I’m finding out I don’t need it anymore, it’s just making my muscles stiff. Wad on 200 mg dropped to a hundred with no changes. That’s been about a month ago. I’ve been hit and miss at 100 mg mostly 50 mg a day this week this week. Really don’t want to bother my doctor and don’t have an appointment for several months. Get the brain zaps very rarely and no signs of depression. As I’ve shared before I mainly took the zoloft to counteract my frieghtning delusions Which no longer have. I did have some slight depression But again I think it may have been because of the phycocis. So I’m just wondering your experience and when I should go completely off. If it turns out to bring back the depression I don’t forsee a problem with starting back up on a small dosage. I know the correct answer is to see the doctor but it’s not like it’s my AP or that I suffer from severe depression. It also gets expensive and takes to Way to long to make all those appointments. There was definitely a time when I wasn’t so stable and changes were best made through the system. But I feel confident my pdoc would be ok with it.
Smallest dose of Zoloft is 25. If you want to be super safe go down to that for a bit. Then come off.
Normally I would recommend working with doctor but I understand your situation is difficult.
Keep in mind if your depression does start back up you’re going to have to deal with the full episode, it’s not like you’ll take 25 mg again and your depression will instantly go away again. By the time you got back up to a therapeutic dose and let it kick in long enough you’ll have gone through the whole episode. Just a warning.
I guess I could go down to 50 mg for next couple months. Then talk to the Dr about if I should go completely off. I think that would be playing it pretty cautious.But still I would be at 25 percent of what I was on. So that’s a good thing . I’ll bet he tells me to wait for spring
Don’t cut it off, add trihexyfenidile to your regimen and your muscle stiffness will be gone, bear side effects of Zoloft cause it helps, if no then use another antidepressants 
I’ve tried that at one point and tried cogenten but they make me feel spacy so I won’t take them. However my general doc prescribed me a muscle relaxer that I like so far on day two. At minimum I think I should cut back on. Un-needed needs even if I don’t stop them.
What about patience, it may help💖
“Artane” is the brand name, right?
I felt like that gave me memory problems and it was just a wierd kind of high. I was prescribed that when I used to take zyprexa but I’d fade out of conversations and literally forget the last sentence that was spoken.
@aliali Been pretty patient as it’s probably been 10 years of constant pain. So honestly I’m at the point where I just don’t want to set back and say this is as good as it gets plus I’m getting older and have to try to save my joints so I can continue to work. I have a family to take care of ,and my wife doesn’t work. So I’m beginning to think I’ve been too patient. Kinda at a crossroads as my body’s Failing a bit, joint wise.
That’s the same weird feeling I get from those meds
Yeah months is really cautious when I tapered off meds my doc had me on a dose for two weeks before moving me down. But since you’re doing it w/o supervision maybe that would be best
You say I’m spaceman then you runaway from space
Please don’t be afraided of these things, I have gone through them and beyond them there is heaven
Sorry, this is very hard situation, I’m sorry that prescribed you patience,
Any help, I’m ready💖
I see what you’re doing…it’s not funny…
I know its not funny, life is not funny,
So I went down to 50 mg for like two weeks been off totally about almost two weeks ago. Muscles feel better , I am getting more emotional I think in a good way. As on zoloft 200 mg I didn’t even cry when my Dad died. So far ok I think. Things are definitely not good in the sex life though. But I’m hoping it’s just a bit of a shock to my system and I’ll get over it soon. Bumped my appointment up about 3 weeks cause the sex thing. Anyone have similar be experience? what should I expect in weeks to come?
probably late for this advice but the best thing to do probably wouldve been to switch to prozac then taper off it, its easier to come off than zoloft
Did you get brain zaps? If not you’re lucky, they’re so shitty. That’s what happened when I had to get of Zoloft. Not fun 
You don’t have delusions most likely because the meds are working, BUT, if you really want to stop it you can cut it down to 100 and see how you are for a week or so. You don’t want withdrawals, trust me.
Personally I love sertraline/zoloft, but it’s so lousy for my dep. and psychosis. All it does is reel in my frequent panic attacks. That’s the only thing it calms for me, haha. I’m also taking trizadone which is a “anti depression” med but my doc. told me it’s lousy so I’m only taking it for sleep, and it does nothing so I’m probably going to quit that haha
This is a question for your doctor, not for this forum.