Hello everyone, so recently i've been expiercing very bad anxiety. i started zoloft 12.5mg about 2 months ago didn't work. So my doctor put me on 25mg about 2 weeks ago and it's still not working yet. I get so nervous everytime i leave my house I start sweating and feel very dizzy. I don't know how to control it. I constantly worry and think something is wrong. Everyday i try to go out and I still feel the same. Is this the zoloft making this worse? Because this recently started happening about a week ago. Will zoloft help me get over this when it actually works? Thank you all for the help
It could be a panic attack that you're experiencing when you sweat and get dizzy. It might be the Zoloft there's many bad reviews about it online. If you werent like that before taking it blame the medication tell your doctor to change it.
Good luck👍
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It made everything worse for me it makes your anxiety worse before better some people say I couldn't stick it out after 10 weeks came off
I tried it and unforrtunately made me worse. Get an appointment with dr to see about something suitable for you, there is plenty of choice though my dr said sertraline was the first choice for most. Be careful as they might just try to get you to take higher dosages, then it can make it worse again.
you should have been feeling better by now, so see someone who knows what they're doing like a fully qualified psychiatrist.
Happened to me too. Couldnt cope with the extra anxiety. Had to stop. Have you found something better?
Hi Jessice,
I'm sorry that you are having such a hard time. I have also just started Zoloft for anxiety. I believe that the minimum therapeutic dose is 50mg so although some people may respond to a lower dose than this, in the majority of cases it takes 50mg to really see an improvement. I am starting on 12.5mg and in a few days will step it up to 25mg. I'm going to see how I go and then probably step up to 50mg after a few weeks. The side effects of these type of medications can definitely make things worse for a few weeks. A number of years ago I took prozac and the first two weeks were the worst of my life! I was so bad I could barely function, but after two weeks they subsided and after four weeks I started to feel normal again! It's worth waiting at least a month after increasing your dosage to see whether it's going to have a positive effect. I know a month seems like a million years when you feel so bad but there are people on here who can help to support you through each day.
No I just suffer a can't face trying any other pill as the withdrawals scared me too
Hi same here. Medications only made me worse. Its good job you trying to push yourself and go out and you are not waiting for miracle pill. Ssri made my anxiety worse, even worse than it was before meds. So I stopped taking them. Anxiety is still here but so it was on meds. My doc told me that sometimes ssri can make anxiety worse. They better for depression. But diffirent ADs work with diffirent people. What works with one person might not work with you. Its individual.Only way is to find the right one for you. Speak to your doc about it. What about some CBT, meditation on youtube, mindfulness ? Ive found them very helpful 😗
I am interested in how you manage with your regime as imthinkmi am going the same way but you are far ahead of me.
i tried so many ssris and a tricyclic too. All made me worse that i wish i hadnt done that. Anyway, i am almost off mirtazapine now, feel less groggy but obviously still have the anxiety and depressed. I am using 2mg diaz to push through, dont increase it though. Do you think its possible to just live with the symptoms without ssris just using cbt and things like meditation techniques, in time will these help make us better? In the old days before anti deps people just got better given time. Its a challenge to wake up realising its still here, at least when asleep it goes away for a bit.
i try to go out every day, even just to buy food. Its a challenge to meet up with a friend but i force it. I find i cant go to hairdresser without a diazepam, even thats pushing it. It should be a joy.
if youre medication intolerant i suppose theres not much else can be done
Ive just watched programme about anxiety. It was interview with psychiatrist, he said he doesnt promote medications for anxiety as they dont help. They only masks symptoms. He said its a diffirent case when you suffer with depressiin tho. Medications are neccesary and CBT. I try to listen to meditations on youtube and od course take benzo when I need to. I only feel anxious when Im at work as it seems like my workplace triggers anxiety attacks. Im learning now how to manage it at work. Had panic attack at work last night. It was my first panic attack at work since may. Now im scared to go back there as I dont want to get another one. And pressure with money doesnt help as well . On medications I felt even worse as they hightened my anxiety and irrational thoughts. I felt on them like I was living in a dream. It was awful.