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Posted by TamaraJ on July 22, 2005, at 7:43:08
I started Zoloft about 3 weeks ago. It is not agreeing with me. Since being on it, I have experienced a worsening of depression and feel pissed off, angry and agitated all the time. YUK!! I can not take a chance that these things will not continue, so I am stopping the Zoloft.
My questions: Can I expect to experience withdrawal symptoms after only a short time on the drug? If I take 25mg of Nortriptyline for the time being, will this help ease any withdrawal symptoms I may experience?
Thanks.
Posted by SLS on July 22, 2005, at 9:23:32
In reply to Withdrawal after three weeks on Zoloft?, posted by TamaraJ on July 22, 2005, at 7:43:08
Hi Tamara.
> My questions: Can I expect to experience withdrawal symptoms after only a short time on the drug?
My *guess* is that taking an antidepressant for two weeks or more sets up for some withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation. I would first try to taper quickly just to see what happens.
> If I take 25mg of Nortriptyline for the time being, will this help ease any withdrawal symptoms I may experience?
Not necessarily. I continued on nortriptyine when I discontinued Effexor. I still had to taper the Effexor to avoid withdrawal symptoms. I used a flexible-dosing method, which works so well for me, that I wouldn't be able to tell for sure if the nortriptyline had acted as a buffer.
- Scott
Posted by TamaraJ on July 22, 2005, at 16:14:58
In reply to Re: Withdrawal after three weeks on Zoloft? » TamaraJ, posted by SLS on July 22, 2005, at 9:23:32
> Hi Scott.
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> My *guess* is that taking an antidepressant for two weeks or more sets up for some withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation. I would first try to taper quickly just to see what happens.
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-- That's what I have been doing - a very quick taper from 75mg, to 50mg for a couple of days to 25mg for a day or two. I am not sure that I can feel any worse stopping the drug completely at this point, but I guess time will tell. Even on the drug, I have absolutely energy, am feeling achy and fluish, and been sleeping up to 14 hours (sometimes more) a day, which is very unusual for me. Plus, I have absolutely no appetite (which tends to be bad for me, especially since I have struggled with iron deficiency for over a year) and constant thoughts of death. Who knows, perhaps whatever withdrawals I experience will seem like a picnic compared to those things LOL.> Not necessarily. I continued on nortriptyine when I discontinued Effexor. I still had to taper the Effexor to avoid withdrawal symptoms. I used a flexible-dosing method, which works so well for me, that I wouldn't be able to tell for sure if the nortriptyline had acted as a buffer.
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-- I will try the flexible-dosing method (perhaps every other day) if I run in to extreme problems.
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-- Oh, and to top it off, the pdoc that I have been seeing has now said that my raising for discussion potential treatment options as well as information I have found through my own research and through discussions with others, is not appropriate, and if I want to continue to do that then maybe I would be better off with someone else. ?!?!?!?! I guess I should have just been happy to have continued with Effexor and continued to suffer from side effects that were effecting the quality of my life and which resulted in my being put on Depo Provera and getting sicker than I had already been (which was what actually prompted me to start educating myself on meds, etc). Go figure. So, I don't know if I should try to find a new pdoc, give up on meds completely or just go in to see him and let him do the psychotherapy he wants which would be to focus on my childhood and my relationship with my parents (which for the life of me I can't figure out what has to do with what I have gone through in the past year) and just become a disinterested and inactive participant in one part of my treatment. Oh, and when I mentioned that I was also looking into EMDR therapy he did not respond too kindly. I guess the secret to my overcoming this depressive eposide lies in some mysterious (to me, at least) childhood event(s) and the lousy relationship I have with my parents (who, as a matter of fact, I see or speak to a few times a week).Sorry for the rant.
Tamara
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