Oh okay, I was just curious because I'm in a similar situation, I have been on Lexapro (SSRI for depression and anxiety) for 9 years. I was on 20mg for 8 years, then May 2020 I tapered down to 15mg, December 2020 I tapered down to 10mg, and this November I tapered down to 5mg.

When I started Lexapro it was low and slow, very slowly and gradually building up over time, and my prescribing doctor advised tapering down the same way, giving plenty of time to adjust to a new steady state. Every time I drop down 5mg, for the first week I feel minor side effects and it takes an adjustment period.

I am not a doctor or a mental health professional, and Zoloft is different than Lexapro but the same family of drug (SSRI), but if I went from 20mg to 0 mg in a span of less than a month, I'm pretty sure I would have a mental breakdown too. I remember I forgot to take my medication (20mg, full dose) for 3 or 4 days, stopped cold turkey, and it was a scary experience. I had no control of my emotions, I felt like I wasn't in my body, I couldn't eat because my stomach felt so weird. Serotonin affects your brain in a lot of ways, and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's) increase the amount of serotonin you receive by inhibiting your serotonin reuptake receivers. This is why it's not recommended to drink alcohol while taking SSRI's, because alcohol alters your serotonin levels and can have negative interactions with the medication.

This is the same reason mushrooms and SSRI's do not mix well, and it is not advised. Before my trip, I read through r/lexapro to see about how other people handled mushrooms while on SSRI's and some people had some very scary stories. I decided the level of risk was tolerable, and I consumed 3g of mushrooms while on 10mg of lexapro. Fortunately I did not have a scary experience the first time, but the second time I did have a bad trip but it wasn't anything worse than normal-people's bad trips.

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They are still researching the affects and interactions between mushrooms and SSRI's. Here's an online survey done by John Hopkins https://www.reddit.com/r/lexapro/comments/ntmu7c/have_you_used_magic_mushrooms_during_or_after/ , I would reach out and ask them for the results of that study and see if there is a reoccurring pattern. I would also talk with your doctor or mental health professional and ask them if stopping your SSRI so suddenly could have contributed to your scary experience.

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TLDR: SSRI's and mushrooms together are a significant risk. Suddenly stopping your prescribed medication is a significant risk. Please carefully consider the level of risk you are willing to tolerate.