I have been taking 100mg/daily zoloft for
4 months now and I still suffer from
anxiety from time to time. Sometimes I
go a few days without having any anxiety
and recently I went 2 weeks without any
anxiety. But yesterday it creeped back.
It is relativley mild (nerves, no
appetite, joint/muscle tension, and hot
flashes now and then) compared to how it
was 4 months ago.
Is it just going to take more time for the
medicine to work? (i also recently
started taking buspar on top of the
zoloft).
-or-
should I consider changing medications?
If changing meds is the answer, how hard
is it to switch since I have been on
zoloft for so long?
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JCSC2
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Posts: 61
Posted: 10-12-04 14:45pm
You may need a dosage increase . I just
read that you can grow a tolerance for
zoloft and other ssri's.
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buckeyes_fan
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 6
Posted: 10-12-04 14:50pm
The last time I went to my doctor he
didn't want to increase the dosage because
he didn't think I would get anymore
theraputic benefit. That is why he
prescribed me buspar.
I don't see how I could have built up a
tolerance to it in just 4 months......But
who knows?
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JCSC2
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Posts: 61
Posted: 10-12-04 15:10pm
Not sure either. I started taking buspar
within a few days of starting zoloft. I
think it was for the side effects. I was
sweating more (sucks), jaw was hurting and
a few other things. So far I actually
like the sexual side effect.
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Atheniian
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Indiana
Posted: 12-01-04 06:53am
I was on 500mg of zoloft a day. I really
despise that drug. It made me feel
horrible all of the time.
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Tyler8635
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 10 Location: The South
Get Off of Zoloft Posted: 05-26-05 23:14pm
Your doctor gets extra money from the drug
companies to give u zoloft. I was on it
for a while and hated it as well. Its a
terrible drug that u can well do with out.
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tpezeshki
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 1
Zoloft Posted: 07-26-05 20:51pm
I too was on zoloft for only a few days
when I started to feel worse than before I
was onl it. I was nervous, disoriented,
light-headed, sick to my stomach and
couldn't eat. Now that I am off I still
feel a little out of it.
For me zoloft was no good. You may want
to consider another form of treatment b/c
it may be the problem.
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bluefin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 15
Zoloft Posted: 07-29-05 00:54am
While on zoloft medication, mental
conditions may worsen especially at the
start of treatment due to the initial
introduction of the medicine into your
nervous system. Expect the following
conditions to worsen especially at the
first intake of zoloft:
never take zoloft without your doctor’s
approval and monitoring unpleasant side
effects may plague you especially at the
first intake of this medicine.
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LILAMY22
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 16 Location: SC
Posted: 03-15-06 10:48am
I was on zolof....I went to the er like 2
times, because of the side effects of the
drug, and I was on the starter kit...I
took 25mg...Then 50mg, that's how bad it
effected me. I woke up tingling from
head to toe, sweating, shaking,
numbness...Panic attack!!! But it just
made me worse!!
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jenrninmi
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Posts: 35 Location: U.S.A!
Posted: 03-23-06 20:55pm
jcsc2
wrote:
you may need a dosage
increase . I just read that you can
grow a tolerance for zoloft and other
ssri's.
where did you read this? I'd like to
research it as well. I've been on
zoloft for over 6 years and haven't had to
change my dose. It's actually been quite
a life-saver drug for me.
Jen, rn
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xojenniexo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 38
Posted: 05-29-06 01:29am
Zoloft= bad!
I have horrible anxiety and depression...
Like unbelivablly. I was so bad that they
were mis-diagnoising me everything from
schizophrenia to epilepsy. Last year I
finally bit the bullet and decided to take
zoloft. I did it to make everyone else
happy. It worked for a while ( a short
while like a month or so) then I was back
to feeling like caca. I stayed on it for
over 6 months before I finally took
control of my life and stopped. You dont
want to have to rely on a pill everyday do
you?
The best thing you can do is seek therapy.
Zoloft is not a cure-all and it wasnt
even devopled for anxiety. Matter of fact
ne of the most frequent side effect is
more anxiety.You probally feel better
because of your mind-set not because of
the medicine. And eventually with or
without the meds, your anxiety will come
back. Talk to a therapist, it will give
your more results. And if you do decide
to come off the meds.. Do it extremely
gradually. The withdrawl can be pretty
ugly. ( ialso know this from first hand
experiance) the frst time I withdrew was
bad, the second time I didnt even notice
it.
Good luck
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cinnyluvscats
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Location: West Virginia
Zoloft Posted: 06-03-06 23:38pm
Zoloft and lithium were life savers for me
- plus finding the right therapist. I'm
off the lithium, but i'm still on the
zoloft. Only side effect has been weight
gain, but if I have to choose between thin
and miserable versus fat and happy - guess
which one I picked!
Had 1 dosage increase about 2 years ago
due to financial and marrital worries.
Have been doing fine since then.
Meds are so individual - you have to try
it and see what works best for you. With
psych meds, you have such a long time for
theraputic effects to show up and then you
have a long weaning off period, too, if
you switch drugs. Keep looking and
remember your behavior therapy stuff, too!
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babygummie223
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 49 Location: Washington
Posted: 06-06-06 03:35am
Personally ive come to conclusions it all
in the head.. Or its a big habit.. Ive
been put on anti-depressants for like 8
years mainly to treat an ocd I had and
some depression they thought I had.. No
it wasnt it was the enviornment I lived
in.. Now that im away I happy but I still
have the ocd habit.. Anyhow I zoloft was
prescribed to me and I found that it had
no effect on me .. In fact I had to many
ups and downs. And the downs were worse
on it.. So I stopped.. That is my
opinion.. Yours could be completely
different, maybe give it amonth and see
