Withdrawing from SSRIs tips?

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Does anyone have any advice on how to make SSRI withdrawals not absolutely terrible? I have been tapering down slowly with my psychiatrist and I don’t get brain zaps now⚡️. But the emotional roller coaster is not a ride I want to be on! My psychiatrist right now doesn’t even know me and is probably the least helpful medical professional I have ever had the displeasure of paying a co-fee for. So I’m asking here. Doctors say it takes 2- 4 weeks and u should be fine. But i’ve heard from ppl who actually take it that it could take a few months before you feel like yourself again.
UPDATE: thank you all for your feedback. It’s all very helpful! I’m feeling better today 9/8/23 aside from the dizziness when I turn my head. It’s much milder than before. I am taking CBD. This has helped a lot when the mood swings coming off my SSRI. I am no longer taking the pill. I was tapering already but I think the last bit hit heaviest.

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Have you tried Amino Acids? I highly recommend looking up Trudy Scott, she has done a LOT of work using them to help clients with this very thing! She's incredible.:) her content will be a great help to u

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It took me 3 weeks coming off to feel normal. I felt super depressed at first but it all leveled out

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I've been on sertraline 100mg and I've taken it Really slowly and reduced to 50mg over a month. I have been absolutely fine, no side effects or withdrawal. So I plan on reducing to 25mg over the next month and then down to 0. I did 100mg x 2 days, 50mg x 1 day for 2 weeks, then 100mg x 1 day, 50mg x 1 day for a week then 50mg every day for a week. Am now applying the same method to 25mg 👍 2-3 weeks to wean off might work for some people but I was advised by my family doctor and Obgyn to take a few months to reduce down.

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I didn’t get brain zaps until I completely stopped. It was pretty bad for a couple weeks for me. I’d say it took 4-6 weeks total.

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You can even go as far as cutting the tablet eg take half the lowest dose for awhile, then cut it to quarters, then eighths  etc.

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It took me 1-2 weeks to feel normal. I was on Zoloft 75mg and I tapered down to 50 mg for a week then 25 for a week, then half a pill for the next week and then I took half a pill every other day for the last week. It worked fine for me. I then took Effexor and had a bad time on it so I weaned faster off of that one and I felt better immediately. The side effects of taking it were far worse than getting off of it.

Withdrawing from SSRIs tips?

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