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starting Zoloft
I am on my 4th day of Zoloft. I am jittery and more anxious than usual. Will this go away? How long before I can benefit from this drug?
I am wondering the same thing, I am going through the same thing. My first dose was 50mg and I was okay now I'm on 100mg and I feel super anxious.
hi Kickanxietysbutt, I noticed you stated that you feel warm all the time..i am having that side affect with Zoloft but I sweat a lot! its very uncomfortable! does this also happen to you?
Hello everyone, I'm new to this. I'm feeling very scared right now. I'm on my 6th day of taking Zoloft & I'm still panicky & my muscles are twitching. I could really use some advise. Will these feelings go away? Has anyone else felt like this starting Zoloft?
Started sertraline two and a half weeks ago, some what is helping my anxiety and concentration but I have sweaty palms, feeling of more anxiousness or energy, a feeling of needing to be on the go all the time unable to sit and just watch TV, would this be normal until the drug is fully at therapeutic levels in my body?
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I was on Lexipro for 1 1/2 years and then it did not work. First I was on 10 mgs then I got a relapse. He upped it to 40 mgs and it did nothing.
The Doctor switched me to Zoloft, which worked for me a few years ago. He tapered me from 10 mgs lexapro and 50 mgs of zoloft for one week. Then no more lexapro to 100 mgs of zoloft. It has been five days and I still do not feel myself. Does anyone know how long it will take to work? Thank you
I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I was on Lexipro for 1 1/2 years and then it did not work. First I was on 10 mgs then I got a relapse. He upped it to 40 mgs and it did nothing.
The Doctor switched me to Zoloft, which worked for me a few years ago. He tapered me from 10 mgs lexapro and 50 mgs of zoloft for one week. Then no more lexapro to 100 mgs of zoloft. It has been five days and I still do not feel myself. Does anyone know how long it will take to work? Thank you
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I was on Lexipro for 1 1/2 years and then it did not work. First I was on 10 mgs then I got a relapse. He upped it to 40 mgs and it did nothing.
The Doctor switched me to Zoloft, which worked for me a few years ago. He tapered me from 10 mgs lexapro and 50 mgs of zoloft for one week. Then no more lexapro to 100 mgs of zoloft. It has been five days and I still do not feel myself. Does anyone know how long it will take to work? Thank you
I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I was on Lexipro for 1 1/2 years and then it did not work. First I was on 10 mgs then I got a relapse. He upped it to 40 mgs and it did nothing.
The Doctor switched me to Zoloft, which worked for me a few years ago. He tapered me from 10 mgs lexapro and 50 mgs of zoloft for one week. Then no more lexapro to 100 mgs of zoloft. It has been five days and I still do not feel myself. Does anyone know how long it will take to work? Thank you
Hi there, sorry you're having a tough time. It would be great if you could start a new thread, as this one is pretty old and will get passed over by many.
I'm assuming you stopped taking it abruptly, and did not taper? If so, that's why you felt so horrible. Zoloft needs to be slowly tapered off to minimize and/or prevent a discontinuation syndrome like the one you've experienced.
It will take some time for your body to readjust, so you may experience those withdrawal symptoms for a little while longer.
Million dollar question, does your doctor know about any of this, or have you done all of this completely on your own? You REALLY need to work with your doctor when it comes to changing or stopping medications.
Let us know how you're doing (in a new thread, just click on the orange "post a question" button on the top right of the main forum page). Hang in there!
I'm assuming you stopped taking it abruptly, and did not taper? If so, that's why you felt so horrible. Zoloft needs to be slowly tapered off to minimize and/or prevent a discontinuation syndrome like the one you've experienced.
It will take some time for your body to readjust, so you may experience those withdrawal symptoms for a little while longer.
Million dollar question, does your doctor know about any of this, or have you done all of this completely on your own? You REALLY need to work with your doctor when it comes to changing or stopping medications.
Let us know how you're doing (in a new thread, just click on the orange "post a question" button on the top right of the main forum page). Hang in there!
Hi all!
I've been on zoloft 100mg for about a year. Then clever me decided to stop it.... I felt ok for about a week and then it was TERRIBLE! I had brain zaps/dizziness, anxiety, agitation excessive sweat exc. So I started again immediately with 100mg, Ithe dizziness feels better but I still get brainzaps anxiety spiking at night Is this Normal? I'm so anxious about all of this!!! will NEVER STOP MY MEDS AGAIN! Any comments will b appreciated.
I've been on zoloft 100mg for about a year. Then clever me decided to stop it.... I felt ok for about a week and then it was TERRIBLE! I had brain zaps/dizziness, anxiety, agitation excessive sweat exc. So I started again immediately with 100mg, Ithe dizziness feels better but I still get brainzaps anxiety spiking at night Is this Normal? I'm so anxious about all of this!!! will NEVER STOP MY MEDS AGAIN! Any comments will b appreciated.
This thread is old and inactive, you would get more replies by starting your own thread...you can copy/paste this post right into the body of the new thread. Click here to open a new thread:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/new_with_new_subject?forum_id=71
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/new_with_new_subject?forum_id=71
Hi. Can you tell me how long it took you to get to 150mg of zoloft? I have been on Zoloft for over eight weeks now. My doc has me going up so very slowly, 25 first four weeks 50 the next four weeks. Just went up to 62.5 four days ago. Anxiety is diminishing very slowly, but still bad enough. Take clonopin to help. Just want to start feeling better and I think a higher dose is needed, but how soon can I start going up again?
Welcome!
It would be great if you could start your own new thread, rather than tacking your post on to someone else's. You can do that by clicking on this link:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/new_with_new_subject?forum_id=71
You can just copy/paste this post into the body of the new thread. I'll keep my eye out for your thread, we'll be glad to try to help you and give you the support you need!
It would be great if you could start your own new thread, rather than tacking your post on to someone else's. You can do that by clicking on this link:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/new_with_new_subject?forum_id=71
You can just copy/paste this post into the body of the new thread. I'll keep my eye out for your thread, we'll be glad to try to help you and give you the support you need!
New to this forum started Zoloft 3 days ago, feeling extremely anxious. Had been placed on Remeron starting with 7.5 mg last October, incrementally increased to 30 mg by Mid March, worked for about 2 to 3 weeks each time, then anxiety was back. Finally upped to 45 mg, with a severe panic reaction 1 hour after I took it. I finally refused to continue on it, I had felt for a while my body could not tolerate this medication. MD prescribed Zoloft 25 mg to start, increase to 50 mg after 7 days. I realize SSRis take a while to work, but it is tough while one waits. I happened into this forum while searching for other people's experience with this. Can use all the reassurance I can get. People not having experienced anxiety cannot comprehend how awful it feels.
From my experience, the anxiety of starting a new med can make you feel like your heart is pounding. It is the anxiety, and this has happened to me more times than I would like to admit. I rush to the ER, and they tell me I'm fine. The reason is, I'm fine, and if the EKG is normal, you are too. You just have to remind yourself that it is the anxiety trying to take over, but you are okay. Anxiety can't hurt you, it can just make you feel like it will. I'm on my third week of Zoloft, and I took it for about ten years before weaning myself off of it. Deja Vu. Now I have to get it back into my system. It is trying, but worth it. You will feel much better with every day that you stick with it.
I am on my 5ht night of taking zoloft. can zoloft cause your heart to feel like its pounding and cause palpitations? i went to the ER and my EKG came back fine. but im still freaking out.
I have had anxiety and depression for 4 years. I was put on Paxil 4 years ago and I became a walking zombie. I was then put on Cymbalta and suffered for 6 months with awful side affects before finally coming off all meds (the Cymbalta and Paxil withdrawals were worse than the anxiety). After battling on and off anxiety for 2 more years without meds it finally led into Depression. Although I had been scared off all meds I decided to give Zoloft a try since I was ruin my family and work life without it. I am on day 6 and notice a marked improvement already. I keep reading that it takes 14 days to truly kick in and if this is the case, I can't wait because that means I will be back and better than before. So far so good!!!
Thank you for your positive insight! New to zoloft, trying to stick out the side effects of feeling dizzy and tired, nervousness...hope things taper off and get better.
I have been on sertraline (Zoloft) for about 3 1/2 weeks now. I noticed I was just a little depressed before I even thought about starting any kind of medication because I've had anxiety issues in the past and that was about 5 years ago and I was on nortriptyline which cured my anxiety problems. I really wasn't depressed at the time I just had really bad panic attacks all the time.
In the months leading up to my decision to start Zoloft I noticed that I was a little depressed, but nothing major but I wasn't motivated at all. I went to the doctor and she prescribed me Celexa, and that only lasted 2 days because my anxiety spiked sky high the moment I started taking them. I called her back and she prescribed me Zoloft and she wanted me to start off small 25mg daily for the first 7 days, and then increase it 25mg every 7 days after that till I reach 100 mg daily. I'm currently at 75 mg but I start 100mg tonight. I've noticed that I'm more calm and not as jittery anymore when I first started it and I'm starting to have good days but my depression is really high right now.
I take a Xanax here and there now just because when I'm depressed I get scared so it kind of calms me. For the second week I took Xanax regularly because my anxiety was all sorts of wacked out. Now it's too the point to where its like I'm having a really good day and I'm full of energy and happiness and then I get tired and all of a sudden I become really depressed and anti-social to the point that it hurts and I have a heavy feeling on myself. I was told it takes 3 to 4 weeks to start seeing results, which I believe, but to be honest I'm getting impatient now because I'm tired of having these really depressing feelings and thoughts go through my head all the time. I was just curious if anyone else has experienced this and can tell me its worth the wait because it's just all part of it. I'm being as patient as I can but it really ***** as many of you know.
Side effects I experienced:
Insomnia (still can't sleep a full night since starting it, but I do manage to get about 4 hours of good sleep here and there), depression, nausea, headaches, nervousness, cold sweats, hot flashes, dizziness, anit-social
In the months leading up to my decision to start Zoloft I noticed that I was a little depressed, but nothing major but I wasn't motivated at all. I went to the doctor and she prescribed me Celexa, and that only lasted 2 days because my anxiety spiked sky high the moment I started taking them. I called her back and she prescribed me Zoloft and she wanted me to start off small 25mg daily for the first 7 days, and then increase it 25mg every 7 days after that till I reach 100 mg daily. I'm currently at 75 mg but I start 100mg tonight. I've noticed that I'm more calm and not as jittery anymore when I first started it and I'm starting to have good days but my depression is really high right now.
I take a Xanax here and there now just because when I'm depressed I get scared so it kind of calms me. For the second week I took Xanax regularly because my anxiety was all sorts of wacked out. Now it's too the point to where its like I'm having a really good day and I'm full of energy and happiness and then I get tired and all of a sudden I become really depressed and anti-social to the point that it hurts and I have a heavy feeling on myself. I was told it takes 3 to 4 weeks to start seeing results, which I believe, but to be honest I'm getting impatient now because I'm tired of having these really depressing feelings and thoughts go through my head all the time. I was just curious if anyone else has experienced this and can tell me its worth the wait because it's just all part of it. I'm being as patient as I can but it really ***** as many of you know.
Side effects I experienced:
Insomnia (still can't sleep a full night since starting it, but I do manage to get about 4 hours of good sleep here and there), depression, nausea, headaches, nervousness, cold sweats, hot flashes, dizziness, anit-social
When I 1st started taking Zoloft i was taking it in the am with my coffee. it made me gittery and sweaty - took me about 3 weeks to realize that I shouldn't take it with coffee :-) since then I've been feeling way better- i wait an hr or so before my coffee and only need the xanax .25 to .5 once or twice a week - wondering if anyone else has had the same experience?
Did you get dry mouth like a lump in your heart sometimes or heart racing because I have the heart racing kinda freaked me out but it was only my first day of taking the medicine so I called a psychiatrist since my doctor for whatever reason doesn't know the symptoms to Zoloft the psychiatrist rep. said if I want I can take half of the pill and work up on more I guess in time
I've been on Zoloft for almost 7 years. You really need to keep taking it. There's always side effects from meds unfortunately. But Zoloft does work! Just give it time. I was put on clonazepeam along with Zoloft just till the Zoloft hit my system the first couple of weeks.
I just started taking zoloft as well. This is my second night and I can't sleep at all. I fell asleep the first night for like four hours and then when the medication wore off during the day I took a nap for an hour, but now I'm back to not sleeping. My doctor told me to take it at night. I feel sleepy but I just can't sleep. I feel jittery and a fluttering in my stomach. Does anyone have any advice?
took my first half tab of Zoloft today and I feel sooo sick.. Nausea, dizzy, feel weak.. Admittedly I had these symptoms before I started, but it has made them worse...help? what should I do?
hi manda,
you sure can be free of anxiety! you know, many patients take adderall with their zoloft, with good results. there are many depression and anxiety forums on the internet. the important thing is to keep telling your doctor how you feel, and after trying that for a while, if you feel your particular doctor is not working for you, try another, and if he doesn't work out for you, then try yet another, then another. there are a lot of fish in the sea. the sea is vast.
Important to keep telling the doctor how you feel and your thoughts or ideas. The squeaky wheel always gets the grease. i wish you good luck with it and please never lose hope.
you sure can be free of anxiety! you know, many patients take adderall with their zoloft, with good results. there are many depression and anxiety forums on the internet. the important thing is to keep telling your doctor how you feel, and after trying that for a while, if you feel your particular doctor is not working for you, try another, and if he doesn't work out for you, then try yet another, then another. there are a lot of fish in the sea. the sea is vast.
Important to keep telling the doctor how you feel and your thoughts or ideas. The squeaky wheel always gets the grease. i wish you good luck with it and please never lose hope.
My name is manda I am 29 years old. I have suffered with anxiety for 5 years and I am sick to death of it, I can't drink alcohol, socialise, exercise, have fun or be normal, I fear I'm going to die, I have a lot of these up wanting thoughts, and I also have a fear of taking tablets and I have tried therapy and that doesn't work, so what can I do. The more these thought carry on the more worried I'm going to get in the future. Will I ever be free of anxiety.
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