34 year old mom of 2 little boys...This is the first time I am reaching out about whats I am going though. I started taking Zoloft 50 mg about 1 year ago because my Dr urged me to give it a try...if you don't like it, just stop taking it she told me...YEAH RIGHT! My severe depression was brought on by a pancake effect of many awful things happening all at once. Husband of 13 years leaving me for some young hoochie beotch with 7 kids from 7 dif guys... completely out of the blue, my mom going into full blown kidney failure (I am her caretaker) and a major financial crisis to boot. I can say that it worked GREAT at first, Aside from restlessness I had no other side effects, and It did *save* me at the time....But after things settled down and I felt I no longer needed the drug I tried 3 times unsuccessfully to ween myself off of them, each time the withdraws were so severe and life altering that I went right back...Well In the past 3 months I have gained 30lbs , no matter how little I eat or how much I work out I keep gaining, 3-5 lbs a week average now...I cannot wear ANY of my clothes even my shoes do not fit...I have NEVER had weight problems and am a Very active person and healthy eater, so I know this is the drugs effect, the sexual side effects are ridiculous (you all know what i mean). So I decided that THIS TIME was IT! I weened myself off VERY slowly and added in some herbal supplements recommended on another website, I am happy to say that I am almost 2 weeks now completely OFF Zoloft....It has been HELL, I mean 100% first class claw my eyes out hell. And now that the emotional craziness has stabilized a bit (I no longer lock myself in the bathroom to cry for a few hours every night) I am having a whole new barrage of withdrawals, headaches worse than any migraine I have ever had, this one has lasted 3 days straight, my mind races constantly, I cannot concentrate or complete a task, I have become so self conscious that a trip through walmart to buy groceries sends me into a panic attack. I am nauseated and tired and weak and cannot even go up a flight of stairs w/o feeling like I am gonna pass out...So tell me HOW much longer to I have to wait to feel even remotely normal again, It has been very hard to not go right back to the drugs, I keep telling myself every day will be better, but its not...cant go back to dr. for another month....ANY advice? PLEASE!?!
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first off, don't give up! 2 weeks is a long way to go when you feel like you depend on something (trust me i know) keep in mind (as I'm sure you are) your two boys, stay strong for them :) something that i think may help is a body flush just getting everything out of your system. its just like cleansing your insides. I'm not sure what one would be most beneficial for you so i suggest you go on google and search "easy body flushes" look as the first search result listed as "10 ways to detoxify your body| Gaiam Life" you don't have to buy anything there are all different kinds of body flushes. hopefully you give it a try! Also keep doing what your doing; reaching out for help. there are tons of people who have gone through similar things. I wish you the best of luck!
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