32nd Zoloft Update - Feeling Poor

September 26, 2026··

Feeling poor. Been having bouts of insomnia, nausea, electric shock sensations, headache, irritability, and crying spells. Week 4 of the updose has been the hardest with almost no windows. Please tell me this gets better.

Maria A.’s taper progress

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Zoloft —50 mg to 15 mg — 8 years with a cold turkey and reinstatement in between— was liquid micro tapering, crashed at 14.275 mg and now holding at 15 mg.

2 Replies

Ani1h ago

NavigatorZoloft · active

Sending positive thoughts

Zoloft — current 2.8 mg — 6 years — actively tapering - tapered from 50 mg

Maria A.1h ago

LighthouseZoloft · active

Thank you @Ani. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to stabilize and I’m scared how much longer I’m going to be like this. Today is day 28 and now I’ve had to add gabapentin to sleep which I really really don’t want to take. Remind me how long you said it took for your sleep to come back?

Zoloft —50 mg to 15 mg — 8 years with a cold turkey and reinstatement in between— was liquid micro tapering, crashed at 14.275 mg and now holding at 15 mg.

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