A turkey coming off Zoloft cold turkey.

Hey friends,

I'm 30 years old and have been on anti-depressents for 15 years. It started with prozac, moved to paxil, and for the last five years it has been zoloft/with a combination of clonazapam. Being on pills this long, I have obviously gained a lot of weight; I was/am 100 pounds give or take over a good wieght. Anyway, for the last three months I have gone on a vegan diet, and I have lost 30 pounds. I feel better than what I have felt like in a very long time: energy wise and mentally as well. I have been completely off of clonazapam for three weeks, and I decided to let my perscription of zoloft run out. It has been 5 days of being off of this bs pill...I feel like the 'fever' has broken but this morning I felt that old anxiety seeping in a bit. So, I took some clonazapm that I had left over and I am feeling a bit better.

These last few days have been wild. Its been a brain zap buffett; light headed balloon show; fatigue like I have never ever felt - - literally one day I went to bed at 7 pm and slept until 10 am, got up for a few hours and then went to bed until 5 pm like I have never slept before. I am thankful that I had this week off of work for sure. I can sense my normal self coming in through the withdrawal cracks, but this process is just ridiculous. I can understand how pills can help you, but getting off of them causes worse symptoms than the reason you got put on these pills in the first place.

I just needed to write about this...I feel a bit better for doing so. I am glad there are more of us than I thought.