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Falling for no apparent reason: Any ideas?

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Oct 15 11:16am | Replies (201)

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@colleenyoung

Hi Calan,
I'm so grateful that you posted your experience about the falling issue being improved by going off Zoloft (Sertraline). Did you wean off Zoloft gradually? How are you managing or treating depression now?

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Hi Colleen,
Instead of taking 2 Zoloft (100 mg) a day and 1 Wellbutrin (300 mg) I took 1 Zoloft at night , stopped the Wellbutrin and was amazed at the change. I tripped in the house and I was able to get up immediately, by myself, I was able to use my legs without any weakness in them.
The doctor then started to reduce my Zoloft to 25 mg twice daily for 7 days then 25 mg once daily for 7 days and started me on Cymbalta at one a day to be increased to 2 a day and we'll see how that goes for my depression, but I'm not falling and the relief that gives me helps me handle the depression. Fortunately I have a good support system of family and friends and best of all I have a great sense of humour. I can be depressed and still have a good laugh, maybe because my depression manifests itself in anger which comes on fast and because I now know what I'm feeling is not a good way to handle things.. so I try to be careful if I'm feeling frustrated. I will continue to take antidepressants, they work for me .... as long as I don't have side effects like falling. I hope this helps, I tend to babble on (more so since Covid).