My experiance with zoloft medication!!!
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hello everyone,
?just wanted to express my experience I have had with Zoloft , to give you guys my advice if you looking for answers.
? I think if you can handle the anxiety without medication than do so. whatever it takes to get better for yourself. For me I have never believe in medication because I never experience it that bad until about 2013 when I was 28. my mom side of the family has mental illness from depression ,anxiety, bipolar and schziphrinic . I think that's what made me go through severe anxiety. my life was perfect I was attending church and had doing really good in my life. Until one day I started getting werid thoughts in my head I didn't know where they were coming from and I would freak out!!! my mind was messed up I started losing weight I couldn't eat or focus on anything . It was really scary to were I would think of knives and I would think that I was going to grab one and kill someone. Or on time I started thinking to kill my daughter. it really really freaked me out because I know I would never do that to her. all day in my head I would cuss people out in my head like I had no control over it. I was even scared to shower!!! I was mentally sick andi tried everything in my power to get better but nothing helped. So my mom told me to get meds I figured with or without it I'm feeling bad so why not try!!!!
?So the doctor put me on zolof I started from low dose to up tp 100mg and each time I went up it made me feel bad. I had all the side effects to it. dry mouth werid feelings, tense neck etc. but after 6months I started to feel great all side effects went away and I felt normal again !!!! one think I did and I regret was stopping comptely . when you are on meds you shouldn't stop you should wing off. I didn't. so for about 8months I was feeling great without it. Than all of a sudden it hit me all over again and I felt like I was starting to square one!!! this time around it was worse!!!!! I had to start the meds again and it was horriable very very bad for me . I lost weight, I had werid feelings and thoughts of suicide. I think I didn't start on a low dose first this time. I had a new doc so I was on 50mg to 25mg to 50mg for about 8 months and it was bad I don't know why I don't do things right!! now almost two years later I'm starting to be ok now but it was a long slow slow process!!!this medication is very slow and it will get worse before it gets better. If your on it stay on it! With the right doctors,thereapy and support from family and friends and the lord by my side I got pass it!!! Its such a struggle suffering but in the long run it will help!!! I pray for everyone on here to hold on and stay strong!!! your not alone stay strong!!!
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Celia9050 sarah_62089
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Sarah;
I too would prefer to treat my anxiety and depression without meds but I am unable to. I had my first panic attack when I was 19. My mom and grandmother had anxiety problems. I believe Zolift is prescribed more for depression as it is an antidepressant. Going on any antidepressant for me at least is horrific because you usually feel worse than better in the beginning and you have no choice but to stick it out. My anxiety is off the roof when I first go on one. Thankfully doctors and scientists are working on an antidepressant without these side effects and are close to having one approved by the FDA. If they can come up with a drug like Viagra, they should be able to come up with one for the millions of people suffering from mental illness. There are just not enough resources for people with mental illness. We are misunderstood and there is still a stigma attached to it I believe. It is an illness like diabetes for example but only of the mind. We should not be looked at as crazy but as people with an illness. We are still in the dark ages when it comes to thinking about mental illness and can not talk about it openly except with each other. I can't even talk to my family about it. They just tell me to get over it and relax. Ya, walk a mile in my shoes and see how it feels!