";s:4:"text";s:4856:"I'm a single, 44 year old woman with only my dog (cute as she is) to keep me company. I have friends and family but I can't stand this anxiety/depression.
It is a physical illness, like any other and is not your fault. I was lucky if I was able to get two hours a night of sleep. :( I hate depression so much! Does that mean that we all NEEDED to stay on the meds or is it truly TEMPORARY symptoms???? He was such a happy well adjusted child and seemed to change overnight with the onslaught of puberty and hormonal changes.
The dizziness, lack of concentration, sleeplessness, body aches, irritability, very funny feeling when I turn my head too fast, feeling drained, and crying at Anything and Everything, seems a bit overwhelming right now. My main issue is my eyes and head (behind my eyes) are killing me and I think it started when I started taking the Zoloft. It makes this journey a little easier to know there are others out there fighting the same battle :)I have been taking 25 mg of Zoloft for the past year mainly for my mood. (No time frame from my doc on that one-- I feel I stayed on it way too long .) Here’s how your baby’s growing in your body each week. She told me nothing about the severe side effects of starting Viibryd let alone the side effects of stopping Zoloft. these.symptoms are very common when you stop cold turkey. so here i am now, i stop zoloft . DO NOT DO THIS... always see a psychiatrist as well because clearly my primary care had no idea what he was talking about. I take it for anxiety i got off of it cause it was causing my body to stop being able to accept food and i never had panic attacks before until the 10 yr mark. I'll just have to be strong and do it!Hi all, I am a 31yo mother of two. It was free of cost to me through a program that helped people who didn't work, and/or had no income, so, yes i was and am thankful for them! So I would love to hear from anyone that was on Zoloft for that many years as well as that high of a dose (200 mg/day) and that subsequently quit cold turkey. So for 2 weeks take 12.5mg (or 25mg if you were originally taking 50mg) , then take 12.5mg every other day for 2 weeks, then 12.5mg every 3rd day for 2 weeks, and finally, take 12.5mg every 4th day for 2 weeks. I do think perhaps 'puberty' or any change of hormones is the key thing here. I started this process on the 4th of July. I'm sure if you did after the first 2-3 days your head feels like crap. Upon my return home, I thought WTH, I have mild insomnia & I felt a little nauseous ~nothing I can't live with. Funny, the Doctors say you can stop at any time and not have problems... Ubt I worry about cold turkey and always reduce dosgage slowly over the course of weeks...BUT I wondered why was I now having harder time sleeping, and why was I having these really strange dreams, which I ususally never had..now they were several times every night! Well ive wised up and am taking control of my health, ill also be able to get off the BP med's I take once I get some weight off. So, after already becoming paranoid about any medication because of bad experiences with every other one i've tried (prozac, lexapro, and wellbutrin), I decided to try and skip a night here and there to see if it would make a difference.
If I can make it and be a success story so can you!
Do you think the victims of Auschwitz or the children starving in Africa or (you name it) get to sit around and worry about whether they are depressed or happy? Thank you for the information. This continued the fourth and fifth day. And, to answer your question about the Zoloft and it "not working" if stopped and retaken, I think you may have misinterpreted the advice. Right now they have me on Zoloft and Effexor to find a balance. I am in the 1st week of every 4th day. The first time I dropped the dose down, I began to feel very sick—I felt nauseous and had terrible headaches. And they all have mental illness. I'm confident all will be well, but I think it will take at least a full month.Have taken zoloft for 11 years,have tried to just stop taking it as well. How long does this last? I have been up since 2:00 this morning , and that was after a night of hysterical crying that I have never experienced. Hope your all well xxStay AWAY from the drug. Help!!! I thought I was going crazy because I came home and opened the garage door and thought I saw my little dog in the corner. That's when I got scared and searched for zoloft withdrawl and hallucinations.