Posted by Cathie2005 on June 9, 2005, at 22:29:36 [reposted on June 10, 2005, at 22:11:58 | original URL]
Praise God I found this site today! I thought it was all me. I too have been weaning myself off Zoloft for the last 7 weeks and thought I was literally dying, or I didn't know what. Kept wondering what was wrong with me,thought it was like the flu, yet so odd for this time of year. I too have had lots of the lightning "zaps" off and on, just like a flash of lightning. This week more than ever experiencing severe tiredness and awful nagging nausea. I started Zoloft about five years ago while in a horrid marraige. I finally went thru a much needed divorce. My doctor started me out on a low dosage to see how I reacted to it. I had no side effects so she increased it alittle. After a couple of years I still had nagging depression so it was increased again and with each increase I always improved. I was on 200mg a day when I decided I didn't need it any more. I had tried to wean myself off several times during a 5 year span and I would have horrible crying jags so I would go back on it and they would go away and I would get back to normal with sleeping much better too. I mentioned this to my doctor how I would try to wean off several times and had to go back to full dosage and she seemed nonchalant about it and stated, "Well it is okay to do that; but some people need to be on it for LIFE". It kinda stunned me but I accepted it since she was the doctor.
I got a wild hair about a year later, I was tired of paying the $20.00 copay and felt I didn't need it anymore and I was going to wean off and go thru withdrawals no matter how hard it was. What a joke!
I have suffered so much with the longer weaning off of the drug this time that I have decided to go back to the full dosage and maybe it will be better at another time in my life to go thru the withdrawals as now I am aware of what is involved. It is just not worth feeling so HORRIBLE. The withdrawals have affected my job which is not acceptable since I am sole supporting and have to deal with the public in a high stress job. I cannot tolerate the withdrawal symptoms that I have which is severe tiredness, muscle pain and weakness, and annoying dizzy feeling, not to mention this horrible NAGGING NAUSEA that I never experienced before.
Does anyone know why the nausea is a withdrawal symptom??? I find it stranger than the rest.
Thanks everyone for sharing their situation. It has really really helped me to understand what I have been experiencing. I welcome all feedback.
poster:Cathie2005
thread:510829
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