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Posted by maddy4 on August 17, 2006, at 11:24:57
i switched from 7.5 mgs of lex to 25mgs of zoloft - took my first last night. my heart is beating out of my chest this morn. and im more panicky than ever - even on a peach and a white xan. what should i do? is this a start up deal - ir should i get off. i feel like im gonna stroke out
Posted by Phillipa on August 17, 2006, at 18:33:38
In reply to Just started ZOLOFT....HELP, posted by maddy4 on August 17, 2006, at 11:24:57
Have you called you doc? I didn't experience this but then we're all different. What dose did you start on? Love Phillipa
Posted by finelinebob on August 18, 2006, at 4:31:36
In reply to Re: Just started ZOLOFT....HELP » maddy4, posted by Phillipa on August 17, 2006, at 18:33:38
My first time on Zoloft was one wicked roller-coaster. For a week, it was amazing. The next week? Panic, anxiety, yikes! Was just seeing my Doc at the time, not a PDoc, and his advice was to get lots of exercise, remember to breathe when I got panicky, and see my T twice a week if I needed it.
And for me, he was right. Another week or two and I was back up. Then down. Then up. I can remember that first crash, tho, feeling like I was about to die. And my Doc tells me to get more exercise. I didn't, but it probably would have helped if only to work off all that nervous energy.
Fast forward 2.5 years, most under care of a PDoc, and I finally convince him that I don't have a problem with seratonin. But it takes time with SSRIs to get up to their "therapeutic level", and it takes time to come off of some of them as well.
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