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Tapering off Zoloft
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Tapering off Zoloft
by kelkel78, Nov 01, 2009 12:55PM
Mr dr gave me 100 mg Zoloft a few months ago. I have only bn taking 50mg of it. It doesn't help. Makes me feel awful. My lips and tongue are numb ect.. i started a week ago cutting the 50mg in half. Now i have stopped taking it completly. I feel ok but still the problems with my lips and tongue. Will i be ok cutting this med off completly?
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Nov 02, 2009 06:42PM
, Nov 02, 2009 06:42PMTo: kelkel178
It's recommended that you wean yourself over a three week period, but if you have no withdrawal effects you are probably okay, but if withdrawal effects then go back on and wean slowly, and talk to your doctor...the lips and tongue problem will go away entirely.
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