Posted by Bonnie_CA on December 6, 2006, at 13:20:37
The zoloft has been working decently on my anxiety. I still get some quick jolts of panic occasionally, so it's not under control, but it's not bad.
I have a few complaints about zoloft. The biggest one is that it is now really hard to fall asleep. I can fall asleep decently if I take .25 mg of xanax, but I don't really see this as a long term solution. Staying asleep is no problem, but getting there is hard, and then it makes it hard to get up. Today, when I arrived at work, the principal was in my room. So it is occuring to me that this is a GIANT problem. I am afraid to try the prescription sleep aids because of the stories I hear about them. (People driving while on ambien! Scares me!) I'm also concerned about the long term. I may end up ultimately switching off of zoloft, but if I stay on it, I need a long term solution to my sleep problem.
I guess I'm not really asking for an answer, but I just needed to share my concern with a group that cares.
My other problem with zoloft is if I take the 150 mg prescribed dose, I feel like my skin is suffocating. It's not as bad at 100 mg, but I have higher anxiety at 100 mg. 150 mg seems to placate the anxiety, but also excaberates the sleep problem to the point of ridiculous. Maybe I should try 125 mg?
Next month, I get to switch insurance and get a new pdoc! yay!
-Bonnie
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