Zoloft

[Sean117]

I know no one comments on my post and it alright but listen. My psych prescribed me zoloft on 9/11/14 and I stopped it on 10/3/14 due to bad side affects and I've call my psych about this problem and he said I don't have time for this right now goodbye and hanged up on me, so my doctor didn't care which made it hard for me to get help about getting off this med so I called the pharmacy and told me to either lean off of it which they said is the best way or stop it and I stopped it like a dumba$$ and it cause worse panic attacks more depression unable to function meaning going out to go to a doctors appointment and I mean doctors appointment I mean other doctor not my psych. I've been trying with every effort to get the help to get better but it's been hard for about 2 months and my psych doesn't care and won't do nothing since he was the one who prescribed the med to me and made this problem more difficult for me. I was taking 25 mgs of the zoloft and was new to the medicine. If anyone on here been through withdrawal please leave a comment and tell me ur experience with this med cause I still feel that I'm going through it!

[Sean117]

I don't want to take it without doctor supervision but the doctor won't call back or anything so I can't do anything at the moment

[johnnyky]

Hi I can relate to you. First off, with ******* doctors who don't give a ****..If any doctor treated me like that I'd drop them like yesterdays trash and find someone else who actually cared about me. I had a psychiatrist and he was so standoffish and ignorant he just threw meds at me  and misdiagnosed me and caused me health problems due to side effects that I'm still dealing with. And he didn't make eye contact with me and acted like he didn't even care what I had to say. Well I stopped seeing him I don't play that. I'm now seeing a better more caring doctor. It's not worth it to put up with a bad doctor.

[Paxiled]

I believe what you're saying, but it's not common to have withdrawal effects when you were only on a small dose for such a short amount of time -- probably not even enough time for the Zoloft to start working.  It takes 4-6 weeks for it to work, but unfortunately the side effects start right away.  But withdrawal usually doesn't happen unless the drug has been well metabolized, worked, and was in the system long enough for the brain to have problems operating without the drug.  That doesn't fit your case, though there are always exceptions, but it might explain why the psychiatrist wasn't all that concerned.  Still, it is his responsibility to help you wean off and explain this to you, but most doctors don't know much about these drugs including psychiatrists, though psychiatrist are better than regular docs -- most of what they're taught is straight from the companies that market the drugs.  If you really think you're having withdrawal problems the thing to do would be to go back on the drug and stop slowly or wait it out, but if waiting isn't working you need to do it the other way, but again, I'm not at all sure whatever you're experiencing is withdrawal given the circumstances.

[ScratchedRecord]

Hey, I'm sorry but I'm not going to be much health. But think about it this way, what side affects are worse? Depression and panic attacks or whatever ones the medicine gives you. If I were you, I'd consider taking the medicine again.