Posted by Ritch on December 8, 2002, at 22:00:08
In reply to advice needed for zoloft PLEASE !!!!!, posted by crazychickuk on December 8, 2002, at 17:06:37
> Well hi there guys, you may not remember me, its been ages since ive posted on here, ive been really bad with anxiety, acute anxiety, panick attacks u name is... well any ways.. just incase you dont remember me heres a little about my self :_
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> i am 21 yr old single mum of a 3 yr old daughter, 3 yrs ago i was diagnosed with depression, so i was given effexor 35 mg, was taking it felt fine, for afew mnths then doc decided to up my dose to 75 mg, as soon as i took it i had a bad anxiety attack, i never experienced anything like this before, so i stopped the effexor cold turkey.. never took nothing again, then 2 yrs later anxiety ridden now not depression just anxiety, jan just gone, i was given celex 10 mg, i was taking that as i couldnt handle this anxiety any more, i missed a few doses as i went away to visit family, then when i got bk i took it right away o my, i had the worst ever panick attack of my life even though ive only been suffering with them for 2 yrs prior.. and the worst migrane, i was rished into hospital and was told to STOP them right away cold turkey so i did... i had an mri everything was normal i was freaked out ..
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> Ever since ive been getting worse, social phobia, u name it.. so i went to see a phsyiciatrst for the first time 4 weeks ago, she gave me 50 mg zoloft, to take after i had an eeg to put my mind at rest, as by this time, i kept getting like shocks through my body, so wanted to get it checked out, anyways i had the eeg wednesday just gone, results on friday every thing is fine, so i started the zoloft last night, i just took 25mg of it at midnight last night, i woke up this morning like a hypo, been hyped all day, fast talking, cold when i sit down and sweating badly when i am busy, i am not taking any more today as i took the 25 mg last night midnight, BUT i want to ask for some advice here plse...
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> ok hu hummmm, i snap the zoloft in half then snap it again so i got 2 x 12.5 mg, is it ok if i just take 12.5 mg in the morning then the other 12.5 mg in the evening? i throw the other 25 mg away, only untill i pick up my next lot of zoloft from docs which will be made of for 25mg, i am so glad i never took the full 50mg now... what you guys think? i am sorry this is so long.. hee hee
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> thankyou :)Hi there, yes I have talked to you before! Hmmm. Sounds like an all too familiar hypomanic reaction to SSRI's to me. Me thinks it looks like you could use some clonazepam to treat the panic instead. You might try cutting the Zoloft down to 1/4 of a scored 25mg tablet if need be in the meantime. The maximum Zoloft I could ever tolerate was 12.5mg twice daily and that was after a few weeks at 12.5mg once daily...
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