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Help with anxiety after quitting Zoloft?
I'm 18. Since I was 13, I was on Zoloft for generalized anxiety disorder and the depression that accompanied it. I was never a fan of being medicated, especially at such an early age, and I've recently quit. While on the medication, it worked for the most part with the side effects being a mean headache in the morning until 2 hours after I'd taken it and slight weight gain. I've been off the medicine for about a week and a half now and my anxiety symptoms are returning. I constantly feel tense and worrisome, etc. If someone doesn't text me back, I feel worried as if I did something wrong, I constantly analyze my relationships with my best friends and worry myself to death about the possibility of losing them, even though I know I've done nothing to upset them. When I woke up this morning, I just stared ahead for 30 minutes, not wanting to get out of bed and finally got on Y!A to ask for help with these feelings. Is there anything I can do to help myself without the use of medication?
ask your doctor as soon as possible :)
I thought you weren't supposed to quite those meds cold turkey. You have been on them for five years. I was only on Lexapro for 8 mos. but was forced to quit cold turkey b/c otherwise I would have killed myself from the side effects. The depression and heaviness lasted for about 3 mos. but it was even longer before I felt "normal" again, like my old self. When I first stopped, I would jump right out of my seat if someone came up behind me. Please, please, talk to your doctor, b/c I think it's going to get worse. I am def. opposed to psych meds but people have to safely withdraw from them. In my case, it was too dangerous for me to continue taking them. I saw a therapist once per week for two years and that helped immensely. Good luck and I hope you can get off it safely.
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