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Hey @Maeve , welcome! Before you make your next cut, I highly recommend taking a look at this guide. It explains exactly why certain steps work differently from each other, and how to safely approach the lower doses of your taper: https://taper.community/resources/blog/sertraline-dose-reduction-steps-100-50-25 From personal experience, I can tell you that dropping from 50 to 25 is a completely different ballgame than going from 25 to zero. Take a read, and feel free to ask any questions you have. We are all here to help!

Hi Gigi Thanks so much for your message. I am 3 days in going from 50mg to 25mg .. in Ireland unfortunately we don’t have a liquid sertraline so we have no choice really but to go straight from 50 to 25mg. It feels like a big jump. I’m 4 days in now and feeling the side effects

Hi again! I will tell you what I would do if I were in your place. But please take this with all the grains of salt in the world, as I am by no means a medical professional! (Just saying this in case you want to sue my ass or hate my guts later on 😄). Since you are only on day 4 of the cut, you still have options, which is great. It is generally not advised to make these big 50% steps, and while there is no rush to reinstate or drop the dose right this second, I would really like you to read up on the advice from this forum (or the old Surviving Antidepressants forum, which is read-only now). If you got the 50% advice from your doctor, just know that they often operate on outdated info—and well, as you said, there is no lower-dose Zoloft on the market (France is the same, which is a frigging shame). So, with all of that said, and based on everything I've learned, if I were in your shoes, here is the order I'd tackle things: 1. I'd reinstate to the older 50mg dose to stop those side effects from escalating. 2. I'd hold there for a good amount of time until I was fully, 100% stable again. 3. While stabilizing, I'd educate myself. I'd read the guides here on safe, hyperbolic tapering and watch a few YouTube videos from folks like Anders Sørensen, Dr. Josef, and Mark Horowitz to really understand the science. --> https://taper.community/resources/blog/zoloft-withdrawal-symptoms-and-timeline 4. I'd check in with my body, mind, and soul to figure out what my personal, long-term plan should look like moving forward. 5. I'd ask that Gigi person from the internet how she makes her liquid or I'd google "water taper Sertraline" 😉 6. Once I was ready to taper again, I'd order some simple things off the internet that allow me to make liquid Sertraline myself at home. Again, you need to check what I said against your own intuition, but given that you found your way here, I assume you already have a slight idea that the path you are on feels a little "off." P.S. One last thing! You might also want to look into compounding pharmacies. They can actually make custom liquid or custom-dose capsules for you if you get a prescription. Just another option if you don't want to go the DIY route!