Posted by katia on August 22, 2003, at 0:44:46
In reply to Re: hellish withdrawals from Zoloft anyone? » shnooky, posted by genevieve on August 21, 2003, at 22:37:40
Hi genevieve,
It was me who posted that and it does end. It took maybe two weeks for the worst of it to pass and it is a silent lonely torture. I only hope that someday those people who say it's in your imagination will get a glimpse of what it is you are going thru' simply to have an ounce of compassion. No one NO ONE knows what you mean unless they have gone thru' it. I think you'll be fine by Sept 25. It's hell, but it passes.The other thing to do is taper off slowly, so if you have that option, take smaller and smaller amounts of it each day.
I don't know where you live, but it's quite a shame that you have to go off a drug that's working for you simply due to insurance. No doubt you're in America. There is a drug company in San Leandro, California called the American Drug Company. And they import in drugs from Canada at like 1/4 of the price. This is an option. The phone number is 510-483-4800. I've never used them b/c my pdoc is Canadian and so I can get cheaper rx's.
Good luck and if the med worked for you, maybe stopping it is not the thing to do if you can find alternatives to pay for it?
take care,
Katia> > > 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!!
> > Summer
>
> Hi. 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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