OK, I must admit....i'm a bit scared!

So, tonight is the night that I increased my Zoloft to 125 mgs from 100 mgs. My doc wants me to go up to 150 mgs, so i'm increasing by 25 mgs for about 2 weeks and then hopping on up to the 150. I'm feeling a bit "funky" right now in the head. I think it's a mixture of more zoloft and my own anxiety about increasing, to be honest.

The reason i'm scared is that every time I took Zoloft in the past I only needed 50 mgs and NOTHING else. This time i'm up to more than double that AND have to take xanax with it. My mind is playing tricks on me with the "what if's" again. Like I keep thinking about "what if" I get serotonin syndrome from taking so much.

I keep trying to tell myself that my psych said that 50 mgs is a very low dose and not surprised that I need more, but I can't help thinking that 150 is too high....   I'm trying to do some deep breathing, but i'm anxious as all hell right now about this increase.

Please someone reassure me that i'm doing the right thing, and that i'm just thinking "crazy" about the serotonin syndrome. I hate to take meds in the first place (complete mediphobe here), but to be so much higher than what I took in the past is really freaking me out right now. I would hate to have it not work this time and have to wean off of it and try something else.

Just had to get that off my chest. Thanks for listening to me ramble.....

Fox

Post Edited (Fox7) : 2/6/2012 11:06:27 PM (GMT-7)

Thank you so much SC! You really don't know what that means to me. All of you here have become a part of my extended family, and i'm so grateful I found you guys!

I think it is a particularly  high time of anxiety in my life right now, you know all the details about the one thing, so I won't get into that again. But I also think it's from the perimeno. I found this on a site I was looking at about peri and menopause.......

“When women reach their perimenopause and menopause stages, the hormone imbalances during this time can contribute to the senses of depression or make one feel simply unimportant. The hormone imbalances during menopause and perimenopause also can worsen existing anxiety and panic disorders and raise them to the surface.”

*UGH* I don't need this! I mean I know that my docs all told me it was gonna get worse, but I didn't think it would be THIS bad! Anyway, thanks again SC, you are an angel!

((hugs)) Fox

Post Edited (Fox7) : 2/7/2012 4:49:05 PM (GMT-7)

How are you feeling today Foxy? I hope that you are well and that the anxiety is down from last night!

I am sure that this will be a temporary thing to get you through the current circumstances...It is rough dealing with the issues that are presently 'gracing' your life! (it's rough being a woman!)

I am cheering you on and sending positive well wishes your way:)

S.C.

OK, I'm back....Got everything set up for the "babies". We got 8 of them total. He suddenly decided that he wanted chickens, well hens actually, to get the good brown eggs. So we went and bought 4 Golden Comets and 4 Silver Laced Wyandotte's. He also wants to get a few Orpington chicks when they come in next month.

YAY! I get to have a chicken farm! LOL!

To my surprise, i'm feeling really good today, well except in the car on the way back from getting the chicks. I tried to look down into my purse to get my phone and I felt REALLY strange when I looked back up from being in the moving car. It made me get a bit dizzy. But other than that...NO anxiety, and the tingling in my face seems to be going away too! :] So far so good! (knock on wood again) LOL!

Maybe just that little extra kick of the Zoloft is all I needed. We'll see how I feel in a few weeks. But I will keep you all posted, you can bet on that. LOL!

Oh! and Michelle, I know what you're saying about the docs. I wouldn't be so worried if it was just ONE that told me that, but all THREE of them telling me the same thing has me a nervous wreck!  

Hope you are all doing well and feeling good today!

Fox

Post Edited (Fox7) : 2/7/2012 4:50:39 PM (GMT-7)

Glad you're starting to feel better, Foxy! I have to say, when I saw "hubby is rushing me to go get some chicks", I was like, 'Whoa. Go, Foxy, get down with your bad self.' *Snicker* Sometimes I have the humor of a twelve year old. I lived on a chicken farm once--I know more about chickens that I could ever want to. We used to sell the brown eggs of the Rhode Island Reds. Those were gooooood. And I used to have a pet Bantam rooster named Liquid Chicken. :D

Really, though, it's good to hear that you're getting better. We all know a few side effects are to be expected, but just focus on the value outweighing the negatives. The effects will likely wear off soon.

Good luck!!

Hi Fox

How you doing? Sorry to read your are having high anxiety at the moment that can be hard to deal with. Sounds to me like your doctor is taking the right action and is trying to get your symptoms under control for you. I know it is difficult when increasing medication as you do worry about how it will affect your body.

I would keep in close contact with your doctor during this increase when ever I have alteration to my medication my doctor books me into see him every two weeks. With regards to serotonin syndrome this is a very rare side effect of AD medications and I personally have not heard of any one I know having this.

I hope you start to feel better soon and let us know how you are getting on.

Hibee

Thanks everyone! Just got up a little while ago, feeling a little anxious and the shakes again, but other than that i'm feeling ok. I was bad yesterday, LOL! I bought chocolate fudge and chocolate coconut nuggets! I paid last night with a bit of palpitations, but I knew it was from the chocolate, so it didn't really bother me.


@ Risa...LOL I looked at that after I posted it and thought OMG, this is gonna sound a bit "freaky" to some people....HAHA! But that's what we were going to buy, CHICKS! LOL! Maybe I could've put baby chickens instead. Your mind seems to work like mine, but mine's always in the "gutter".

@kittybear...I hope your zoloft starts working for you again, it's hard to find another med when you have one that has always worked so well for you. I had the same problem when I tried to go back on it so I stopped. A month later I tried again, and had no trouble at all. Here, it was the generic brand that I got the first time, it had something in the fillers that didn't agree with me AT ALL, so now I have the pharmacy only fill my prescription with a certain manufacturer.

@Hibee... I'm doing better than I expected, thank you for asking. I actually have an appointment tomorrow with her, so I do keep in contact as far as my meds go. Trust me, if I feel something is off, i'll be on the phone with her in a second. LOL!

@Michelle...That's exactly what i'm doing. My gyno didn't do any blood hormone tests because he said that they are not acurate most of the time. But from what I told him about my symptoms, he's sure that i'm in peri. I actually ordered one of the tests you can get online the other day, so i'm waiting for that, just to see what's what with my hormone levels. This one is a urine test that you have to do on the third day of your cycle, and then again about a week after your cycle ends. So we'll see. I'll keep ya posted on that.

Thanks again everyone for the support! It means alot to me, but I'm sure you all know how much it helps to have others who understand what you are going through...

((hugs)) Fox