Day 2 on Zoloft

Posted by brosha1234 @brosha1234, Apr 25, 2024

I’m on day 2 taking 25 mg of Zoloft I’ve been taking it at 7:45 pm. My first day on it I had horrible diarrhea & headache. I just didn’t feel connected to my brain (really spacey) and I have absolutely no energy I just want to sleep. Do these symptoms get better or anyone experience something similar?

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@bethpeters4

I don't have severe depression but I've always had anxiety so thought I needed a pill since almost everyone I know is on something. Lexapro helped me also but I gained more weight on it, also, just with every medication, the dose will have to eventually increase throughout the years. Then another medication will prob be introduced. Where does that end? That's what scared me. After my traumatic experience in the last month with several different medications prescribed to me and me having adverse reactions, I don't want to run to a pill ever again. My anxiety was nothing compared to the reaction I just had to Zoloft. I've never had panic attacks, major heart palpations, high blood pressure, uncontrolled body jerking, inability to transition into sleep, numbness/tingling, body spasms, inability to walk like I did on Zoloft. I look back and realize that I can manage my anxiety in other ways and I refuse to be another victim/customer of the pharmaceutical companies. We need to take back the control and realize that we have the power to change our own mental health through exercise, nutrition, natural remedies, supplements and counseling. We also need a good support group around us, even if it's just a spouse or a close friend. I'm learning this more and more. The doctors will give you a pill and call it a day but you can give yourself way more than that.

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I totally agree – medications are just one tool in the toolbox and they have to be used properly to be an effective addition to whatever else we do to treat our anxiety. Exercise, supplements, healthy, diet, mindfulness, etc. are all aspects of a treatment plan that can’t be ignored. There is a place for medication as long as we are able to find the one that is the best fit, and that’s a process that can be painful. A lot depends on the patience and diagnostic skills of your doctor. I wish you well.

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@caseycare

I too was prescribed the lowest dose of Zoloft.25 mg. It presented me with terrible side effects. Terrible headaches, restless leg syndrome, diarrhea, clenching jaw so badly cause facial pain, blurry eyes, severe dizziness, felt so weird, serious shaking,
legs & hands. I stayed on it for 8 weeks and my body never adjusted.
I weaned myself off and it going on a full 2 weeks and i still feel anxious, weird, headaches, muscle pain, and grinding teeth & jaw pain.
The absolute worst medication ever. Im thankful I’m off it but
Still feel weird snd unlike myself.

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Are you better now? A week ago I took one dose and had unbearable extreme side effects. I still feel slightly off. Especially in the morning, the anxiety skyrockets.

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