u/EstablishmentDear352

Hi all

I was on Zoloft for around 14 months and having undergone EMDR and therapy opted to come off. Under the recommendation of my doctor I reduced from 50mg to 25mg over a few weeks then stopped. All was fine, beyond brain zaps, but now after around 25 days I still have strong brain zaps but also, very uncomfortably, bouts of rage so intense I feel them through my jaw. Extreme anger and irritability at nothing.

Firstly, I meditate daily and understand I am not the anger, and there is no risk to anyone near me as I am very much in control, but the intensity of the feeling comes and goes. One day I'm fine, then the next extreme anger for several hours.

I've never had this issue prior to anti depressants so its not the return of former symptoms. It's new.

As a guess I'd presume it is related to a lack of serotonin and what, in hindsight, was too quick a taper under my doctor's advice.

My question is - have others experienced this, and if so, what is the approximate timeline for my serotonin levels to return to baseline? My underlying trauma has been healed and I am far far better off than before I began treatment, but the is concerning and very uncomfortable for someone who is typically calm. I meditate daily, exercise, socialise, don't drink...it isn't a lifestyle thing.

Hi all

I was on Zoloft for around 14 months and having undergone EMDR and therapy opted to come off. Under the recommendation of my doctor I reduced from 50mg to 25mg over a few weeks then stopped. All was fine, beyond brain zaps, but now after around 25 days I still have strong brain zaps but also, very uncomfortably, bouts of rage so intense I feel them through my jaw. Extreme anger and irritability at nothing.

Firstly, I meditate daily and understand I am not the anger, and there is no risk to anyone near me as I am very much in control, but the intensity of the feeling comes and goes. One day I'm fine, then the next extreme anger for several hours.

I've never had this issue prior to anti depressants so its not the return of former symptoms. It's new.

As a guess I'd presume it is related to a lack of serotonin and what, in hindsight, was too quick a taper under my doctor's advice.

My question is - have others experienced this, and if so, what is the approximate timeline for my serotonin levels to return to baseline? My underlying trauma has been healed and I am far far better off than before I began treatment, but the is concerning and very uncomfortable for someone who is typically calm. I meditate daily, exercise, socialise, don't drink...it isn't a lifestyle thing.