hello group,
i have been posting in hepatitis, and ms, and cardiovascular.
I was treating my hepc in 2012, with incredably difficult side effects. so i started 25mg of zoloft, to take the anxiety and fear away. i made it thru treatment and stayed on the zoloft. my wife got cancer dx in 2013, so dr recommended a increase to 50mg zoloft. after a couple months of anxiety from increase, i told dr i felt like i was getting worse. he said,"your fine".
my wife passed away new years eve. I am now the single father of 2 girls 18 and 19 years old. my PDOC raised me to 100mg zoloft. Again i told my doc that i felt worse. So he wants to raise me to 150mg zoloft. I started to become very irritated, and would call or email my dr regularly. again he said,"you are on a low dose, go up".
I knew something was wrong, and i started researching 24/7. last week i called his nurse and told her i was detoxing off the zoloft. I told my dr that his dx of depression/anxiety was wrong. And that his zoloft rx had me in a perpetual manic flare. my twin brother is bipolar 1.
long story short, i came up with basal ganglia dysfunction and bipolar 1.
The doc said,"that makes sense". today will be my 3rd dose of seroquel, and i slept 6 hours straight last night. my kids are so happy, we can watch T.V. without me talking non stop.
I am so relieved, and so scared at the same time. my youngest kid wants to go to the dr appts with me from now on. she is really upset,
because the doc wrote a prescription on my self diagnosis.
barry