Not a criticism by the way just the voice of bitter first hand experience. I stopped taking mirtazapine suddenly and landed up in the psych ward suicidal and psychotic. I know that doesn't happen to everyone but my brain was so used to that drug that when it suddenly wasn't getting it it went bonkers. Or rather I did. Anyway in my humble opinion anyone who says these drugs aren't addictive are talking a load of old bollocks lol. If you become dependent on them in order to keep on an even keel and then can't cope without them that to me is the very definition of addiction. But then there's a reason why the doctor put you on them in the first place. In my case I'd had too much stress in too many ways from too many people in too long a time and in the end my brain couldn't produce the right chemicals ie serotonin and dopamine to help me deal with life on its own so I was prescribed these tablets to give my brain a boost and to start producing the right chemicals ie neurotransmitters again. Until such a time my brain could do it by itself again. However I also dabbled in alcohol and street drugs and kept getting myself retraumatised which was somewhat counter productive now I look at it. Now I'm clean of drugs mostly sober and abuse free for the first time in my entire life the meds have a decent chance of working properly at last. I don't plan on taking them for much longer myself but I've been on them 20 years now and I honestly believe they should only be a short term solution for the reasons I've just stated. Personally I wish I'd never started taking antidepressants at all but I have to grudgingly admit that they saved my life when I first went on them. But if you can manage without them so much the better. My suggestion would be if you feel like you're really losing your shit and in danger of suicide or hospitalisation to go back on them on a lower dose (under your doctor's supervision of course) and see how you go. I don't know how long you were on sertraline before you stopped taking them but it sounds to me like it's too early to come off it yet. Obviously I'm not a doctor and can only advise based on my own experience but I've found that the longer you're on them what starts out as something good can end up a bloody nightmare. It's a very fine balance but personally I believe you shouldn't be on antidepressants for more than two years. Anyway that's just my two pennies worth take what you need and chuck the rest away. I hope you're feeling better soon and what I've shared has he you in some way. God bless you CD xx
 
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