Hello,
Much posting about people on early stages of withdrawal but a question:
I was on 150mg of sertralene for two years. Suited me perfectly.
I came off it pretty much cold turkey following ten months of weekly one to one counselling that made me feel stronger and more confident. Basically I wanted to entirely stand on my own two feet.
Sure, I got the brain zaps and then after a month the tearful weeping tendency.
It's over two months now and I still get these, which are bearable. What is less so is the insomnia.
Sometimes I sleep for two hours but then am awake for five hours plus. Then descending into deep sleep about 7am, which isn't great.
Since going on the Sertralene I've stopped watching tv as found it too 'busy'. I'm still tv free which is not a problem at all, it's just when I was on the tablets I could go to bed early (6pm or 8pm) and just sleep. Now sleep is a real issue for me.
It's stressing me out.
I want to scream and bang my head against things and thump the bed. I just want to sleep but can't.
I never had a negative side effect when I was on the tablets, LOVED sleeping so well, LOVED the improvement in sexual function SO it is very tempting just to go back onto this drug...
Anyone any idea when I should be over these withdrawel symptoms.
PLEASE tell me they're not for life!!!
And I know the 'half life' stats, but clearly there are major repercussions going on in my brain...I just want to know how much longer this could last.
If another six months or more, I'm just going to go back on the tablets...it's not worth being clean with the reduced quality of life.
THANK YOU :-)