Zoloft half life
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Benzos like Xanax are usually prescribed short term on as needed basis...Xanax has a fairly short half life and can become addictive if used on a regular basis for a long period of time in my opinion. However, I have used it in the past (short term) and followed my doctor's instructions.
I have been on and off Zoloft for years and it has worked well for me.
Xanax is a benzodiazepine with a relatively short half-life so I would be very be careful about being addicted. It works wonders for short term but addiction is easy with benzodiazepine kind of drug and it's extremely hard to get off once addicted. I'm currently on diazepam and I'm addicted but I don't want to stop now since it's the only thing that takes care of my muscle spasms and calming me down without any side effect since I'm now extremely tolerant.
Hi, I've been on Zoloft for 15yrs (50mg) for debilitating anxiety. Zoloft gave me my life back (also did a lot of CBT). I have still had panic attacks on Zoloft (but rarely) and usually I have triggered it by having too much alcohol followed by little sleep - a lethal combination for me. Overall Zoloft has been a Godsend and the only issue I've had is a lack of libido. After in depth discussions with my Dr's I had accepted that Zoloft was part of my life and that was ok.
I have been on zoloft and perfectly stable for 18 months. It really changed my life my anxiety was almost non existent and depression was literally absent. But over the past month or so I find myself getting depressed, procrastinating and becoming disinterested with my schoolwork. Not wanting to get out of bed and go to work. Wanting to stay up all night and sleep all day. Just going through the motions and not having that same zest for life i used to have.
I was prescribed Sertraline (Zoloft) by my doctor. I was told to take half a pill, 25mg. This was a couple months ago. I haven't started taking it yet because I am taking an anti-arrhythmia drug called Pacerone (Amiodarone). I've had two doctors tell me that such a small dose of Zoloft won't interact with Amiodarone. But my other big worry is if it will make my anxiety and panic worse. I've read many posts here where people tried Zoloft and had to stop because it made them worse.
I have been on zoloft and perfectly stable for 18 months. It really changed my life my anxiety was almost non existent and depression was literally absent. But over the past month or so I find myself getting depressed, procrastinating and becoming disinterested with my schoolwork. Not wanting to get out of bed and go to work. Wanting to stay up all night and sleep all day. Just going through the motions and not having that same zest for life i used to have.
Started taking Zoloft like 2 weeks ago. Isn't really helping my depression so the doctor is going to switch me to Lexapro. Anyway, today, I have noticed a lot of physical symptoms: I CANNOT concentrate for the life of me, really groggy feeling, feel like I am going to throw up. Since I started taking it, my boyfriend finds me to be impossible to deal with (I turn everything into an argument, I twist everything he says around, etc.).
Even though you may not meet the three (3) month time frame, be aware that Zoloft has a half-life of about one day. That means that for every day that passes without taking the medication the level in the blood falls by 50%. After one day the level is reduced to 50% of the original level, after two days to 25%, after three days to 12.5%, and so on.
So, after discontinuing the medication for about a week, it would not show up in a blood creen, even if they were testing for it.
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.
Zoloft, like other SSRI's, often makes anxiety worse before it gets better. Sometimes a doctor will prescribe something like Klonopin (which is basically a longer-lasting benzo like Ativan or Xanax) to take along with the SSRI for the first 2-3 weeks to help keep those temporary negative side effects at bay, then wean the patient off of them about the time the SSRI benefits kick in. Also, it is often recommended to "start low, go slow" with an SSRI.
I started zoloft two anda half weeks ago. I started to feel ok for one or two days but I feel like I crashed. Feel severely fatigued. If zoloft works won't I feel better on a consistent basis or is that how it kicks in, you feel ok and then feel bad. The day that I felt the best I couldn't get to sleep that night that triggered I think the fatigue. How will I know if it is working?
I am a stay at home mom of three children. I have been taking Zoloft for 11 years at 100 mg. I have so much going on in my life now and feel absolutely out of control. I had tried to decrease the zoloft a couple of months ago and had severe diziness and anxiety was back. I am so scared to increase to decrease the anxiety I'm having. Does anyone suggest a great anxiety medication that weening off of zoloft wont make me crazy! This whold anxiety thing is so hard to deal with.
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