I just want to know if there's anyone else in the same boat

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I've been on Zoloft for 8 days now(today is my 8th day 9/15) and last night I was trying to sleep but I felt super scared and shortness of breath and I wasn't to tired and I started panicking around 1am and I ended up calling my girlfriend and talking to her and she helped calm me down then I made food ate some of it and felt tired and went to bed and had a problem in the beginning but eventually fell back asleep, I've never been to the break of tears while panicking and that scared me so is that what I should expect?

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    I believe it might just be that the zoloft is not working. because i know it does take a few weeks to kick in. Today is my 5th day taking 50mg of zoloft and i still feel so anxious and a lot of anxiety today.  My stomach even hurts and i can't eat. Anxiety does a lot to our bodies. You probably just had a panic attack

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    Yes, it's a side effect to the medication. I've been on  zoloft(25mg first 5 days then 50mg ) for 18days now and the first week I felt extremely panicky. My heart would "drop" for no reason, paranoia would kick in and I'd start getting super anxious and have mini attacks. 

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      I have another question so whenever I close my eyes it's like little white dots are just having a party so I don't know if I should be worried about that

  • Posted

    Hi.

    It is a side effect from the medication, I suffered really bad when I was first put on this about 3/4 months ago. 

    The Dr's did explain to me that all the anxiety feelings can be heightened until your body gets used to the medication.

    Hope you feel better soon.

    • Posted

      Thank you so much, I'm on 50mg and I've felt really good the past 3 days then last night I had that major panic attack and I've never had a really bad one to have me in tears so I'm just trying to see if anyone else has felt that

    • Posted

      You're more than welcome.

      I have good and bad days. I'll wake up feeling ok, and get on with the day. And other days, I just feel awful. 

      Racing heart, feeling sick, dizziness

      You just have to cope with it, it does get a lot better once your body has adjusted to it. 

      You're not alone. 

  • Posted

    Is your question about being tearful? If it ibreaking into tears is a healthy response to anxiety, it's a therapeutic abd natural way of releasing our emotions. 

    The zoloft needs time to work also, you should start to feel the benefits kicking in around 4-5 week mark so sit tight and have a good cry if that's what your emotions want to do. Neil 

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    Hey! I just wanted to let you know that I started out on 25mg--and I felt the same symptoms when trying to go to bed. They went away after the first 2 weeks for me. Don't give up! :-)

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