#54040 10-30-2003 03:20 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 52 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 52 | I've been taking Zoloft for a year, I want to quit taking it as I'm having all the side effects listed. Does anyone have any experience going off these drugs? Thank you for your help, Marlene
Marlene
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#54041 10-30-2003 02:24 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4 Member | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4 | I've been on Zoloft numerous times due to many of the stresses I have faced. I have also taken myself off it for various reasons such as I haven't felt I need it anymore, or I couldn't take oral medications.
My suggestion is to consult your doctor who proscribed it. Most likely you will require tapering off slowly. Changing metobolically quickly is very dangerous. You go from one whole pill every day to every other day for two weeks, then to one half pill, etc.
You can get depressed really quickly if you don't do it right. Consult with the doc. | | |
#54042 10-30-2003 04:15 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 | Marc is righ that if you are on anti-depressants, you are not supposed to cut it off at your own will because a sudden quit can cause even greater problems.You need to talk about the side effects brought by this drug with your doctor who may consider switching to another drug.The one I am taking now to release my stress has very little side effect and I have been taking it for over a year.
Karen stage 4B (T3N3M0)tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/2001.Concurrent chemo-radiation treatment ( XRT x 48 /Cisplatin x 4) ended in 12/01. Have been in remission ever since.
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#54043 10-30-2003 07:31 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 189 Gold Member (100+ posts) | Gold Member (100+ posts) Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 189 | I have to agree with the other posts.
Please don't stop the Zoloft without talking to your doctor first. You could experience a "rebound" affect of the depression.
Mandi
Husband diagnosed with stage III tonsil and floor of mouth cancer in August 2002. Three rounds of chemo/42 RAD treatments. Upper right lung lobectomy in March 2003. (Benign)
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#54044 10-31-2003 09:59 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 139 Gold Member (100+ posts) | Gold Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 139 | Dear Mar,
Please don't just quit the Zoloft. I did that with Paxil, another SSRI, and the effects were terrible. Tears, anger etc........Weaning is the only way and do that only with Doctor's approval and plan. Another drug may work better for you but you need to see you doctor first.
God bless, Judy U
Judy U Stage I SCC floor of mouth, left radical neck dissection 8/03
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#54045 11-01-2003 02:02 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 52 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 52 | Thank you all for your help. When I told my PD that I didn't think I needed Wilbutin an longer he said then quit taking it which I did and felt so bad had to go on Zoloft. Two days I've taken just 1/2 the pill, was really sick yesterday but knowing you all survived gives me hope, feeling OK so far today. The best thing about OCF is we know we're not alone. Thanks for your help, Marlene
Marlene
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#54046 11-01-2003 02:29 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 273 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | Platinum Member (200+ posts) Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 273 | Hi.....just to let you know, I think in the past 2 yrs, I`ve been on 4 or 5 different antidepressants that just didn`t agree with me. I had such a terrible experience with Prozac that I was afraid to ever take anything else. I figured I had a good reason to be depressed, and antidepressants would make me Happy, and what did I have to be Happy about ???? Zoloft is the one that finally seems to agree with me. Am I still depressed ? Yes, but I can handle it a little better.This was my third Halloween that Frank has been in the hospital, used to be my favorite holiday, not anymore.Bottom line, I guess is life is sad and we just gotta hang onto each other.......I don`t know what I would have done the past year without this board.....it`s kept me pretty much together lots of times.......Dee | | |
#54047 11-01-2003 06:24 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Hi In 8 weeks now on second anti-depressent, now on prozac, seem to suit me, not happy but not doing anything else stupid!! unless of course the double dose of steriods has backed off my lupus, who knows, don't really care so long as I can get through the nights without screaming. Take care all of you, we will win in the end!! Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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