Re: anti-depressants

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i felt numb too...and sex? hahaha!!! i came off the prozac 2 years ago

almost to the day. i also started using a cpap machine to help me sleep and

that did wonders!! i hated the way i felt, i hated the way i lived, i hated

the way i looked. that is why i had surgery. (this is when i was coming

off the prozac) i was suicial and continued to be while i was on the pills

till i was on such high doses it wasnt really healthey for me to be on them.

i am starting to have problems again now but am trying to deal with them

myself. we will see.

your input was great. thanks.

julie

anti-depressants

I have been taking Zoloft for depression for about 5 years.

I want to wean off of it and see how I do on my own, now that I am

6 mos. post-WLS and 80# lighter. I really don't want to depend

on the meds for the rest of my life.

We are going to try for our first baby soon. I know the Zoloft

is " safe " to take during pregnancy, but I really feel that it is

time to try life without the anti-depressant haze.

I am a little tired of the emotional " numbness " that I feel from

the Zoloft (a cousin drug to Prozac). I don't feel the " lows "

that I used to have, but the " highs " in life are duller, too.

Also, does anyone else on anti-d's feel that it diminishes your

libido? Now that we are " practicing " on a regular basis, I don't

want our sex-life to feel like a chore. I have struggled with

poor sex-drive since I started the Zoloft. It has even caused some

tension in my marriage. I really want to feel " normal " again, if

there is such a thing!

I have had some counseling, and I think I am ready to stand

on my own two feet again. What do you think. . .anyone?

Children are a reward from the Lord.

Psalm 127:3

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Go for it! The worst that can happen is you go back on and the best you find

you don't need it anymore. I went off Prozac and found I like life better

without it. I do take one 20 mg tab every other day just before my period

average 1 tab per month. Some months I don't feel I need it and some months I

take three TBS over six days. It did effect my sex life while I was on it but

mine was the opposite of yours, I wanted to have sex more often. Good luck to

you. I hope I helped out with info.

Thereasa

Tharms6089@...

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Michele,

I read your e-mail and I am too hoping for a spring baby. I will keep you

posted. My two children that I already have both came at 8 months so I am

factoring this in too.

Good luck to you. PS I love reading your postings we seem to have a lot in

common.

Thereasa

Tharms6089@...

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,

I have definitely felt a difference in my libido. I enjoy it after I get

into it, but I can't remember the last time I had an orgasm.

Benita

.J.Finch@... wrote:

> I have been taking Zoloft for depression for about 5 years.

> I want to wean off of it and see how I do on my own, now that I am

> 6 mos. post-WLS and 80# lighter. I really don't want to depend

> on the meds for the rest of my life.

> We are going to try for our first baby soon. I know the Zoloft

> is " safe " to take during pregnancy, but I really feel that it is

> time to try life without the anti-depressant haze.

> I am a little tired of the emotional " numbness " that I feel from

> the Zoloft (a cousin drug to Prozac). I don't feel the " lows "

> that I used to have, but the " highs " in life are duller, too.

> Also, does anyone else on anti-d's feel that it diminishes your

> libido? Now that we are " practicing " on a regular basis, I don't

> want our sex-life to feel like a chore. I have struggled with

> poor sex-drive since I started the Zoloft. It has even caused some

> tension in my marriage. I really want to feel " normal " again, if

> there is such a thing!

> I have had some counseling, and I think I am ready to stand

> on my own two feet again. What do you think. . .anyone?

>

>

> Children are a reward from the Lord.

> Psalm 127:3