Starting Zoloft tonight.....

Ok friends, wish me luck! I'm making some big changes to my treatment plan.

I weaned off of the beta blocker and am starting on 25mg of zoloft tonight. I'm also going to be going to therapy twice a week now. The thing I'm afraid of is that I may need to try a new benzo, because my xanax isn't helping at my current dose and I'm not comfortable being without something in case of emergency.

I feel like I've hit a real wall and I'm moving backwards. It's time to move on with my life and while I'm super committed to therapy, I think the big step here will be getting on an SSRI.

Please wish me lots of luck! I'm excited to put these feelings behind me so that I can be a better wife, mom and friend and grow my family and travel and just enjoy life the way I used to!

Park,

I wish you the best of luck, Park. I feel like we have been riding in the same car on this crazy journey!!

I'm excited to read your update as to how your first night went. Hoping and praying that you finally get the relief you so very much deserve❤️❤️

Good luck, Park! You got this!

Good luck!! Kill it all star

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

I did take the zoloft last night. It was the perfect day to try it because I was stuck in panic mode all day long.

I'm hoping for minimal side effects and a very positive outcome. It's time to start living again. I value my life too much to walk around living this way and missing the beauty in things because I'm too hung up on the fear!

My fingers are crossed!!

I had tried to avoid ssris for a year and finally gave in as my life was not what I wanted. I suffered daily with panic and anxiety. My dr started me on 25 zoloft and increased to 50 after a week and then 75 after 2 weeks. I felt some initially shakiness and maybe a few days of increased panic which I treated with a benzo. Then they went away and now I'm sorry I didn't try it sooner. I feel good. Also therapy q2weeks. Please don't be afraid to try the zoloft. I look at it as if I was a diabetic I would have to take medication for that. I'll be thinking of you.

Happy Mother's Day, Park! Hope your day is special & you are feeling good!!

Just venting my fears....just took dose 2 and I'm regretting even starting. Feeling scared and don't want to become dependent on a/d's.

Plz don't regret starting I think they will help I really do , I'm doing so much better on them but I wasn't as brave as you are I broke the pill in four and took one forth of the pill for the first week then upped to half it took me a month to get up to 25 didn't really feel any side effects just headaches but they went away after a few weeks .
You got this just like you said diebetic people need meds so why shouldnt we treat this .
I've always wondered why people want to get off the SSRIs i don't even realize I'm on them eccept my anxiety is way down , if they continue to help I'm not rushing to get off .

Park,

Remember this feeling is temporary, whether you decide to keep taking it or decide to stop taking it. Whatever choice you make, it will be the right choice.

Either way, this feeling will go away.

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Thanks, everyone. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the support.

S.C.,

I appreciate you reminding me of that. I think I'm going to stop it right now and reevaluate with my neurologist on Wednesday.

My husband is a research nut and did a lot of reading last night and thinks that I should try the 5-HTP before dealing with Zoloft. We'll see. If I stop today it won't be a problem and I can always start back up Wednesday.

I'm so confused. My therapist thinks I can do this without adding to my meds. I'm just not so sure. Maybe I'm just having a hard time right now. Lots of emotions stirred up lately. I think I'm living in the past and fearing that last summer is going to happen all over again.

I wish you all the best Park!! I'm kind of in the same boat...weening off my beta blocker and trying to look into another avenue. My appointment for the pulmonary doctor isn't until May 26th..so I have to try to live with these night issues until then. Best of luck!!

Park, Your doctor gave you really good advice, I wish he would of given it to you in a more calming matter, but it sounds like you looked beyond that and heard what he said. I'm also happy to read that you are going to continue with it, I honestly do think in the long run it is going to help you. Like others have said, if you had something physically wrong with you, wouldn't you treat it with the proper meds? Depression and anxiety is no different, it is an ILLNESS and sometimes we need medication.

I have been on and off AD's for over 30 years and I always stopped taking them cause I thought I could do it on my own, I did okay for awhile usually but always found myself back into a deep depression or with anxiety that was driving me mad. I accepted about 5 years ago that I will always be on some kind of AD until the day I die, it isn't my fault but something is faulty in my brain and I need the medication. Coming to this realization and accepting it has been so much better then in all the years that I fought the medication. So that is my story, and I am not saying you will always need them, but for the time being you do and they will help, keep thinking positive and keep posting here and I promise we will walk this journey with you. Sending you a Big {{{{{{HUG}}}}}. You got this girl!!!!!!