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duckandcover is
Happy the Zoloft Kicked In!
About Me:
Male, 45, Jacksonvlle - FL, member since Jan 2008
45 year old family guy who is battling anxiety after getting clean last January
Interests:
pain, Anxiety, stress  
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~~~~ How many days clean are you ?~~~~
Jul 25, 2008 08:49PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
192 today and the pills aren the problem anymore. Now ith the Anxiety disorder. Zoloft seems to have that under control now though.
6 months clean today.
Jul 17, 2008 07:23AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Keep the faith. As long as you don't look too far ahead it passes fairly quickly. Keep yourself busy on other interests.
6 months clean today.
Jul 16, 2008 08:25PM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Well I've been off the board for a bit but I just though I'd check in to say that today is 6 months for me off oxy. I wish it had been easier but it's still definitely worth it. I've finally got my anxiety under control now that the Zoloft has kicked in. The anxiety has become a bigger worry to me than the oxy lately but I've finally turned the corner on t...
Can Zoloft cause anxiety
Jul 15, 2008 10:30AM in the Anxiety Community
6 years seems a long time to be on an antidepressant without a break. I would think that after that much time the body/mind would "adjust to it". It's possible that you need to take a break and or chnge it up once in a while. All that said you need a specialist like a psychiatrist.
Anxiety Research Article from Popular Science.
Jul 15, 2008 10:26AM in the Anxiety Community
If you’re often paralyzed with worry and can’t utter a word in social situations, stop faulting your mother – your lack of intercalated (ITC) neurons is to blame. Neuroscientists from Rutgers University in New York shed a light on anxiety last week, when they published a paper that pinpoints which brain cells are responsible for fear. When scientists...
Interesting article related to alcohool, recovery, and antidepressants.
Jul 13, 2008 08:40AM in the Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
Just an FYI. I'm going to post this in my journals so it doesn't "disappear" down the threads.