Re: Re: DEALING WITH DEPRESSION TODAY\To Z.

October 30, 2007

I am rarely out of Zoloft. I have learned with this line of drugs that I cannot

discontinue them completely though. It sends me into orbit. I have a fibro

flare from hell, cant hardly put sentences together, hurt severely all over and

the fog gets really bad to where I can hardly put any thoughts together. This

would start if I was of it for about a week. It would progressively get worse.

I never skip a dose for more than 1 day. I miss one sometimes. It really

gets me after a few days though. Almost like withdrawal symptoms.

thanks

Debra

Zimmy wrote:

> Annie I know what you mean. I was actually out of Zoloft for about

> 2 days. I did not realize it really helped much. But I guess it

> does help because I was getting so depressed. I started taking it

> again and feel somewhat better. OK... not happy.... but much better.

I don't know about Zoloft, but I know that Prozac has a long half-

life. I had the bright idea in August to decrease the amount that I

was taking by 1/4. Two weeks later I was dragging around with my

nose in the carpet. I went back up, and it took another two weeks to

get to feeling back to where I was before my bright idea.

It might be worth looking into how quickly Zoloft bloodstream levels

are depleted. You can then predict when, if you run out, you'll be

feeling awful and plan accordingly. It really does make a difference

to realize that this isn't depression out of the blue, but the result

of a dip in the level of medication in your bloodstream. You can

kind of go " Oh, it's just a dip in the Zoloft level " , and just wait

it out.

Z (if none of this made sense, well, *I* know what I mean! ;D)

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