are there any side effects when you stop taking zoloft (depression medication)?
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Yes there are side effects, your mother needs to get back on her Zoloft right away! Zoloft is in a class of anti-depressants knows as SSRIs, Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, (a chemical vital to the transmission of signals between neurons in the brain) This class of drug helps to moderate mood by keeping more Serotonin available to do work. If you take the drug away all of a sudden, the brain chemistry can't respond fast enough, and the depression will be worse than it ever was before the drug therapy began.
The normal way to back off is to skip one dose the first week, two doses the second week, and so on, so it takes six weeks to quit it completely.
Now, THIS IS IMPORTANT!
1.) Have your mother explain her insurance situation to her doctor. Every doctor I know receives tons of free samples from the drug companies, and stockpile them so they can give them away to people like your mother.
2.) All drug companies have programs to provide free and low cost drugs to people who can't afford them. Her doctor's staff can help her with the paperwork.
3.) The FDA just approved Generic Zoloft!
Best of luck, to both of you.
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Its all in her head
This medication should be reduced slowly and not stopped immediately.
It is not considered to be dangerous to stop all at once. Dizziness is the most common effect of abrupt withdrawal .
I went for 4 days without my medication-Paxil due to some problems with my prescription. I was feeling great but around the 3rd day I awoke very dizzy, I was light headed all day, as well as nauseous. The next day I finally got my pills, took them, and woke up the next day as fine as ever. So, I think it can possibly be side effects, withdrawal symptoms.
The night I was sick, I prayed (dont know if your religious at all) but it helped me a lot.
Good luck!
Yes, this can lead to side effects of zoloft. As you know it is an SSRI. She might be experiencing the symptoms due to abrupt discontinuation of the drug. For example irritability, agitation, dizziness, anxiety, confusion, headache, lethargy, insomnia, hypomania. It is recommended that patients should be monitored when they stop using this drug. I am assuming that she is taking it once daily either in the morning or evening. Your mother should reduce the dosage of the drug slowly. For example, if she is taking 150mg (as you said) cut the tablet in half and have her take half of it once a day. But if she is still experiencing "withdrawal" then it's recommended that they resume the same dosage as soon as possible. I'm sorry to hear your mom has lost her health coverage. Check to see if there are some kind of charitable establishments around your area that can help her to get back on her medication. Good luck - Try to get samples from Doctors while gradually reducing dependance on the drug.
-St. John's Wort is 'supposed' to be an effective anti-depressant. No harm in trying some.
-Try Yoga. Especially the meditative aspects and breathing (Pranayama) excersices
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