zoloft was kind of a godsend for me when i started taking it initially. was having some sever panic and anxiety and OCD troubles. it made things worse for me at first but eventually made everything...
thanks guys. i'm not really sure how this is going to play out. i guess none of us do. i'll probably try CBT and working closely with a therapist to see if I can manage without any medication. but...
Just wondering if anyone here has stopped taking their medication only to have anxiety/depression/etc. problems return shortly after. If so, did the anxiety eventually go away again for you? Or did...
is it possible you just may need a new medication? a lot of these meds will usually poop out after a number of years and stop working. people will then switch to another that works like the old one....
i think there is a chance in your case that maybe you are in fact simply looking too closely. yes, minor trails are normal i think. and the harder you focus the more and longer you will see them. and...
thanks, nanners! i've been feeling better the last few days. now just trying to deal more with some of the new OCD symptoms that are cropping up since i stopped my meds (superstition, fear of...
thanks, mazz. i am going to work on getting into therapy next week. i need a pro i can talk to regularly....
thank you so much for the words of encouragement jazzy! and for sharing your story. i am still considering getting a benzo in case things get really rough. i am doing a little better at the moment....
by the way, shaun's site is www.dpmanual.com....
i actually have (and currently do) suffer from DP/DR and always associated it with LSD and/or marijuana use when i was younger. i only used those things a few times but i had one very bad experience....
thanks again, kitt :-) anastasia - i forgot to ask you what kinds of things helped you recover. anything in particular, or just time? thanks...
thanks, anastasia! your story gives me great hope. that was my experience when i was younger. my anxiety and derealization issues really started when i was 15 but after a year or so i managed to get...
thanks, kitt. i've seen you all mention that site before several times here. i will definitely give it a shot....
thank you, aries, for the reassurance. it definitely helps! i will try and keep the thoughts in check. i think my biggest problem might be my OCD brain that fixates on everything. and ruminating...
I guess it can kind of go hand in hand with derealization. But I just got hit with another bought of this type of anxiety where i just feel so much terror and dread and loneliness because it's like i...
it has a strange origin. i was with some friends at one of those bulk shopping places (Price Club at the time) and my friend saw a small container of BBQ with a picture of a pig on the side. under...
thanks jamiee! glad to hear you're doing better these days. best of luck to you as well....
stkitt - i am currently trying to get off an SSRI after over 10 years (actually stopped 5 days ago - not quite cold turkey but close - no real issues yet except some dizziness and occasional anxiety...
just about very medication has some sort of side-effect. and most people who get the benefits from these meds seem to feel like as long as they are happy they don't really care about weight gain. at...
yes, what you describe are classic withdrawal symptoms. for most people they usually subside after a week or two, or at the very least diminish quite a bit over time until eventually they stop....
just an update. down to 100mg per day and still feeling fine. next stop - 50mg, probably in a week or two. no ill effects so far, at least not that i've noticed. not weight loss yet, either. but i...
i've heard that this can happen when you increase or decrease the medication. any changes will result in the brain needing some time to adjust, and one side-effect can be vivid dreams. how long has...
i'm trying to wean off zoloft now (worried about unknown long-term dangers, weight gain, sexual side-effects, etc.). i have been taking 200mg for basically 11 years. i've gone down to 150 for the...
thanks very much everyone. i just wanted to find out if there was even a single person (and i knew there would be) who got off zoloft and did not have nightmarish withdrawal symptoms. so far so good...
Just curious because I am currently working on getting off the zoloft I have been on for almost 11 years (concerns about long-term effects, the fact that it doesn't seem to be doing quite the same...
thanks, and best of luck with the recent 'ebb,' which is just part of the ups and downs of life!...
thanks, janet. by the way, how did you know the zoloft gave out on you? did you go through a more stressful time and weren't able to function well, or were things in your environment the same but you...
well, i spoke at length with the nurse who i use for prescriptions (she's actually better than my psychologist in the sense that he's really only interested in talking casual and has very little...
I was just reading some transcript s from interviews with Charles Shipko (a doctor who has published much and written for CNN before). He expresses much concern about using SSRIs for longer than 6-12...
sounds like visual snow, though it's just a guess. could also be blue field phenomenon. i have the VS myself. you can look it up on the internet but there isn't a whole lot of knowledge about what...
tons of info on the website- lindenmethod.com. but basically it boils down to this: - the reason for anxiety is not because of genetic imbalances of neurotransmitters (though he would admit that some...
Anyone tried it? I tried using the search function of this forum and came up with zero results (though I am certain it's been discussed before). I bought it and while waiting for the package to...
I think all of us here are pretty much aware of what panic attacks are, thanks....
if he's that inflexible, i say drop the psychiatrist and get another one. you've had your PCP for 29 years and your psychiatrist for a lot less than that probably. i don't approve of someone being...
i know for me personally this has to do with the fact that stores have so much stimulii. there are walls and walls and shelves and shelves of products. not to mention tons of people around and lots...
that's awesome news! you're lucky it worked so quickly for you. when i started taking zoloft things got worse and for some reason i stuck it out and it eventually worked but took a good month and a...
you may also have a touch of OCD, which would cause you to obsess about certain thoughts to the point you just can't stop thinking about them. and the harder you try to distract yourself the worse it...
does that book saying anything about post-traumatic stress syndrome? because a psychiatrist i went to said that PTSD is the cause of derealization and that it's actually kind of separate from the...
very glad to hear it! i took an ativan the other day (only .5mg) and i swear it made me feel really out of it. i wonder if it takes some getting used to, or if my dose was initially too much for me....
that's great! i wonder if there's any way to have the vet bills paid for by the companies responsible? i haven't been reading the latest news reports. but i am guessing there will be some sort of...
i'm 30 and feeling a lot of the same things, though i will admit i'm in a little less of a stressful situation overall. money troubles are the absolute worst. i have had big changes in all the major...
harry - do you believe that benzos can contribute to depression even if used as prescribed in those people who have some depression to begin with?...
yes, that was me. i've been seeing a psychologist who i like but not a new psychiatrist yet. i am going to get a recommendation from my psychologist this week and will try someone else as far as the...
actually, the psychiatrist told me to stop the buspar when i complained of feeling very out of it. but it seems that it was actually the celexa i was taking for a few days that caused that. the...
you're mantra is actually just fine, because it will in fact pass. but sometimes it takes quite a few panic attacks to truly realize that. because in the midst of one it's hard to keep calm and...
yep, he's the one that prescribed all of them. except for the zoloft they are all really low doses....
Anyone ever combined an SSRI, an ADD med and an anti-anxiety med like Buspar before? I am currently taking zoloft (and have been for many years) and just started taking adderall. I also have been...
thanks george. it's been a confusing couple of weeks. i went from thinking i should start taking several different meds and treating the anxiety, depression and ADD, to thinking i'll deal with a mild...
thanks. that's what my psychologist said as well - that he feels that if something has worked a long time then it's probably a better first step to up the dose than to switch to something else. if...
This is actually kind of targeted to Geebs. I have been having issues for the last 7 or 8 months after a good 8 or 9 years on 200mg/day of zoloft. Instead of switching to something else I thought it...