Hello. After posting the very first post, I ended up doing fine. The nervousness seemed to go away, even in the mornings, "knock on wood". (I'm so superstitious that I feel I can't brag on anything or the opposite happens......which seems to happen to me a lot). It seems now that I am almost "hyper" at times, to where I have too much energy as if I've had too much caffeine. I talk faster and just go, go, go. ? Not sure what that is all about. Anyone done that?? I don't know if I want to go down to 25mg as I hate to start the nervousness again. That was horrible. I quit taking the Ativan also, which I'm thrilled about. I was afraid of becoming addicted to that even though I was only taking a quarter of the pill. (I started with a half then halfed that eventually.)
Maryann, as far as your nervousness, it may be from the 50mg. I've read that a lot from various people. I had the nervousness to begin with, BEFORE the Zoloft & that was the reason for me being put on it in the first place. It took the full 2 weeks and a little more for that to go away. I had that for 2 weeks before even starting the medication. A co-worker of mine takes half of the 25mg and does fine.
Erin, nice to hear from you again. Hope your doing okay.
Take care everyone!
I am glad to hear you say that you do well on 25 mg of Zoloft. I had a problem when going up to 50, too much nervousness, hot flashes and nausea. I think the 25 is working just fine for me. I know that the dose is usually at least 50, but if 25 works, then I'm happy with that!
Vicki
I feel just like you. I started zoloft 3 wks ago and started having side effects right away. they were tolerable however except the nervousness and anxiety like feeling I have in the morning. I take my dose at night. It is just awful. i feel almost like I can not function. I started on 50mg but had to cut back to 25mg due to the nervousness. I tried to work back up to 50mg but everytime I get to 50 the nervousness becomes unbearable. I was given ativan but did not take it in the day only at night before bed. It makes me tired. My doctor wants to switch me to a different med now because I am feeling somewhat the same as when I started. does this sound right? Should I give the zoloft more time? today has been a good day. the new med is for bipolar. I definately do not think I am bipolar never had the mania at all. this new med scares me side effects are very serious. I don't know what to do. I want to give the zoloft a bit longer Dr. does not want to. what do you think?
Hello,
Zoloft can absolutely be an upper for many people. It should calm down, it took almost 6 weeks before I could sleep and I would take mine early in the morning! I never doubled my dose because of this - I take 25mg and it helps just fine. Another thing I figured out is I cannot tolerate Caffeine while on Zoloft I get way to wired. So it's decaf for me. Maybe you don't need to take 50mg either. For awhile I even got up around 4 AM to take my Zoloft so that I wouldn't keep me up the next night - that helped allot.
I have talked with you before and was wondering how you were. As far as Ativan, I too was given something similar (Xanax) to take along with my Zoloft but I choose not to. I was to afraid of getting hooked. I knew the "feeling hyper side effects" would lesson and they did. Nice to hear from you again - take care. Erin
Also.........today I did not take that little bit of Ativan that I usually do & I have felt nervous all day. It's 3:00pm and usually I am better by mid morning WITH the Ativan plus Zoloft. UGGGGGGGGH. Does anyone else use Ativan daily? I think I will post another topic on that mediciation. :-(
Hi. Well, it seems I am fine right upon awakening. It's about an hour later, after I've taken the Zoloft, that I just feel anxious. I was having this tingling in my arms at first. The first 4 days or so, I seemed a little dizzy or just in a fog. That went away. As far as this nervousness, I had that "before" the Zoloft and that's why I was put on it so it's hard to say whether I'd do better without the Zoloft or not. I guess I will see after next week what I am feeling like. That will be one month. Take care.
Hey I just got on zoloft and I am on 25mg and next week i have to start 50 mg, but i just saw a shrink and he said that it takes about 4 weeks to 6 weeks to even have the medication start taking its efffect... I guess i have a question for you.... do you wake up kinda shaky and a little dizzy? or how about constant dizziness through out the day?
I should add in that I seem to do better when I go to work rather than when I'm home on the weekends, which seems to 'weird' and odd to me. That's what really bothers me because of course, a person should be ecstatic and relaxed on the weekends!!! Also, I think I'm worried because I will soon have the whole summer off from work, which 'usually' just made be EXTREMELY happy and giddy---who wouldn't be, right. I'm just worried that I'll have this darn anxiousness about me and won't be able to enjoy it. I know I shouldn't worry just yet but...............that seems to be my middle name--worry-wart. Thanks for any insight once again.