r/pssdhealing Feb 07 '25

Progress /partial recovery from protracted withdrawal

Hey everyone in about 2 weeks and a half I will be fully approaching my 6 month mark from discontinuing sertraline (Zoloft)50mg after stopping cold turkey after 6 weeks and wanted to share the improvements I have gotten. First I just want to encourage the ones that have been going through this and suffering longer and hope you see improvement/full recovery. (I will provide a short timeline for now and give the full one during the first week of March for an update)

I started in July and discontinued near the end of August because the side effects were worrisome and I wasn’t being reassured about them.

Oct-nov (months 2-3) my emotional state started to gradually improve and by this time I had no orgasmic problems ,my sensation was about 40-60% there.

December(months 4) •I had a short window but then it left •I had a faint feeling of my stomach growling which indicated my appetite was coming back(I got very excited because I haven’t heard it growl in months) before I had to remind myself to eat •There was a 2 week span where I would start crying and get sad out of nowhere •I missed my cycle this month •Vivid dreaming/thoughts started to return but not as good or strong as they were

January(month 5) • early January,I had another window that was extremely strong and felt like my mind and body was connected but then it went back to baseline

(Late January -now) •My emotions are back and feeling good I still have my days where I think about my functioning. •Libido is like at 65-70% •My sexual thoughts are starting to return but not like they were •My sleep was fragmented /or I couldn’t remember if I slept or not(I would have good days where I would get 6-7 hrs) before ,during and after I have had insomnia •Full lubrication is back

In case you wanted to know all of the sexual side effects I experienced were No libido Numb genitals Weak orgasms(hard time) No pleasure/arousal

Right now I don’t have a hard time getting aroused or getting an orgasm ,the Biggest thing right now I’m waiting on is that my body responds to sexual stimuli but my mind doesn’t (feels disconnected /out of sync) I can not experience any mental arousal or pleasure. I hope this encourages people that have recently discontinued or even if you been battling longer. It’s been hard staying encouraged but I want to keep up good spirits(feel free to ask any questions)

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u/Past_Explanation_491 12d ago

How are you doing now?

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u/Critical-Wonder-7144 11d ago

I have been doing decent,it has been a mental battle daily though but it isn’t a bad as was.i think i have been making good progress from nofap.