Zoloft Help???

[D224]

I recently was prescribed 25mg of zoloft for my bad anxiety. I have a huge phobia and anxiety about dizziness. I am constantly worried I will get dizzy and sometimes I do. Not true vertigo but weird dizziness when i move my head...but not BPPV. I experienced a bad doctors visit who told me I had acute labyrinthitis...which ended up not being true when I went to an ENT who told me I could have never had that but that set me off to a horrible cycle of worrying I was gonna be dizzy and from then on I sometimes feel dizzy ( I am thinking anxiety related or neck related...very bad neck pain from time to time) So now I live my life worrying every moment and constantly checking to see if I am dizzy and I can not live my life anymore. So with this medicine I am EXTREMELY worried that it will cause me to be DIZZY as a side effect or when I come off the drug I will be dizzy. I have read so many horrible posts of peoples experiences and I want to know if EVERYONE feels dizzy on the drug or when they are coming off the drug?? Please some information would be greatly appreciated. What are the most common side effects and does everyone GET DIZZY?? Please help...feeling hopeless and scared.

[D224]

My anxiety has always been with me...but not as bad as it was when I first got dizzy...and I say dizzy as not the true vertigo or spinning that most people have but a weird dizziness when bending my head or holding my head in a position. Thats when the doc. told me I had that inner ear disorder...but I had no true vertigo and no other symptoms...so I went to an ENT and he told me I NEVR had it and could not have had it cause i had no symptoms..but at that point i was so anxious and scared it threw me into a huge cycle of feeling off balance and constant anxiety. I went to an inner ear specialist.....and he told me as well nothing is wrong everything looked great...but again I never believed him. now i have come to the realization that I think my dizziness is neck related or anxiety related...cause I am constantly looking for it and worrying about it and checking for it.

So your phobia was taking meds that would make you feel weird...thats kinda like mine. But you took them and you felt fine? and came off them fine too? I read all these withdrawal stories and it scared me so much.

Thanks for responding

[D224]

So you never felt any type of dizziness or "off" feeling? I am just ultra sensitive and worried that I would notice the little feeling of any dizziness? What other side effects did you have?

[Doodles_Mimi]

SO SORRYTO HEAR THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.. HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS ANXIETY/PHOBIA AND HOW DID IT START IF YOU KNOW? I DO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE A PHOBIA, IT IS NOT FUN. I WAS PRESCRIBED ZOLOFT YEARS AGO FOR MILD DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. I AM STILL TAKING IT AND IT HAS WORKED GREAT FOR ME, WITH NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL.I AM ALSO TAKING QUITE A BIT HIGHER DOSE THAN YOU I KNOW EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR DOSE IS A VERY LOW DOSE AND IT SHOULD BE JUST ENOUGH TO HELP YOU. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW MY MAIN PHOBIA WAS TAKING ANY TYPE OF MEDICINE THAT MAY MAKE ME FEEL DIFFERENT (FUZZY,DIZZY OR DRUNK LIKE) . I TRULY HOPE YOU DO TRY TAKING IT SO THAT MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME RELIEF. BEST OF LUCK, DO KEEP US POSTED ON HOW YOU DO

[BluCrystal]

I have taken zoloft for many years now, and have never had dizziness from it, nor have i heard of anyone else getting dizzy on zoloft.  Plus, this is a very low dose, so any side effects you might have would be very mild. :) - Blu