Withdrawals 9 months later - gut issues, can't eat
Hi all, I'm wanting to know if anyone else has experienced this and how you dealt with it, without taking more medications (I'm so over pills that cause side effects and make things worse).
I had to come off Zoloft cold turkey in August 2020. This was not by choice, it was circumstantial so I had to just deal with it.
The withdrawal waves have been very harsh. For the last couple of weeks I've had constant nausea, stomach ache, and haven't been able to eat much if at all. I've always had hypersensitivity to certain foods due to ADHD & autism, but now even foods that I've always liked feel disgusting texture-wise in my mouth, and I just spit them out. I've also always had mild sensitivities with my gut, but since Zoloft it's got so much worse. Now even bland foods that I've always been able to eat without problems are giving me an upset stomach.
Has anyone else experienced this, particularly the aversion to tastes & textures of food? I've found some information on line about how Zoloft affects the gut microbiome but nothing on the food aversion.
I've lost about a kg in the last week and a half, and my partner and I are both concerned about the health implications of losing weight so quickly. I'm unwilling to go to the doctor because it's always 'your bloods are fine.' \*shrugs\* and/or 'here, have medications to mitigate these side effects' and then the new meds have side effects that make things even worse. If this continues much longer I may go, though.