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Posted 10/6/2010 6:14 AM (GMT 0)
Ok so I haver been taking Zoloft for about 4 weeks now, and I have been on it beofre about 4 years ago and it has always worked wonders for me, but now it is two in the morning everyone else is asleep and this is the second time this has happened to me. I am so tired but when i lay in bed my mind almost like races and head hurts really bad feel like i am having a stroke or something really hard to explain but really scared righ tnow. And my husband and two small children are asleep and just not sure what to do.
Posted 10/6/2010 12:01 PM (GMT 0)
kittybear........when do you take your zoloft? I used to take it in the evening, and not be able to get to sleep. Then I started taking it early in the morning, and have no trouble getting to sleep now. Try taking it earlier in the day.
Hang in there! Adjusting to an antidepressant can be a challenge. If you need to cut the pill in half for awhile, then try that.
I take 25mg of sertraline because I can't handle the usual 50 mg.
Posted 10/6/2010 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you so much for responding, I take mine in the morning as well i am up to 75 but i only took a 50 today, it is just a really weird sensatin and scary it was a horrible pain in my head and awful i thought i was going to have to call the ambulance i thought I was having a bad problem. Thank you for responding! Today i am ok just really sleepy and huge headache whic his how that situation started lastnight. Thank you again though!
Posted 10/6/2010 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Please let your doctor know the reaction you are having now. Even though you used to take it, perhaps you can't now or maybe it's interacting with other medications you are taking.  But, don't just take it because you used to be able to take it.  You need professional advice.  Please let us know what you find out because we do care about you.

 

Sherrine

Posted 10/6/2010 11:16 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I will have to call my doctor and let him know. My anxiety has been really bad today as well. So I do not think it is working for me anymore. And I know have a huge headache again right before bed I am scared to go to sleep afraid that I will wake up again with severe head pain and that feeling like I am about to have a stroke. Or just pass out. I am going to call him in the morning,  I am just nervouse to call him becuase i feel like he is sick and tired of dealing with me. But I am praying that I do not have another episode like this morning!
Posted 10/7/2010 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry to hear that kittybear...sounds like my day! :(
Posted 10/7/2010 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
Kittybear (and KristaM) - do either of you have a "sound machine" in your bedroom? I would strongly recommend you get one. If you do, get one that has a variety of different sounds, like ocean waves, rainforest, thunder, etc.

I often find that playing the sound machine when I first go to bed helps to calm me down and ease a racing mind. I listen to the ocean waves sound...and I pull a picture into my mind of a vacation my hubby and I took to Tofino, British Columbia. It was right on the ocean, and our room at the Bed and breakfast we stayed at faced that way, so all night I had peaceful waves lulling me to sleep.

Anyways, I find it helps me to relax so perhaps it's something that might help you as well.

hugs,
Pam
Posted 10/7/2010 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you for the wonderful support and suggestions. I will deffinitly give it a try!
Posted 10/8/2010 1:44 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Pam, that's a great idea!
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