Posted by genevieve on August 21, 2003, at 22:37:40
In reply to Re: hellish withdrawals from Zoloft anyone?, posted by shnooky on April 20, 2003, at 16:53:04
> > ANYONE?? who is getting off Zoloft or who has done it? I'm having a nightmare of a time. (I've only been on it for three months). I am not sure if what I'm experiencing was the two weeks I started on wellbutrin, which I stopped. I tapered off of the Zoloft and stopped both the same day. The reason i stopped the WB was b/c I was experiencing those electrical jolts that I had when on Effexor. Now, I don't know if it's the Zoloft w/drawal or the beginning side effects of WB. Every time my heart speeds up a beat (like when I MOVE) electrical jolts go through my fingers. My fingers almost always feel like they were asleep and just waking up. I feel like I"m going to have a heart attack all the time. It's so hard to explain to people, that I've given up. this is subtle torture that I am suffering in silence. How do you explain this wierd shit?:!!!
> > Frankly, I'm too afraid to go on anything else. I don't have a regular pdoc b/c of the overworked clinic i go to....long story. bottom line I don't have a good doc. I suggest, me the depressed patient, suggest what to go on next and he just agrees. He gave me a starter pack for Serzone, but I'm starting to give up hope about ADs. esp. when this is the second time I've had to go through this electrical torture. I don't know what to do from here. I feel really alone in this and unsupported and my strength for hope and life is dwindling away. I'm not going to start Serzone or anything else right now. I feel too afraid.
> > I'd like to know how your withdrawal has been from Zoloft. or anyone else for that matter? so hopefully I can know that this won't last forever.
> > thanks.
> > katia
>
> Hi Katia, I really wish that we could talk on MSN or another chat line......I have a similar story to yours and I think I can help you!!
> SummerHi. I, too, am coming off of Zoloft. The drug did amazing things for me while I was on it, but I simply cannot afford it any longer. I am a college student with no health insurance; I just don't have the money. I have been off of Zoloft for four days now, and feel horrible. I keep trying to explain to people what I am going through and they just blow it off telling me it's all in my mind. My response is, "so the headache, dizziness, shakiness, hot/cold spells, nasueau, and disorientation I feel is a figment of my imagination...OK, whatever." I was beginning to think maybe I was crazy until I saw your posting. It's nice to know I'm not alone...or crazy for that matter. My only concern is that my fall semester starts on Monday, September 25, and I don't know how I'm going to study/write papers, much less go to class feeling like this. I wonder how long this will last....genevieve
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