BethU
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- 05/2008
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- Los Angeles
Hi, all ... I started on Zoloft a week ago for emotional lability. I don't have it very bad, but have had a couple embarrassing crying episodes (like at Kinko's when someone helped me with a FedEx problem, and I was so grateful I burst into tears thanking them!) Have not (yet) had any outbursts of laughter.
The side effects of the Zoloft are really troublesome. Bad tremors ... shaking hands ... shaking all over ... and absolutely no motivation or ambition at all. I just lie in bed all day completely apathetic. I take a couple naps a day, and make it to the computer for a while, then back to bed. It's like I'm completely flat-lined emotionally and psychologically. Haven't even been able to force myself to take a shower in three days! I can't make myself do anything.
Until I started Zoloft, I was in a really good state, emotionally and energy-wise, and getting a lot of things done. Now, I feel like a zombie.
Mentally, I'm really foggy, too. I'll go to the kitchen and just stand there staring into space for 5 or 10 minutes. Today, my feet and hands have become very puffy, which worries me, as I have heart disease, and if I start retaining fluids, I'm in big doo-doo.
My husband has been out of a medication he needs for two days, and I couldn't rouse myself to go to the drug store to get it for him. (He doesn't drive any more.) I finally forced myself to get it for him today, but I can't believe that I actually let him go two days without it just because I couldn't get motivated to get in the car and drive a few blocks.
I'm supposed to increase the Zoloft dosage every two weeks until I'm up to 4 pills a day, and I'm really worried about what a greater dose will do.
Has anybody had any experience with this? Is this a phase you go through until it kicks in, or is this what it's supposed to do? I don't want to live like this. This is not me at all.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
BethU
The side effects of the Zoloft are really troublesome. Bad tremors ... shaking hands ... shaking all over ... and absolutely no motivation or ambition at all. I just lie in bed all day completely apathetic. I take a couple naps a day, and make it to the computer for a while, then back to bed. It's like I'm completely flat-lined emotionally and psychologically. Haven't even been able to force myself to take a shower in three days! I can't make myself do anything.
Until I started Zoloft, I was in a really good state, emotionally and energy-wise, and getting a lot of things done. Now, I feel like a zombie.
Mentally, I'm really foggy, too. I'll go to the kitchen and just stand there staring into space for 5 or 10 minutes. Today, my feet and hands have become very puffy, which worries me, as I have heart disease, and if I start retaining fluids, I'm in big doo-doo.
My husband has been out of a medication he needs for two days, and I couldn't rouse myself to go to the drug store to get it for him. (He doesn't drive any more.) I finally forced myself to get it for him today, but I can't believe that I actually let him go two days without it just because I couldn't get motivated to get in the car and drive a few blocks.
I'm supposed to increase the Zoloft dosage every two weeks until I'm up to 4 pills a day, and I'm really worried about what a greater dose will do.
Has anybody had any experience with this? Is this a phase you go through until it kicks in, or is this what it's supposed to do? I don't want to live like this. This is not me at all.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
BethU