i have been on Zoloft for 4 weeks now at 25 mg.
I find myself very foggy at times at of lately. During the start up period I did not feel like this.
I feel a lot of depersonalization.
My doctor has suggested I go up half a dose to 37.5.
I'm afraid to fogginess will get worse.
Anyone have some words of advice?
Anyone feel the fogginess on the drug?
I remember feeling foggy for about a week after starting Zoloft. I was started on it for post Partum depression. I was advised to take it at night due to the "sleepiness" factor. What time Of the day do you take it?
Hi if your suffering with anxiety that can make u feel like that, I'd give it a bit longer , xx
I on my 2nd week of 25mg sertraline and yes i too suffer with fogginess yesterday was a really good day for me but today i feel so drained but iam learning to take good days and enjoy them then just put up with the bad days hoping tomorrow will be a good day . i take meds at early evening find that help to calm my mind enough to sleep .
I've been taking it for 4 weeks now. I take it before bed.
I was told at 4 weeks it would have already settled into my system. I've taken Zoloft before but it was 2 years ago and I don't remember if it made me foggy
My 2nd week on Zoloft consisted of pure nausea not so much fogginess. Are you getting that as well?
Yes my appetite is minimal at present and a nausea feeling just wish it was a case of take the tablet no side effects and immediate results but thats not the case but i do know i feel better then i did so just hoping it continues to go that way ..
My doctor wants me to go up half a dose. I'm scared honestly. I'm afraid the fog will be worse than it is now. I still find myself anxious at times. Maybe the half dose higher will help me.
Hi,
I think it is still early days, and I cannot recall the exact way I felt when I started, I do remember ffeling out of sorts for a few weeks, it was about a month when I started to notice a postive effect kicking in, I didn't start as low as you though. I started on 50mg, the dose that most people take and get efficacy at is between 50mg and 100mg. I have also accidently come off from 150mg to zero for 5 days whilst away, and day 3 felt v nauseous and clammy in a morning, and had some stomach cramps. All this ok again when I got 100mg back in my system once back home, and resolved within 24 hrs ! ( always taper up and down !)
I've been on 50mg for 2 weeks then I started 100mg last Thursday , I wouldn't worry as the increase didn't make me have anymore symptoms, I've felt sick and more anxious but was like that on 50mg, I spoke to a pharmacist today who has said u need to give them at least 4 weeks to get in your system and upto 8 weeks to give them their full potential, I don't know what your suffering with , mine is panic attacks and anxiety and she said these are one of the best drugs for this
I suffer from panic disorder. The drug has worked in the past. I was stupid for listening to my doctor and coming off. I knew I wasn't ready. It's annoying having to start at square 1 again.
Aww poor u, the pharmacist told me I could stay on them the rest of my life if I needed to lol , won't do any harm xx
How long did u wait last time for them to work for your panic disorder, did u also have anxiety? X
I don't plan on ever coming off of them again lol. I don't remember how long before I felt better. It was over 2 years ago. I suffer from anxiety as well.
I stopped for a week and felt the withdrawal the beginning of the second week and automatically went back on.
I'm a little scared to increase. But I think I'm going to go ahead and do it. The worse things that can happen is my body doesn't do well but then I can just decrease again
Well that's good to hear they work as at the moment am on edge and anxious all the time!! Can't wait to feel relaxed lol, I'm even on edge at home!! Were u like that? Xx
hello, I was on zoloft for 16 years for my panic attacks, and after christmas a friend convinced me to wean off and see how I am wihohe crazy thing is I went from Dec-april and didnt have one panic attack, I belived I was free..ut May 3, my 1 st severe attack happened at work, and I immedialy started myself back on zoloft, I had bed rest for 1 week and suffered on and off huge attacks and now im onweek 3 on 100 mg, and last night I accidently tok another dose at bed time, and today I have been having severe attacks all day, so im skippingmy zoloft until tonight and being careful not to accidentl take any extra ever again, i feel that mistake caused more anxiety,,,I cat wait for this roller coaster ride to end and be anxiety free again, I need serotonin, I must be completly depleted, but i do know once thois in my system I am fully functionable agaian, and its so worth staying on it forever for me
Yes!!! I felt like my home was no longer my "safe place" I'm happy to say that today I did not experience as much fogginess so I'm very hopeful that my body just needs to finish adjusting. I also was not tired as I usually am. I usually take a nap after work. I didn't need one today.
Well that's good, I wish I was bk at work , I couldn't work at the min if I wanted to been off 6 months since I started with this so hopefully a few more weeks I will start feeling better ha xx