ZOLOFT NIGHTMARE

I started taking Zoloft 8 months ago. When I started I was 128 lbs, high metabolism and ran everyday. After my mothers death I was depressed and seriously having anxiety attacks ovwer small things. I am also ADD and on dextroamphetamine. My psych suggested I take Zoloft to help with my anxiety well I was started on 50mg/ I felt great, but soon despite NO CHANGE in routine or eating habits I started to gain weight. SO much that my primary care doctor was concerned that a year ago my weight was 125 and 8 months later I had shot up to 185. My metabolism sucks and I've clenched my teeth so bad during my 8 month use that I have wore down enamel to the point wear I must wear a night guard. M<y pysch told me it wasnt zoloft yet my primary doctor said it was. LAST week I stopped taking ZOLOFT cold turkey. In just a week my weight has gone down 4 lbs already. Mind you I am very active and athletic and that weight gain was 40+ lbs. My psych does not know that I stopped but my weight has further depressed me into the fact NONE of my clothes fit.  Side effects I feel nauseous and insomnia has set in again . I had an anxiety attack last night. But I am willing to research other means as I have never been over 150 even when I was pregnant in labor and now Im 182. My joints hurt and my energy sucks.. Id rather be anxious than feel like an unenergetic person who is highly overweight. Hoping I can get back down to my pre Zoloft weight and train my metabolism to pick up. Anybody go through something similar

Thanks

Misty

Unfortunately my psych thinks zoloft is a miracle drug but anxiety is behavior not a chemical imbalance therefore medication wont cure it. My primary care doc however knows im athletic and slim. And yes i do not look 182 because i am a runner and muscular but still that much weight so soon is a danger to the body as far as joints and tendons are concerned. But going from a size 5 to a 13 in 8 months is extremely abnormal. But thankfully these side effects are manageable but not pleasent.

Carl,

I think that Mistylyn was just referring to her own self in that statement...

I don't get the impression that it is a blanket statement that she is trying to make!

Misunderstandings happen when we can't interpret a lot just from what it written.:)

Peace to all!

S.C.

Im mainly ADD and OCD my anxiety stems for that im also a RN so Im very in tune with the amygdala and limbic system as far as it being our internal switch. My primary doc hopes my adderall balances the side effects however i have stopped clenching and a lot of tension is relieved in that aspect. I just dont like the nausea as vomit is my weakness as a nurse lol.. but I do feel more alive despite the insomnia but ive always been a nightowl. Ill keep checkin in but Im glad theres others like me

My personal $0.02.

I would absolutely, positively not take any so-called weight-loss or metabolic-booster supplements. Frankly, I wouldn't take them ever, in general, but in particular, not while you're on and off various other medications. It could be a toxic cocktail, so best to handle one thing at a time.

Zoloft has worked wonders for many people, but not for all,....as you can see. The med that I'm on, I absolutely love and am grateful for, yet I've read where other people did not like the reactions they had to it.

Everyone reacts differently to medications. There are different types of anxiety and depression,--some of which are situational and temporary,....and some of the more lingering ones, which are generally accepted as being due to a chemical imbalance. The meds,--the right med for you,--helps to achieve that balance. The wrong one can make us feel dreadful.

You hit the nail on the head with how, unfortunately, weight gain seems to be a common side effect reported by many different people, and while on many different medications.

There are a few I tried and I gained weight so fast it didn't seem possible or believable or even logical. I felt like a balloon getting filled up rapidly with high pressure,....something or another!

My history is that of being very active, so weight gain to me was not acceptable,....so I kept pursuing different meds, and even different docs, until I found the right combination,.....for me.

We need to keep in mind we are all created differently, our chemical imbalances are different, and sometimes we produce too much of one thing, not enough of another, or our receptors aren't functioning properly. There are so many variables.

I kept looking because for me, personally, the weight gain (which yes, it was over 40lbs) was not acceptable to me, and hard for me to accept because I work out every single day and have a clean diet.

Lab work came back clean regarding thyroid too....I did the same route.

I'd encourage you very strongly to avoid any and all supplements that are marketed for "weight loss." I'd encourage you to look for other options re: docs and other meds (this is not the only med on the market). You don't have to suffer!





M.