Zoloft and vertigo

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Will Zoloft cause any effects that would be similiar to Vertigo?

I recently was prescribed 25mg of zoloft for my bad anxiety. I have a huge phobia and anxiety about dizziness. I am constantly worried I will get dizzy and sometimes I do. Not true vertigo but weird dizziness when i move my head...but not BPPV. I experienced a bad doctors visit who told me I had acute labyrinthitis...

And if it wasn't than that was really weird because I've never had vertigo before. At any rate I won't be taking Zoloft again!

Im currently 30 weeks pregnant and my doctor suggested that I get off the zoloft and take wellbutrin. I took zoloft for panic attacks and anxiety never for depression. My doctor said it was my choice but I dont want to hurt my baby please can someone give me advice I feel horrible and cant stop crying and am feeling very nervous.

I have been taking only 25 mg of zoloft for about four years. My doctor prescribed it because of unending headaches. It really helped and I felt fairly well the whole time I've been taking it. However, in reading recently that permanent changes in the brain are showing up on people with longtime use of antidepressants (particularly serotonin reuptake inhibitors) I have decided to stop taking it. I realize now you must do this by a schedule.

Zoloft is considered a soft SSRI while Paxil is considered a potent SSRI. Zoloft is not linked with weight gain in the literature but everyone can react differently. Prozac is a good SSRI too with stimulating proprieties. Both drugs could have impact on your libido like most SSRIs. If I were you I would pick Zoloft and continue it with Wellbutrin (Wellbutrin is critical if you need your libido and energy like you said) like you doctor said, based on what you are seeking.

vertigo--same here--have you experienced any difference/funny feelings with your jaws first thing on mornings?

myself so much more in my CBT drills if I do not have vertigo. The vertigo is really the only thing that shuts me down cause when it's bad I can barely walk, let alone drive a car. In other words, I don't think I will need to be on an anti-anxiety med like Klonopin if my vertigo was non existent. And I'm guessing Phenegran is a better daily alternative to taking Klonopin or Ativan. If that vertigo is gone, I can work on so many more CBT drills. Any thoughts?

I recently weened off Zoloft at the end of June. Throughout the ween off process, I had typical side-effects. One of the side effects that I had was short-lived head jolts/shakes. My balance was off too. I recently started to do physical therapy for what I thought was vertigo. The balance is getting better, but the head shakes (which my physical therapist and my dr. said is not vertigo and not related to being off the medication) have gotten worse.

Vertigo is a SYMPTOM; it is NOT a diagnosis or a disease. It just means you're dizzy. Anxiety can definitely cause dizziness/vertigo. (Some people reserve the term "vertigo" for a spinning sensation, but the words "dizziness" and "vertigo" are generally used very loosely and often interchangeably. Don't worry about the definition. Just work with your doctor to get your anxiety under control.) Meclizine does NOT take a month to "start working.

I was recently successfully weened off Zoloft. The whole process took abou 3.5 months. The only side-effects that I have left are, brain shivers/slight vertigo and floaters in my eyes. I know small eye floaters are common in eyes. However, Throughout the ween off process, I noticed that were significantally more than usual. And there are more in the left than the right. Just wondering how long these add'l floaters will be there.

If you overlap paxil and zoloft for a week or so by lowering zoloft dose, you should not have any problem with either withdrawals or efficacy. Some doctors say you can just switch without overlapping, but I think overlapping is safer so ask your doctor to adjust zoloft accordingly.

And a psychiatrist said that while my main symptoms point toward something viral I am definitely experiencing anxiety and depression as well, and put me on Zoloft (50mg/day for a little over a week now). And, lastly, an ENT thinks all of this is derived from a sinus infection with atypical symptoms and prescribed me Biaxin, a *really* potent macrolide, for about four weeks now.

I had also gained about 30 pounds and realized that it was the Zoloft and I was not happy about that. So it took me exactly 80 days to taper off the Zoloft. I started by alternating 50mg days with 25mg days. About 7 days after I started that I had a really bad day with a few hours of intermittent anxiety, nausea, feeling sick like you want to stay in bed, my thoughts were racing, etc. No brain zaps though. And I never felt so bad that I couldnt go to work.

My doctor gave me Zoloft because i've had a pannick attack. After 2 days of Zoloft i could not stand the side effects. 24/7 Dizziness, shaking, heart palps, ... I took those 2 pills in february (2/2 and 2/3) I stopped using Zoloft so i took just 2 pills of 25mg Problem is that i'am still so dizzi i can't get out of bed . Could that Zoloft destroyed something in my brain? I don't know what to do. My doctor says its because i am affraid.

I am a 31y/o male. I have been taking Zoloft/100mg and Zyrtec 10mg daily for almost 10 years. It has kept my allergies and anxiety to a manageable level. Recently I have been having some health issues. I’ve been more tired than normal, getting headaches, unbalance feelings (vertigo), cloudy feeling, and feelings that my heart is racing too fast when I do anything more than walk. My doctors seem to think it could be one of the meds so we are trying to switch.

then last november, i suffered my first panic attack, went on ativan (4 mgs) and upped my prozac which made me super agressive. dumped the prozac and went on zoloft. ativan stopped the panic attacks, teeth pain, i felt GREAT (or at least totally anestithised). only problem? i am now an addict going through horrible withdrawl. in a month, i tapered down from 4 mgs a day to half a mg each night to help me sleep along with 50 mgs of elavil.

Hi, I feel it is the Vertigo which could lead to sleep disturbance as one may not get good sleep. Vertigo is lightheadedness, feeling of fainting, being unsteady, loss of balance, or vertigo - a feeling that you or the room is spinning or moving happens when you change the position of your head, usually not serious and either quickly resolve on their own or are easily treatable.

I have been on Zoloft for about 4 years. When I forget to take my dose in the morning I experience severe vertigo and/or a headache. Is this normal?

But 5 months ago, after another anxiety attack, I went to a walk-in clinic, got a prescription for 50mg of Zoloft, and begrudgingly began taking it. Over the summer, I realized pills simply weren't for me, as I just didn't feel like myself on Zoloft and wanted to go back to my natural, anxious self. (I also began questioning every feeling I had and analyzing whether or not it was due to the pills. "I feel tired today...is it my medicine? Why am I so angry? Why this, why that," etc.

What are the withdrawal symptoms of ZOloft? I'm a 27-year old female and have been taking Zoloft for chronic depression for a year and a half and decided not to take it anymore.... "I abruptly stopped 10 days ago and am starting to feel crazy. I'm light-headed, dizzy, disoriented, sleepy, irritable, and more emotional than usual. I'm having difficutly concentrating. Today I didn't feel "together" enough to drive my car.

History dates back to 12/01, at which time I developed an episode of IBS lasting for 17 days with a 15 lb weight loss. This was believed to be the result of an extremely difficult separation I as involved in. NuLev was prescribed, which was effective. In 01/03, I once again developed an episode of IBS lasting for 12 days. NuLev was again prescribed, and was effective in treating symptoms.

I also would like to add that I have tried a number of medications with no relief including Valium, Mcklezine, Diamox, Atenolol (caused my blood pressure to drop way too low), Prozac, Zoloft (I only used both of these for a short amount of time b/c Zoloft caused me to keep throwing up and Prozac just done nothing.

i still take ativan if i need it cause i do panic with the vertigo you guys think this could have been it all along and i worried myself to death my left ear has now cleared up but my right still hase fluid my dr said no more antibotics just let it drain down throat so how long can vertigo last i feel dizzy and feels like my head is shaking when now is this normal i do take 3 mclizine aday for vertigo doesnt seem to work seen new dr and she said i still have the fluid in both ears thats causing

June 30- Lyrical, Epival, Zoloft holding me in a safer place. More energy, more optimisim about life, no negative/self destructive thoughts, being productive gardening, interacting with family.

I experienced suicidal and homicidal ideations after taking an overdose on Serax. I was also taking Zoloft at the time (did not overdose on the Zoloft). I was extremely upset over something that happened at work and was trying to calm myself down by taking the Serax. One capsule didn't work, so I took another. By the time someone finally thought of taking the bottle of pills away from me I had ingested approximately 15 capsules of 15mg each.

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