u/Due-Crab5902

As ive been on varying doses of diazepam this last two months due to a wicked brutal reaction to sertraline and an abrupt stop with no taper diaz was given as a comfort med

Doseage was 5mg 3 x per day.

I never used it that way i used it as a 'rescue' so over the course of that time

I had days of 1.25mg - 7 5mgs most days with a handful of 0mg days here and there and maybe 2 x 10mg days and one absolutely atrocious day where i did take the 15mgs ( this was last thursday)

so it been a pattern of very intermittent varying level dosing. I feel im through the worst of the CT sertraline but have been experiencing a different level of agitation and internal vibration etc this last few days that i felt wasnt due to the CT sertraline and more like a different withdrawal layered over.

The symptoms have been more extreme this last 48hrs i presume due to the full useage of 15mgs last thursday now that today is monday and ive only taken 5mg on friday, 2.5mg on saturday and 2.5mgs on sunday.

Within an hour my body is shaking and clearly asking for more maybe as the blood chemistry is dropping and which i absolutely dont want to give it more.

So i then came across interdose withdrawal via a medical professional.

Having been advised now to make a baseline with the diazepam dose and having looked over the past two months usage it seems more so in the last month 2.5mgs could be the accepted baseline

So this would be for 7-10 days or more obviously knowing i could be in for a rough ride until my body accepts the 2.5mg as the baseline and the we reassess within the more settled phase when is good to start the 5-10% taper

Any input? I appreciate it.

I didnt get an option to taper was straight off 50mgs after 5 weeks as it was harming me ( im super sensitive to all meds inc supps) was given 3 x 5mgs diaz as a comfort med but rarely tale above -7.5mgs a day and only 2 occasions of 10mg total and a horrendous day at the full 15mgs. I was put on sert/zoloft for meno anxiety from day 4 i had serioius SI and it made my chronic hyponatremia worse :( by week 5 on it i couldnt even function as a human i had tremors, no motor co ordination, brain squeeze, could not regualte body temp, insomnia, zero appetite increased jaw tensions and muscle tension in my back and severe akathesia as well as anxiety through the roof

Has Anyone done a cold turkey and have a positive story , i really need it as CT has been brutal and im left still with windows and waves :( some ppl say still early days. Ive tried all the supps they make it worse and bring a massive wave with them.

Dont get me wrong im not as bad as the first 3 weeks coming off but still have the akasthesia, way more heightened anxiety than pre meds and raised heartrate and mininal appetite and insomnia unless chemically produced... seemed to get a few good windows here and there but then massive waves where i feel like im back at the start again :(

Even had a bad reaction to slow sodium this last week had to stop it after 2 days

Ive had this prescribed 3 x 5mg daily since januaryish but didnt start regular use until around march rarely up to 15mg in a day mostly at 7.5mgs daily some days only 5mgs ...

Is tapering going to be difficult?

Ok here goes asking for advice ...

Im 33 days into zoloft/sertraline cold turkey after taking it for 5 weeks and having extreme reaction to it probably not helped by being on 50mg Ami ( dr advised CT)

I have chronic hyponatremia likely being caused now by Ami

My daughter graduates end of june im starting the ami taper after that so id appreciate some direction and success stories.

Also want to highlight that Ami is an amazing med for nerve pain and it worked well for me for the first 3-4 years but at this stage its actually doing less for me so im not here to Ami bash just for advice

( mods - i know im a baby acc but i lost my old acc so please dont dump me lol ive tried so hard to get karma points this last 13days 🙏)

Warning long read 😮

So out of the blue in dec 2025 my hr shot up to 167 whilst watching tv. I ended up getting checked at a&e but the wait timd was so long and i felt better so went home. I phoned the next day to go back up as my d dimer bloof test had tripled and i was blood clot risk. Retested and it was fine so off i went again satisfied all was ok.

Then.... within 24 hours later mayhem started and has been ongoing since then

Ive been in hosp 4 times since jan for all of the array of symptoms that began first two times were for labile bp palpitations feeling constant sense of doom and an anxiety feeling the last two of these latest admissions were for hyponatremia that needed IV support.

On my first admission they did ct scan all internals ( all ok) , adrenal pee test that again was refused by lab for whatever reason they took me off all my meds for this one to ensure it was done properly

Within a month i was back in again saw a different endo who did so much for me even a plasmametanephrines blood test to ruke out pheo because i refused to do anymore pee tests, after all tests to exclude other things i did the poor mans tilt table standing test that concluded likely Pots and referred me to cardiology( 4 year wait list) im now going private. He told me to drink electrolytes ( not how many a day ) and avoid carbs and put me on atenolol( which became the 3rd beta blocker that messed me up more.:( and i had to stop it.) and I was sent home with a printout from the POTSuk website 🤷‍♀️

The two recent admissions for hyponatremia were distressing.

My symptoms

Wake numerous times in the night like a bear is chasing me and heartrate can rise to 128 even whilst sleeping

Wake up for the day feeling shaky and just awful

When i finally get out of bed ( i usually try to sit for 10 mins before i stand up and i drink around 500mls water with 400mg electrolyte in it) i stand up feeling awful shaky and just yuk my hr immediately will go from around 77 lying down to 140 as i standup im extremely shaky and uncomfortable

My bp is labile mostly on the low side definately more so in the mornings and on and off during the day

Constant feelings of unease on edge /panic dread in my stomach but head is ckear

If i do the least thing like walk upstairs my hr will go up to 120 or more. I try to go for a half hour walk everyday my hr will always go max around 148/ 155

I have zero appetite ive lost 15kg since january

My life just sucks atm

I drink around 1300mg pure powder sodium chloride electrolytes first thing in the morning its a powder form called rival that has potassium calcium and magnesium in it i add to a protein shake made with milk as thats about all the food i can manage in a day plus a banana :(

My current meds are

Baclofen 30mg pd for spasms caused by spinal arthritis

Amitriptyline 50mgs pd for nervecpsin

Clonidine 50mccg am and 50mcg before bed

Co codamol 30/500 at bedtime for spinal and shoulder arthritis

Also im 53 female 3 yrs in post menopause ( is that not a little old fir a new POTs diagnosis? Although i have had fainting spells from a child into adukthood that i always put diwn to low bp )

Thankyou so much for reading if you got this far 🩷

Im seeing private cardiologist on 11th may

Please tell me this ends. I will just add first im severely progesterone intolerant will never be able to take it in any form. Im 53 post meno no bleed in 3 years and i still have my womb

Ive tried an ssri and it made everything worse and had to be abruptly stopped.

I wake every morning in anxiety and impending doom, inside tremor and some outside general shakiness i eake often also through the night i only get around 4hrs sleep and thats due to meds im on. This lasts all day and i may get an hour in the evening it settles but its every single day for the last 4 months.

I cant take magnesium nor l theonate or ashwagandha these make the anxiety far worse.

I walk everyday eat clean, dont drink alcohol.

Please tell me it ends

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Im asking for prayer for many things 🙏

Trying to keep the long story short. Im female , i turned my eyes from the Lord God over 10 years ago due to worldly relationships with unsaved men. I never found a life partner and eventually shut of from the idea altogether. Life went on i still did not turn my eyes back. Since Dec 2025 my physical health has been unstable and in turn this has affected my mental health. One of the things medical profs tried was to put me on an SSRI this was in early march by early April i had a feeling this med was doing my health more harm than good as i began to fall deeper into MH issues with terrible ideations about taking my life as the symptoms were so hard on my body. During this time i turned my face back to God and stopped the med abruptly without taper ( not ever advised) and then more terror ensued. Im currently 25 days into withdrawal of the SSRI. It was not me that had the feeling that the med was harming me it was the Righteous One whispering to me. If i had not abruptly stopped i would not be here to write this.

I ask for prayer and intercession for the withdrawal symptoms i am feeling. They are severe and at times feel demonic in their intentions.

I ask for prayer to restore and heal my physical health issues that started all of this in the first place.

I ask for a prayer of forgiveness for turning my face away for so long from the one True God who has always loved me no matter what.

Thankyou.