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Just got off Zoloft cold turkey!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 04, 2008 12:51PM
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I started taking Zoloft over two yrs ago for panic attacks & depression. My father died & I was basically handling everything. I couln't keep the pain down & it came out in panic & anxiety. Really a horrible situation especially having young kids & having to be a part of alot of social activities.
I ran out of my Zoloft & deceided not to renew it. I have been a bit dizzy & feeling it hard to focus.
I actually cried this morning which has been really rare since being on the Zoloft.
I just want to be me again.... Happy, spirited, emotional & real.
I hope this works out & I don't need to go back on it.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanx,
I ran out of my Zoloft & deceided not to renew it. I have been a bit dizzy & feeling it hard to focus.
I actually cried this morning which has been really rare since being on the Zoloft.
I just want to be me again.... Happy, spirited, emotional & real.
I hope this works out & I don't need to go back on it.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanx,
Hi, so hows the Cold Turkey going? Were you on a high dose?
I too am a mom of an 8 & 10 year old - and it's so important to be there for them on all levels. I started taking Zoloft 6 weeks ago for a bad bout of Anxiety and Panic. I have had it all my life but this time it hit me hard, thought I would try some medication and it has helped me so much. I only take 25mg and that seems to be all I need, I am glad because I still cry and have my ups and downs. I agree with you that's life and you can't feel your highs with out some lows.
Do you feel kind of numb on the Zoloft, I'm afraid if I upped my dose that would happen to me too so I don't plan to.
Just wanted to see how it's working for you - hope it's going smooth. Take care, Erin
I too am a mom of an 8 & 10 year old - and it's so important to be there for them on all levels. I started taking Zoloft 6 weeks ago for a bad bout of Anxiety and Panic. I have had it all my life but this time it hit me hard, thought I would try some medication and it has helped me so much. I only take 25mg and that seems to be all I need, I am glad because I still cry and have my ups and downs. I agree with you that's life and you can't feel your highs with out some lows.
Do you feel kind of numb on the Zoloft, I'm afraid if I upped my dose that would happen to me too so I don't plan to.
Just wanted to see how it's working for you - hope it's going smooth. Take care, Erin
if you don't really, REALLY need it, don't start taking it. i am going through some terrible withdrawls. its just not worth it. if you need help, try a therypist or someone you trust. i've been on 100mg for about 6 months. i don't want to be dependant on a drug to make me 'happy'. i never felt numb or anything on it, but now that i've stopped i have these zapping sensations in my head, i have terrible, very vivid dreams that keep me from resting, so i stay exhausted all the time. i'm very jumpy. i just don't feel right,you know? i hope this doesn't last to long. so please, think hard before taking anymore head meds.
I just realized that I out of zoloft. i'm currently on 200mgs. this means that i won't have it for two days. i totally forgot to get refills. i'm really worried as to what i should expect. what are the withdrawal symptoms that i should be aware of, from 200mg. i am also anemic so it will be hard to tell where the dizziness is coming from?
Wow your story is my story! My daddy died almost 7 years ago...I too couldn't cope. After he died I went down fast,
hard, and could not get myself together. I also had 3 small kids, a husband, and a life that I was some how supposed to merge back into. I couldn't merge, I couldn't even get out of bed. I remember being so miserable,
I would moan and rock myself back and forth. Most times my head would be covered with the blanket, I'd be in bed when my husband left for work, and when he came home, with my head covered. I would get my kids to the bus stop counting the minutes till I could get back and hide. It was really bad.
Anyway, I'll skip what seemed to be a life time in slow motion, the year was ... well im not sure what i was then
not myself thats for sure.Finally I saw a doctor who gave me the all powerful Zoloft. I prayed for a miracle, I waited then one day I was able to get out of bed, not cry all day, cook, clean, do most things i used to do, but in a blah kinda way.I guess i had been taking zoloft for about a year 200 m's each night. I continued for 6 years. going through the motions... of my life. But I was getting out of bed. It was really hard for me to get my med, my doctors office was an hour away and for me that might as well have been the other side of the world.I'd run out and try to get it by phone (mail) by the third day i was sick from with- drawls which even made it harded to get.
OK its 1230 am im keeping husband up, I'll write more about my past month without it tomarrow. nite L
hard, and could not get myself together. I also had 3 small kids, a husband, and a life that I was some how supposed to merge back into. I couldn't merge, I couldn't even get out of bed. I remember being so miserable,
I would moan and rock myself back and forth. Most times my head would be covered with the blanket, I'd be in bed when my husband left for work, and when he came home, with my head covered. I would get my kids to the bus stop counting the minutes till I could get back and hide. It was really bad.
Anyway, I'll skip what seemed to be a life time in slow motion, the year was ... well im not sure what i was then
not myself thats for sure.Finally I saw a doctor who gave me the all powerful Zoloft. I prayed for a miracle, I waited then one day I was able to get out of bed, not cry all day, cook, clean, do most things i used to do, but in a blah kinda way.I guess i had been taking zoloft for about a year 200 m's each night. I continued for 6 years. going through the motions... of my life. But I was getting out of bed. It was really hard for me to get my med, my doctors office was an hour away and for me that might as well have been the other side of the world.I'd run out and try to get it by phone (mail) by the third day i was sick from with- drawls which even made it harded to get.
OK its 1230 am im keeping husband up, I'll write more about my past month without it tomarrow. nite L
hi again, i'll start where i left off, i'll try to get to the point as quickly as possible.
Another reason i had a hard time getting my meds. is about half way through the seven years of taking zoloft i became anti-social I didnt want to go anywhere, wanted to stay home, i had to force myself to go where ever it was i needed to go. I would worry if i had to go somewhere all day, it was worse if it had to do with family. Weird huh...
I adore my family.
So that happened alot...alot. On March 28th this year my middle child Justin 17 for no reason had a brain hemorrhage, there was no trama it just happens the doc's said .We were in and out of hospitals and i ran out... what timing
I did manage to get some zoloft .in a desperate way after feeling like I was totally loosing it. 3 weeks worth, Calling the doc didnt help he said i had to go SEE him, but I wouldnt leave my son at home. even though someone would stay I was scared.
When we got to go home i was fine.. for 3 weeks. Finally pissed, miserable,and determined I told every one Im done. This is how it went;
week one- my first symptoms-- light headedness, tired ,very moody,headaches, about 4 days off, serious brain zaps
felt like a cell phone was vibrating in my head. every couple of minutes, this symptom, this week has almost stopped but i was bad. I also was very week feeling and would break out in a cold sweat, walked like i'd been drinking.
Week 2 was bad--all the symptoms above plus,--depressed, mean (I'm never mean) couldn't get far from bathroom
crying all the time, i mean blubbering. I stayed in my room alot and layed in bed crying. at one point i was so wanting to feel better i searched the house, empty purses, under bed, everywhere in rage, crying, for a forgotten dropped pill no luck. Its not that I craved zoloft, i was sick of being sooo sick. so instead i took 2 night quil
went to sleep.
3rd week-- still crying and all above-- but every now and then like a faucet the water would stop and id feel great only lasted a short while but now i had hope that this would end. have to continue ltr...gotta go L
Another reason i had a hard time getting my meds. is about half way through the seven years of taking zoloft i became anti-social I didnt want to go anywhere, wanted to stay home, i had to force myself to go where ever it was i needed to go. I would worry if i had to go somewhere all day, it was worse if it had to do with family. Weird huh...
I adore my family.
So that happened alot...alot. On March 28th this year my middle child Justin 17 for no reason had a brain hemorrhage, there was no trama it just happens the doc's said .We were in and out of hospitals and i ran out... what timing
I did manage to get some zoloft .in a desperate way after feeling like I was totally loosing it. 3 weeks worth, Calling the doc didnt help he said i had to go SEE him, but I wouldnt leave my son at home. even though someone would stay I was scared.
When we got to go home i was fine.. for 3 weeks. Finally pissed, miserable,and determined I told every one Im done. This is how it went;
week one- my first symptoms-- light headedness, tired ,very moody,headaches, about 4 days off, serious brain zaps
felt like a cell phone was vibrating in my head. every couple of minutes, this symptom, this week has almost stopped but i was bad. I also was very week feeling and would break out in a cold sweat, walked like i'd been drinking.
Week 2 was bad--all the symptoms above plus,--depressed, mean (I'm never mean) couldn't get far from bathroom
crying all the time, i mean blubbering. I stayed in my room alot and layed in bed crying. at one point i was so wanting to feel better i searched the house, empty purses, under bed, everywhere in rage, crying, for a forgotten dropped pill no luck. Its not that I craved zoloft, i was sick of being sooo sick. so instead i took 2 night quil
went to sleep.
3rd week-- still crying and all above-- but every now and then like a faucet the water would stop and id feel great only lasted a short while but now i had hope that this would end. have to continue ltr...gotta go L
4th to 7th week (now) i'm so much better i feel as though my eyes are open wide and i can see more clearly . I truly laugh again. I cant say how much better i feel. All symptoms are gone now haven't had any for about a week i truly feel great.
I am in my fourth week of cutting back slowly, and finally I am feeling like maybe these symtoms are going to go away, and perhaps be completly ggone one day. IF I had not found this Website, I might never had known what was going on with me. THanks to you all for the messages you have posted. It has been GREAT for me.
I just recently starting going off of zoloft and had been on for about 9 years. My doctor says there was no reason to go off and I can safely stay on my entire life. I felt like it was time to try going off. I am doing this on my own and haven't contacted my doctor. I have been on 50 mg for years and have gone down to one pill every other day as a way to go off. I am having some dizzy episodes during the course of the day and head zapping (can't really describe the sympton, but it is a strange sensation in my head. I am going to try to do this for a couple of weeks and then slowly go to every 3 days and then every 4 until I am off. Hopefully, things will get better. Does anyone have any comments or suggestions?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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