Help...very sick from Zoloft

if by getting better you mean having the medication out of your system then it'll only be a couple of days since the half life of Zoloft is about 1 day. so if you were only taking 6 mg, which is nothing then be the second day you'll only have 3 mg. but that's not even enough to get an effect.... the minimum therapeutic dose is 50 mg.

i take the brand Zoloft 50 mg for a number of years and i don't have any noticeable side effects other than i feel like I'm on something. meaning i feel different in a lot of ways.

but like you i don't like taking meds and i tend to think they all cause side effects. it's hard to tell what is real and is in our head sometime.

but I think Zoloft is generally well tolerated. i don't know about the generic version.

if you're able to exercise if you don't already that can help. usually a gym class makes excercising more enjoyable and it's somewhat more social.

Hi

i actually registered on the basis of Nathans reply to you as with all due respect i completely disagree with him

i am currently lying in bed as i have been for almost a week as i cannot move due to the side effects of sertraline, IT IS THE WORST i have ever felt !!! listed below the effects in no particular order as they are all horrendous:

NO appetite whatsoever

strange thoughts

no energy at all as in i cannot even wash myself

nausea all the time

detached cannot even cry though i feel like absolute crap sorry for swearing

i feel totally cheated and twice as bad as i felt before

if anyone could suggest a more reliable medication for bad anxiety panic depression and obsessive thoughts without this nightmare im having please help!!!

please also note i have been on these horrible things for 16 days and i think thats more than enough time for side effects to dissipate

i am not taking them anymore !!!

Sorry to hear you're feeling this way! I was on Sertraline for 7 weeks, I then had to stop because I had awful upset stomach and ringing in my ears. The first 3 weeks were the worst and I felt like you. Weeks 4 and 5 things were ok. Then weeks 6 and 7 I couldn't leave the house as I had to keep running for the loo! I felt like it was making me worse so I came off them. 2 days later my stomach was normal. The ringing has not gone yet but I'm hoping it will go soon.

We all react differently and although we do need to give the meds time to work you know your body and what you can tolerate. For me it wasn't worth the side effects. I may try another med, at the moment I feel too scared though!

Hi Heather :0) Ive decided to come off sertraline aswell Ive had really bad side effects these include severe chest pains - severe indigestion \ acid reflux - aches everywhere - shortness of breath maybe due to panic attacks which I rarely suffered with before - insomnia - no appetite tbh felt 100 times worse than I did before I guess some people cant tolerate them and Im one :0(

I was on 50 mg for 5 weeks - and side effects got worse not better from dry mouth - headaches to all the above and more - couldnt tolerate it any longer - been nearly 3 days now and still suffering wake up at night due to chest pains which then I think starts me panicking and end up hot and cant breathe not good. Also stomach and chest pains continue and flue like symptoms ( weakness - dizzy - breathless - dry mouth - headaches )

Im hoping they ease soon and I can get back to some sort of life as over the last 6 weeks its been hell :0( Some people have good results and Im pleased for them :0)

Hope you to feel better soon :0) All the best Mark