How long for zoloft side effects to go away

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Avatar f tn Zoloft has a fairly long half-life of 26 hours. A half-life is the amount of time it will take your body to excrete 1/2 of the amount of Zoloft in your body. I really suck at math, so I'll leave that up to you. Bottom line though is that it's not going to take very long. Couple days at most. Hell, you only took a grand total of 75mg. Drink lots of water and understand that your anxiety about "withdrawing" from that tiny amount of Zoloft IS just that......anxiety.
Avatar f tn But they will be able to ease your mind about what normal side effects are, how long they should last and if you can continue to take your Ativan..............in other words, everything I've been unable to answer for you. Good luck. Try to relax............your anxiety, while totally understandable, is only making the situation worse. Don't hesitate to seek out the answers you need.
11638679 tn?1457985940 To make a long story short, i was diagnosed with GAD after 5 years of having it. It all happened after a stressful life event and me worrying about my health. I moved across the country and changed schools and thats when i developed very bad social anxiety. My doctor put me on zoloft and it helped my anxiety immensely, but it started making me feel very apathetic and i couldn't stand that feeling so i stopped taking it. After stopping the medication my anxiety was still alot better.
486038 tn?1300063367 I wrote all of this, not to scare you,but in hopes that you would be able to see that these medications can and do cause severe side effects and the reactions need to be taken very seriously!! If your body is reacting this way then there is a reason. Talk to your doctor and make sure he does something and doen't ignore it and say it is unheard of, the way my doctor did!!
Avatar m tn My 18 year old daughter spent the last 4 months weening off Pristiq and now feel she really needs something for depression and anxiety. So my question, how long to start feeling the effects of Zoloft? She is starting at 50 mg for a week then moving up to 100mg. Any information would be helpful.. I realize everyone is different, but would like to know some experiences.
Avatar m tn I tappered down from the normal 150 for 3 days, 75 for 3 days and 37.5 for 3 days. I really had no side effects outside of the miserable heads zaps. I have started 50 mg of Zoloft the day after stopping effexor. With my doctors permission she said it was ok to start the Zoloft right away. Is this normal. When will the effexor be gone for good {thank god} Will the zoloft help the effexor withdrawl symptoms?
612551 tn?1450022175 1) benefit, 2) decrease in side effects. Yes, I can search the web but look form the personal touch of a living patient telling of their experience.
Avatar f tn Hey, I'm not sweating heaps..I've just noticed it is more than I usually do.. but then again it has been humid here.. so who knows.. Argh..I'm supposed to be going up to 25mgs but its so hard to up it when I know there's a good chance my anxiety will increase! (I'm on @18mgs now) I can feel that these help me.. and my husband can notice a difference.. its just so scary for me..I've read some pretty horrific things that have happened to people when upping doses.. etc..
Avatar f tn ) Ahhhhh it is sooo nice to be able to sleep again and be on the correct ssri, no side effects and depression and anxiety gone too, hey thats for me. maybe not possible for everyone, but I wonder if they just tried 1 and stuck it out? I wonder why several psychiatrist's told me that if I felt more anxious to call them immediately, so they could switch to another? I wonder why it says in the Paxil literature that if it makes you more anxious to call the Doc immediately?
Avatar f tn I am sick of being sick, i hv taken xanax before cause of my anxiety. I just wondering how long it's side effects will gone? I am really sick of it, Headache, Dizziness, Extreme Fatigue, Dry Mouth,Lost of concentration, Insomnia, And a lot more, Please Help!!
Avatar f tn I hear paxil if very hard to go off. I would hope the zoloft will start to work after some time, it took me 6-8 weeks for it to work? Are you taking the med for depression? Did the Dr. give you anything for short term to help?
Avatar f tn Unfortunately after 12 plus years on Zoloft it pooped out on me a year ago... But once again it will take time for the side effects to go away stay positive!!
Avatar m tn Been taking Zoloft , but stopped after day 5 , coz I lost my sex drive and it's scary coz I'm not sure how long it will take to come back . Does it come back once Zoloft is out of the system ? But you guys reckon after only 5 days is it much damage ?
Avatar m tn A working dosage level often needs to be gradually worked up to so our bodies can adapt to such harsh chemicals, and interim side effects may go away as we adapt. Long term use may lead to a fresh side effect appearing at some point (so, those need to be watched out for). Meanwhile anxiety can create its own symptoms which can confuse matters in assessing a new med's impact and safety. May I message you with a selection of links to my recent posts about anxiety coping tips?
633284 tn?1271714418 I take zoloft 100mg started on half of a 25 mg I worked my self up ther are some side affects but they usually go away with in a few weeks, PLEASE dont give . I had blurry vision and dry eyes for the first 3 weeks and then it went away.
Avatar f tn Week 1 to 6: I went through all the side effects ie loose stool (sorry for the TMI), extremely heightened anxiety (worst from before I started Z, depression (suicidal thoughts), coffee jitters, insomnia, that drugged up feeling, night sweats, mood swings, mania., brain zaps, so basically the works. Week 6 to now: mood started stabalizing, depression started lifting, SE's slowly went away bit by bit, each day.
Avatar f tn Well my old Dr put me on Zoloft and it made me very sick then I went from Zoloft to welburtrin then to buspar then to Effexor... now pristig. This is the only one that hasn't made me sick to my stomach so im hoping it works!!
Avatar f tn I took about 4 days for the Zoloft side-effects to go away, in my case. My only side-effects were EXTREME hyperactivity (which lead to lack of sleep) and a slightly diminished appetite.
Avatar m tn My partner has been taking Wellbutrin with an AP (Respirodone) and a medication to mitigate the side-effects of the Wellbutrin. Recently, though, her psychiatrist added Zoloft to the mix and increased her dosage of Wellbutrin by 150mg. Since this happened, her vision has been steadily getting worse.
Avatar f tn ago along with as needed Clonazepam for breakthrough. I was up to 150 mg. of Zoloft. This worked great for me for all of these yrs. but recently started having more panic attacks. Went to my regular Dr., and she took me off Zoloft immediately and put me on Fluoxetine 20 mg. X 1 week and then bumped me to 40 mg. I experiended severe nausea and no appetite. 6 weeks later, I still have nausea from the Fluoxetine.
Avatar f tn I see why you did that, as you were apparently treating withdrawal problems, but start up side effects are pretty common. Some of these go away as your body gets used to the drug and some don't, and it's a very individual thing. But it isn't anything particularly attached to just these two drugs, it's all of them. Even aspirin eats the lining of the stomach. So these might go away with time and they might not. Only time will say.
Avatar f tn I know people on it who are doing very well and I know people who have been on zoloft and switched to lexapro but had to go back to zoloft. I am also going through menopause. My started going to a new dr. and he said he would like me to go on lexapro and told me how to start to wean off of zoloft. The fears are have are, I'm scared lexapro causes high blood pressure, weight gain, and I'm scared its not going to work as well as the zoloft.
Avatar f tn I have switched from zoloft to celexa and I feel like I'm losing my mind. I'm having moments of happiness that scare me. How dumb is that?
Avatar m tn Thanks for the answer, maybe I will go back and speak to them. For me it just seemed/seems like a catch 22. I know it is not exactly a weakness but it feels like one, and for some reason I just feel like I am lying to people about who I am by taking these. Tried a counselor before, all I did was focus on it and worry more until the next visit. I guess at some point the worry just isn't worth it.
Avatar n tn However the tremors are still there as well as extreme sweating, and muscle tightness. (I have been on this dose for approximately 2 weeks.
Avatar f tn It does take about six weeks usually for a drug to fully take effect, but the side effects start right away, and some go away, some don't. Can't generalize there either. But there's another problem in the way you did this. Though you slowly tapered off the Lexapro, you started the Zoloft while you were still on Lexapro.
Avatar f tn I've been taking Zoloft for yrs.When I first started it ,I had lots of side effects,but hung in there.It took about 8 to 12 weeks for me to start feeling better. Some people feel better sooner than that though.Everyone is different.