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I read the thread aboout Trazadone and just was thinking of my sisters who are on Zoloft for anxiety and depression. They have been on this med for 7 and the other sister 10 years.

Just to show you how dangerous this stuff is ,if they try to cut down slowly and stop the meds they get extremely depressed and suicidal.
So now they are on this med forever.
They werent told this before they started taking it.

Anyone on Zoloft here with this experience.

Ditto with Serepax, experienced for 8 years now, have had to slowly increase the dose, doesn't seem to have the same effect after a while, have tried to come off, major depression!!!!!! I think they are all the same, nobody warned me either, but I really did need them at the time, so I think even if they had have warned me I would have taken them. Regards Janie. i was on zoloft a few years ago . i felt so bad taking them that i weened myself off them. i tried other antidepressants but ended up staying on a mild dose of cypramil. i am off them now but when things get me down or go wrong the depression rears its ugly head again.

My mother was on zoloft and she did not do well on it. I am taking Celexa, began due to the fibro and was having depression problems while going to college, working 2 part time jobs and raising 2 children as a single parent. What a time that was! The Celexa has been the ideal prescription for me.

jode

HI there , I had to respond. I guess everyone responds differently to any medication. I myself suffer from anxiety and depression and insomnia, if not treated. I tried many medications, and either got poor results, and/or nasty side affects. However for me, Zoloft, has been wonderful. No side affects, works, and when I wean off for a "holiday" every couple years, no problem, other than slowly after a couple of months, I remember why I started taking it. Again, everyone responds differently, just didn't want this Med to get a bad wrap, as it has helped so many people.

I was on Zoloft for quite a while, too. My pain specialist has rx'd anti-depressants for several years for pain-related depression.

She didn't think the zoloft was working well enough, so about 6 months ago, I switched to Effexor.

I think any of them will lose their effectiveness after a while. Then they either have to have the dose adjusted or change to one of the others. Some of us just don't have a choice, unfortunately. I am just thankful I have a doctor who is sensitive to the problems of depression and keeps on top of my progress.

My husband is on zoloft but has not been told to stop it or cut down on it. He is still doing pretty well on it after being on it for a year.

If we ever have to stop or cut back on dosage I will know what to look for now. Thanks for the great info!

I too wanted to say that anti-depressants are very helpful for brain fog and
pain. My doctor urges all his RA patients to take them. I was amazed at how
much they helped pain issues.

Also, I am on several meds that I am sure I will be taking for the rest of my
life, whats another?

Though I gained weight on Zoloft. Bee

I have been weaning myself off my Lexapro for the last 5 weeks. I have stopped altogether for about 8 days. I'm still having the head spins that seem to be my worst side effect when stopping. I'm hoping that the next few days will gradually ease up on those and I will be off it completely for the first time in 5 years. I'm open to going back on if I have to, but I thought a break would be good and give me a chance to see how I am without it.

I'd just like to be down one med. I feel like a walking pill bottle. One less chemical would have to be good for my body.

Last year about this time I was switched from cymbalta to a new anti-depressant (can't even remember the name I was only on it for about a week). That is when I first knew something was very wrong with me. I had been achy on and off, and my ESR was elevated for 6 months before, but that week I was in excruciating pain in my feet, hands, knees and ankles.

I called the doctor who put me on the new anti depressant and asked her if it could cause all this pain, she said to stop them right away as I might be allergic to "blue". I went to my regular doctor and told her about the pain and she said I was getting old and gave me medicine for OA. (I was 45, last time I went to see her).

Long story short, I found out I had RA and the only good thing was that I was off anti-depressants. I felt very sorry for my family for a week or two. The pain from the RA, the electrical brain zaps from stopping the anti depressants, the mood swings. Going off of anti depressants is very difficult. I haven't gone back on an anti depressant for a year, but I have needed them off and on since I was in my 20's so I assume I will be on them again at sometime.

such is life

I know what you mean mary, those brain zaps (excellent description) are the worst

On one hand it is nice to reach the safety net cause your expenses drop drastically, on the other hand it means you are really chronically ill. Talk about 'six of one, half a dozen of the other'

Mary we have a government 'safety net' for medical expenses and prescriptions. Once you have spent approx ,000 for the family in dr visits, specialist visits, blood work, x-rays, etc the government pays 80% of your bills for the rest of the calendar year. As far as prescriptions, they are capped at about .00. Again, when you have spent approx ,000 for the family all your prescriptions are all .50 for the rest of the calendar year. I'm really looking forward to it because my daughter is due for an MRI in a week or so so that means I won't have to pay about 0 for it. I love our medical system.