
How Long Does The Withdrawal Symptoms Remain While Weaning Off Zoloft?

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Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Such discontinuation symptoms usually last 3 weeks. This symptoms seems to be caused by Zoloft quit more than Wellbutrin.
Both medicines should not be stopped suddenly. Please note that you are trying to suddenly quit substance which were for 20 years in your bloodstream. So sudden lack of both is a huge shock for your brain. 5 weeks in comparison to 20 years is way too short.
The symptoms will go away if you take small dosage of both medicines. This is the only way you can get better.
I suggest you to get back to this medicines and lower the half of dosage of each every 2 months.
So you should take Zoloft 100 mg and Wellbutrin 150 mg for next 2 months.
After that time, you should take 50 mgs of Zoloft and 75 (or 50) of Wellbutrin for the next 2 months.
If you will reach the point where you do take a half of tablet of lowers available dosage, after 2 months you should take it every 2 days.
As you can see it can take about a half of year to quit this medicines. Your doctor should guide you how to do that.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

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