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| Tue, 07-04-2006 - 3:14pm |
Hi Everyone. I found a really good therapist and have decided to wean off Zoloft. I was down to 25mg and took my last one Friday. Saturday I felt ok. I relaxed for the first part of the day and felt ok physically and mentally. That evening I was ok too. I was pretty active that evening doing a hockey skills clinic and slept well that night. Sunday morning I did ok too. I spent time at home doing things around the house and then had another hockey skills clinic for an hour. I came home and had a new sports drink called Zico which has high levels of potassium. Later on that day I started getting dizzy if I would go from sitting to standing. I would get a headache too and feel a little nauseous. That night I had a hockey game and felt good mentally, and felt fine while playing but afterwards got the headache and dizzy feelings again. I tried real hard not to panic. I did pretty good about that. Monday I woke feeling ok and had a really good day mentally. I took a bike ride and still felt good and had another sports drink to re-hydrate. I had the headache and dizzy feeling on and off all day from morning until night. Today I woke feeling ok mentally but shortly after starting feeling overheated even though I do not have a fever and got the headache and dizziness again off and on so far today. I get nauseous too. Well, today I was not so good about letting the physical feelings get to me mentally - I got really down and was thinking "oh no what if I feel this way all the time every day forever" and stuff like that. I was not really letting myself think that something real bad was wrong medically (like I normally do) but instead I was thinking "this is how I will have to live by going off Zoloft" even though I have been feeling better mentally up until I got to feeling bad physically.
Can anyone relate and give some insight as to how you felt when getting off of Zoloft or any other SSRI drug?
I'd appreciate it.
-Kim

hi, it's kris, remember me?
why are you going off? i've tried to wean and then
i get panicky and say all that stuff and decide it's
not worth it......
i am VERY warm due to paxil and would LOVE to go off,
i think i would have more energy and be able to think
more clearly......but whenever i attempt it i feel bad,
it usually takes 2weeks to a month to feel bad again.
i've never stopped, i would slowly wean and never get
to zero.
how have you been doing otherwise, thought wise?
kris
Hi Kris. Yes, I remember you. Thanks for responding.
I was down to 25mg and doing good. Then I got sick (flu) and let myself get anxious and the doc put me back on 50mg and then 75mg and I kept getting worse. I was feeling much better on 25mg. I went back down to 25mg and figured since I did better on lower doses, maybe I would do better on none at all. I have been working through things mentally and learning to cope better too. I still have the ruminating thought spells but I seem better equipped at getting past them lately. So, I figure I will try getting off the Zoloft.
I have been reading online that all these symptoms I am feeling are totally normal for Zoloft withdraw and that Zoloft and Effexor are the worst ones for bad withdraw. But I just wanted to see if anyone out here on the boards has went through this and could share firsthand?
Kim
Hi Jan. I had read that Effexor and Zoloft and Paxil can be the worst ones for withdraw because they have such a short halflife so they leave our bodies fast which makes withdraw worse than drugs like Prozac which lingers and weans itself down naturally after you stop taking it. So, I am okay with the fact that what I am feeling is normal, but you know how it goes. You feel bad physically and your mind feels bad in turn. I am not worrying much about it being something other than withdraw, I think feeling bad just makes me get down mentally and then I get upset. I am so overheated and flu-like feeling. I have been putting cold rags on my head to try and cool myself down. The headache comes and goes as does the dizzy spells. I get nauseous some but not horrible. I just do not know why I cannot just accept it when I get sick for any reason and just take it easy and let my body work it out. Instead I have to get worked up about it and start thinking I'll never feel normal again. That is always what it is with me - my extreme thinking.
-Kim
(((Kim))) I hope all these feelings are behind you soon!
Sheri Ann