Posted by JoHum on January 5, 2003, at 10:40:21
In reply to Re: Zoloft withdrawal symptoms and crying, posted by gabbix2 on January 5, 2003, at 1:43:59
> hey jo hum
> Please do keep us updated on how you are doing.
> It is pretty incredible how much better you can feel knowing what you're going through.
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> I wanted to mention that it *Can* not necessarily *will* get to the point on some days where it feels intolerable,where you may get depressed. I would recommend that you stick out if you can just so you know. When it happened to me, the first time, I thought it was my depression coming back, and went right back on the medication.
> Knowing now that it was actually withdrawl (I was told there was no withdrawl from SSRI's at the time)
> I really wish I'd have stayed off them long enough to know if I really didn't need them anymore. I've been on a 10 yr medication "odyssey" since and won't know if maybe this could have been prevented if I'd been more aware.
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> Good luck!I do appreciate your support and will keep you posted as to my progress. About 10 years ago I did manage to "wean" myself off of a drug called Sinequan, but it took over a year and it was hell. I wasn't having the physical problems with Sinequan that I am having with Zoloft, it just did not work. About twenty years ago I started getting very depressed, lost half my body weight and was extremely hyper. Without even testing my thyroid the doctor put me on Sinequan which turned me into a zoombie. Now the doctor tells me that that is not unusual - just before you become hypothyroid you can be hyperthyroid which is what I probably was. My thyroid should have been checked at the time before giving me anything. After I stopped taking the Sinequan I was still depressed so another doctor (again without checking my thyroid) put me on Zoloft. Two years later an OB/GYN doctor that I went to, upon hearing my problems, suggested that I have a thyroid test. That was when I found out I was hypothyroid. I have tried several times to stop taking Zoloft, but have been unsuccessful. Now my liver function test are coming back questionable. I am having hemmorages in my eyes (as well as vision field problems) and my neck and shoulder muscles have knotted to the point that I went to a neurosurgeon and neurologist. For that I had shots and physical therapy and they suggested surgery. Within one week of reducing my Zoloft the pain started to go away and now that I am on a reduced dose it is completely gone. I don't think this is a coincidence because the pain was constant for over two years and then suddenly it just went away. I looked at the list of "rare" or "unusual" side effects of Zoloft and I am or was having about eight of them (including those that I listed above), which the company and my doctors say is not possible, but I am living proof that it is possible.
I really do appreciate a forum like this where you can talk and compare and know that you are not alone.
Thank you again.
Jo
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