2 wks Zoloft - Should I quit?

[Guest guest]

I am a 50 year old woman, married with two kids, working as a legal

secretary. I would describe myself as someone whose got a pretty

negative attitude most of the time, a critical person and one who has

never been happy and confident in life. I was horribly shy as a kid

and young adult and still today, I do not do well in social

situations. I consider myself a mild to moderately depressed person

a lot of the time.

I have always been curious as to whether medication would be the

answer, but have never taken anything. I asked my doctor about it

and he put me on Zoloft two weeks ago. I started the 1st week with

25 mg, and 50 the 2nd week. Today, I found your group and

explored some of the links mentioned on the group page. I am now

frightened by what I'm reading, and I'm thinking I should just quit

taking the Zoloft NOW before I end up with a horror story of my own.

What would you all recommend? And if you think I should stop, since

I've only been taking it for two weeks, am I likely to go through

that withdrawal??

Thanks so much,

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to our group. , we can't tell you what to do with your medicine.

That would be illegal, however, after everything i have been through with the

drugs they continue to call medicine, i wouldn't touch the stuff with a 10 foot

poll. I don't know how many times i have had to tell people that we DON'T have

concrete answers to help them. That they have now became their very own

experiment. That what they do from this point on (and you do get a lot of advice

over the internet, so you do have to be careful) could either help them or hurt

them. I have seen it personally. People desperately trying to get off these

drugs because of the problems they encountered and because of things they would

try they would get worse (i have seen some get better also), everyone is

different and what may work for one, may not work for the other. From what i

understand the longer you are on these drugs the more brain damage you may

encounter. There is no concrete answer on this other than the stories

you hear in places like this. There were probably food allergies and vitamin

deficiencies (and through my religious beliefs, i am now convinced that people

are walking in spiritual darkness as well) that caused your problem. Instead of

addressing these problems they mask them with their nasty little pills. It's

really an insanity to believe that your answer is in one pill a day. You have

heard the saying, " if it's to good to be true, it probably it is? " My personal

opinion is that these drugs apply in this category. , NEVER ABRUPTLY STOP

these medications. Most decrease at 10% increments. I would highly recommend Dr.

Ann 's Prozac or Pandora. I had a friend who stopped abruptly and she

suffered ( i didn't know she was on them until she was completly off) a great

deal, but she did it cold turkey and doesn't seem to be having problems. To this

day i don't think she realizes what she did and how dangerous it was. I know

enough about the stuff to know that this can be VERY

dangerous and really shouldn't be stopped that way.

Take care,

Connie in Dallas

" G. Ray " <maryray@...> wrote:

I am a 50 year old woman, married with two kids, working as a legal

secretary. I would describe myself as someone whose got a pretty

negative attitude most of the time, a critical person and one who has

never been happy and confident in life. I was horribly shy as a kid

and young adult and still today, I do not do well in social

situations. I consider myself a mild to moderately depressed person

a lot of the time.

I have always been curious as to whether medication would be the

answer, but have never taken anything. I asked my doctor about it

and he put me on Zoloft two weeks ago. I started the 1st week with

25 mg, and 50 the 2nd week. Today, I found your group and

explored some of the links mentioned on the group page. I am now

frightened by what I'm reading, and I'm thinking I should just quit

taking the Zoloft NOW before I end up with a horror story of my own.

What would you all recommend? And if you think I should stop, since

I've only been taking it for two weeks, am I likely to go through

that withdrawal??

Thanks so much,

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to our group. , we can't tell you what to do with your medicine.

That would be illegal, however, after everything i have been through with the

drugs they continue to call medicine, i wouldn't touch the stuff with a 10 foot

poll. I don't know how many times i have had to tell people that we DON'T have

concrete answers to help them. That they have now became their very own

experiment. That what they do from this point on (and you do get a lot of advice

over the internet, so you do have to be careful) could either help them or hurt

them. I have seen it personally. People desperately trying to get off these

drugs because of the problems they encountered and because of things they would

try they would get worse (i have seen some get better also), everyone is

different and what may work for one, may not work for the other. From what i

understand the longer you are on these drugs the more brain damage you may

encounter. There is no concrete answer on this other than the stories

you hear in places like this. There were probably food allergies and vitamin

deficiencies (and through my religious beliefs, i am now convinced that people

are walking in spiritual darkness as well) that caused your problem. Instead of

addressing these problems they mask them with their nasty little pills. It's

really an insanity to believe that your answer is in one pill a day. You have

heard the saying, " if it's to good to be true, it probably it is? " My personal

opinion is that these drugs apply in this category. , NEVER ABRUPTLY STOP

these medications. Most decrease at 10% increments. I would highly recommend Dr.

Ann 's Prozac or Pandora. I had a friend who stopped abruptly and she

suffered ( i didn't know she was on them until she was completly off) a great

deal, but she did it cold turkey and doesn't seem to be having problems. To this

day i don't think she realizes what she did and how dangerous it was. I know

enough about the stuff to know that this can be VERY

dangerous and really shouldn't be stopped that way.

Take care,

Connie in Dallas

" G. Ray " <maryray@...> wrote:

I am a 50 year old woman, married with two kids, working as a legal

secretary. I would describe myself as someone whose got a pretty

negative attitude most of the time, a critical person and one who has

never been happy and confident in life. I was horribly shy as a kid

and young adult and still today, I do not do well in social

situations. I consider myself a mild to moderately depressed person

a lot of the time.

I have always been curious as to whether medication would be the

answer, but have never taken anything. I asked my doctor about it

and he put me on Zoloft two weeks ago. I started the 1st week with

25 mg, and 50 the 2nd week. Today, I found your group and

explored some of the links mentioned on the group page. I am now

frightened by what I'm reading, and I'm thinking I should just quit

taking the Zoloft NOW before I end up with a horror story of my own.

What would you all recommend? And if you think I should stop, since

I've only been taking it for two weeks, am I likely to go through

that withdrawal??

Thanks so much,

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