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Posted 5/31/2016 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
My legs feel yellow my head has been hurting a couple of days now. I feel out of my body. Please tell me it gets better.

PS increased my Zoloft 3 days ago.

How can I stay focused at work???? I feel like passing out
Posted 5/31/2016 2:40 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Bambola,
Sorry I haven't replied sooner, but I have to be in front of a keyboard! (Can't do it on a tablet)
Anyway, I am on 100 mg of Zoloft as well, or as they also call it, sertraline.
Please know that I am fine now!, but it was a challenge. I was at 75 for a bit, and I was experiencing so much heart racing, stomach butterflys, anxiety ... and I was going to come off it. I tried reducing it on night and I felt really sad the next day. I had already been on several antidepressants which were all awful. I decided I would just keep going and eventually went up to 100. I had to take a clonazepam in the am and pm and at night. I am also on Seroquel for sleep, and Lyrica. I am trying to reduce the Seroquel. My sister is on 150 of Zoloft. She was worse then me... dizziness, fear of dying , a whole bunch more symtoms. I went to see her at Easter, the end of March. She was in the hospital. Well, all of a sudden, about a month later, she was normal. It's like it kicked in. She was trying to come off it initially as well, but it was worse. Anyway, to make a long story short, keep with it, but take the clonazepam. I don't know why the doctors don't tell us that you will experience all the anxiety when going on the antidepressants. It makes me so mad. Some drs said I shouldn't experience any side effects! Really! and they were the psychiatrists.
And yes, all the deep breathing, meditation didn't help when I was like that.
So keep up with it. Give it a month ... For me it took a while. Tell the doctor how you feel.
Please know that you are not the only one. So many of us have gone through this, but got better! that's the key ... got better!
Sorry, this is long, I just know how you feel. Keep trying.
CQ .. from Canada too!
Posted 5/31/2016 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Oh I'm so glad you responded to me. Are you feeling better now? Please tell me I will feel better. I can't handle this. Did you get headaches and all symptoms I wrote?
Posted 5/31/2016 3:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Bam,
Yes I am much much better now. I don't recall getting headaches, but I had shakiness, my stomach felt weird. Apparently, when you have nerves in your stomach and other places as well, that when you are producing too much adrenaline and you can't run (flight response), it affects your body in different areas. My sister had extreme dizziness, and freaking out. She though she was going to die. Mine was mostly my stomach, shakiness, heart racing .. like I was going to have a heart attack. I honestly though something was wrong with my heart. I had a lot of side effects, but now I can't remember. All I know was it was horrible ... and I hate when doctors say 'oh, you shouldn't feel like that!'. Just know that it will get better. See if you can focus a bit on your breath. Take a deep breath and count to 3 and then let it out slowly. It might calm you a bit. It will get better!
CQ
Posted 5/31/2016 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, I was going to ask you. Do the symptoms go away if you take a clonazepam? If they do, it's a good indication that it's anxiety related, even if it's brought on by the Zoloft. It's not that I am trying to push the clonazepam, but honestly, if I didn't have it at that time ... now I really don't need. Sometimes I take it at night for sleep.
cq
Posted 5/31/2016 3:23 PM (GMT 0)
I take a very lose dose on clonasapam 0.5mg once a day. For years so I don't think it helps that much at all.
Posted 5/31/2016 3:48 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, okay. My doctor initially put me on Lyrica which is really used for nerve pain or something, but a side effect is anti anxiety. I am still on 100 mg of Lyrica (Pregabalin) at night. Slowly I would like to come off it, but I haven't tried as of yet. It did really help with anxiety at first, but it makes you tired. Eventually your body gets used to it. Essentially, I am on 3 medications. When I was at my worst, I could not sleep or I would wake in a big panic in the middle of the night. The dr. put me on Seroquel for that ... but a lot of doctors might not agree with that. When you read the side effect sheet ... omg ... it's an anti-psychotic, and it has a list of a million side effects .. like all the drugs. However, in low doses it just acts as anti anxiety and helps with sleep. Again, I am trying to reduce that, but if my anxiety goes back up I am going to stick with it.
Are you feeling any better?
cq
Posted 5/31/2016 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
No my head is pounding. Im going to go to the drug store and check my blood pressure. just to be sure its not high. My blood pressure is always good when I go to the dr.
Posted 5/31/2016 4:03 PM (GMT 0)
I was always checking my blood pressure before.
Can you take an Advil or something?
cq
Posted 5/31/2016 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
I'm scared too :(
Posted 5/31/2016 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
way back when, when I was menopausal, I would get migraines. The only thing that would get rid of the headache was with a migraine med called zomiq. Maybe you are having a migraine. Weather can affect that as well.
cq
Posted 5/31/2016 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
Well just got back from pharmacy and blood pressure normal just heart rate alittle because I'm anxious. I'm 37 years old. Don't think I'm premenopausal but I will ask my dr to check
Posted 5/31/2016 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Could be a side effect of the increased dose, did you feel that way when you were taking a lower dose? I used to take Zoloft, but the side effects was what made me decide to stop it, I had weight gain and weirdb headaches that felt like zaps, very hard to describe, I say talk to your doctor if it's bothersome.
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