Zoloft And Weight Gain

Hey Jaymay

I've now been off Zoloft for 10 days.  The last 5 were hairy, I was dizzy and had terrible daily headaches.  I was starting to question my sanity for going off, and I really tapered off very very slowly.  The last 5 days (literally week before cycle too) have been great.  I've notice that I am a little more emotionl, but like I told you before, I attribute this to not having any real feelings for a year, and now I am feeling again.  I've lost 5 lbs and haven't changed a thing...I agree too with the "swollen" comment.  That is really how I looked.  Now to get back on the exercise wagon and get rid of this flabby spare tire    I get anxious sometimes when I have to deal with frightening sitations e.g. hubbys ex LOL but I'm doing ok

I'm not so sure even with the added weight gain KWIM? LOL

Hang in there, it is definately worth it. My husband said he is so glad to have the real me back!

ally your 21 right? 

do you take anyother meds?

ALLYBOOBOO said...
Well i am glad to hear that everyone has been having a lot of success with their weight loss. unfortunatly i have not seen a difference at all in myself and i actually feel and look fatter and i have been off for 5 weeks. i do not know what to do anymore. it very depressing.

Jaymay--I have had some of the symptoms of my anxiety return after having been on zoloft. However, I seem to be looking at the symptoms in a new way. I also did cognitive therapy for a while (in conjunction with the zoloft) and I think that maybe this helped me to look at the anxiety in a different way. I'm a blusher, for example, and I've started to think that it's OK if I blush...instead of just trying not to blush! I've never been a depressed person, but was on the zoloft for my anxiety. It certainly helped me, but it also made me numb to everything around me.

I don't know what your symptoms have or were, but I have found a lot of these online hypnotics downloads to have been VERY helpful for me: http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/ For example, I have insomnia, but the downloads on sleep have really had an effect on me, and I've honestly been sleeping well without taking the sleeping pills that my psychiatrist prescribed.

As far as weight gain goes, I'm hoping to shed more weight after the new year. I seem to have stopped losing weight at the 10-15 lb. mark, which still leaves me about 15 lbs above what I used to weigh before I started zoloft. I think that maybe I need to get into some rigorous exercise routine or something (I've admittedly done nothing to lose the weight so far--it just came off after I stopped taking zoloft).

Hope this helps some + good luck to you and to everyone for now!

Hey guys - I think that the weight gain/loss is different for everyone. I weaned off too quickly the first time I tried to get off and I had a lot of trouble, plus, weight actually crept up still. This time I weaned off agonizingly slow...a snails pace....even in the last days, I had trouble with dizziness and headaches. Thinking creates your reality too, keep that in mind. I've decided that I am not going to be FAT anymore regardless if it was medicinally induced. I think that is what is helping me lose, cause I'm not doing anything much differently, other than some of my cravings are gone and I do not seem as hungry. I've started on my treadmill again in the last few days, only to help the natural serotonin, not necessarly the weight. Just think positiv! Look in the mirror and see the beautiful YOU, not the Zoloft induced you. Also what seems to help is my husbands attitude. He has been sooo supportative and LOVING (even when I felt and acted like a whale) and he says that he is glad the old me is back...not the skinny me, the fiesty me ;-)

yes praying is very important part of this whole process and growing with a relationship with jesus. but i mean everyone is different im just telling you where i get my strength from.  Every thing happens for a reason "you have to have a test before you can tell your testimony"    
I went to my first session of CBT today i felt so good about it the Therapist thought it was so good i was getting off the meds.    But im gonna continue with it he said the success rate is very good and if you stick with it in three months you can be back to "normal".
 
everyone hang in there a brighter day is coming
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Hey Mekkie. i have also gained more weight. well i have not actually gained myself to see for sure, but i feel fatter and more bloated than when i was on the meds. I have been off for about  5 1/2 weeks and i don't know when i will start to see a difference. it is frustrating but i have decided that after the first of the year i will start exercising again to see if that will speed up the process. i don't know. i hate this.   well good luck. 

hi did anyone who got of zoloft feel a little weird by the third day?