Reducing My Medication

[TonyG]

So after almost 10 months of Zoloft 200mg a day I'm dropping 50mg a week, currently on 100mg a day and feeling great, I was prescribed
Neulactil 2.5mg to control my anxiety and it is working really well,
I still have all the other crap in my head and I am starting exposure therapy to deal with that, I find the anxiety worse than everything else put together and it is a product of all the other stuff.

 

[fuzzypenguin]

glad to hear that! also glad to hear that zoloft helped you. After two months on it, it just made me worse (more depressed, among other things) so I quickly went off it after I told my doctor. Feeling like you don't need to take anything for anything anymore is a good feeling, to me at least. You may still have hard days, but they will subside and you will notice you will have more and more good days!

stay strong~

 

[Deleted member 19804]

Good for you! But are you reducing the Zoloft in consultation with a doctor? 50mg a week sounds like a lot..

 

[TonyG]

@Snowwhite

Yes it is under supervision, My psychiatrist felt that the Zoloft could be removed and that the Neulactil was controlling my anxiety,
I have had this memory in my head for thirty years and it remains, The anxiety has only been unbearable for twelve months, I still have anxiety but at a very low level, In two weeks I return to him and depending on how I am going we will see what the next step is,
I think I should explain my feeling great really is, It's about as bad as a hangover after a big night out and considering how I was eight months ago I'm feeling great,

 

[TonyG]

I am on the last week of Zoloft now with one day to go,
I am irritable tied and feel like crap, I am back to sleeping most of the day,