Recovery from Zoloft has been most unpleasant. I have felt that I had the flu. It has seemed that my mind is lost. Sometimes I just feel stupid. After twenty years Hello? I just never questioned that Zoloft was keeping me from suicide. Now I am old and want to live to be older. I have fun with my pets and my grandchildren. No rush to leave this life. Sometimes antidepressants may be warranted short term. I can only speak for myself. ZOLOFT may have saved me early on. Zoloft also stole a lot of my life. Early on nobody knew. The long term effects I mean. I weined off but was so sick. There are still symptoms with balance and emotions especially. At my Grandsons program I was reported as acting odd. Well, perhaps I am odd. Hello in there.
I was on Sertraline (zoloft) for 3 months it made my anxiety worse i became more aggressive and i weened down from 150 to 100mgs cut it cold turkey from 100mgs its been 7 days and so far. Day 5 I threatened to drive my car off a cliff, next day day 6 sent to hospital in ambulance because i was awake but appeared to sleeping and was having muscle tremors i could hear everything going on around me they held me at the hospital till i came too and released me. Today is the next day and i am feeling so dizzy and lots of brain zaps sometimes just trying to get my thoughts together is hard. I have been on street drugs for longer and have had less with drawl symptoms.
I was on Sertraline the generic of Zoloft for about a year and seeing a therapist for my anxiety and depression, it worked wonders but my therapist told me she didn’t think I needed it anymore and to talk to my doctor about weaning off of it. So that’s what I did and here I am a week later crying in bed because my body hurts so bad. My body aches like I have the flu, I have a constant headache, every time I move I’m dizzy (feels like maybe a little bit of vertigo), cramps, brain zaps about once a day. As for my mind, I can’t really tell because of how crappy I physically feel. I just know I’ve been really foggy and out of it but I’m hoping that will subside as well once all this stops. My advice is just to warn your friends and family and have a good support system! Even when I was crying off and on in pain on Christmas my husband was here for me. Best luck to all!