Zoloft

[delicate_flower]

Is it a good idea just to stop taking Zoloft? My doctor prescribed it for me and I've been taking it for a few months. She recently increased my medication to 100 mg and well, I'm tired of taking it. It doesn't help much, all it does is make me feel numb to all emotion... What will happen if I just stop taking it?

 

[goldenviolet]

i know something about zoloft. my neighbor and my oldest son exsperianced this drug. what happened to them was doc started them out on small doses. every month going up. until finally they reached a dose that helped. docs just kept telling us to let it adjust to you, and we'll find the right dose.

i think you should listen to doc. my son took it through part of high school, then slowly was taken off. he's free of meds. my neighbor is a nurse and she still takes meds.
hang in there.

meds can be annoying while your body adjusts.
pray about it. make sure you tell doc all your feelings about it

 

[catlover]

Is it a good idea just to stop taking Zoloft? My doctor prescribed it for me and I've been taking it for a few months. She recently increased my medication to 100 mg and well, I'm tired of taking it. It doesn't help much, all it does is make me feel numb to all emotion... What will happen if I just stop taking it?

NEVER go off meds cold turkey. Tell your doctor in no uncertain terms you want off your medication. If your doctor won't listen to you, find one that will.

Have a doctor wean you off your meds.

 

[Saysimba]

Is it a good idea just to stop taking Zoloft? My doctor prescribed it for me and I've been taking it for a few months. She recently increased my medication to 100 mg and well, I'm tired of taking it. It doesn't help much, all it does is make me feel numb to all emotion... What will happen if I just stop taking it?

Most likely, unless you have subscribed to a behavior modification plan, you will cycle back through the depression that you experienced before.

I suggest you talk with you doctor first. You can stop taking it, but only if you have made a concerted effort to replace some behaviors in your life that promote more positive outcomes that will take the place of the what the Zoloft itself might help to do. Such as going to the gym, getting out with new friends, volunteering, changes environment, anything that gives you a more positive outlook on the life you lead.

And pray....go to a bible study group or support group once a week...anywhere you can learn from others who are going through the same thing.

 

[Frangible]

Most likely, unless you have subscribed to a behavior modification plan, you will cycle back through the depression that you experienced before.

I suggest you talk with you doctor first. You can stop taking it, but only if you have made a concerted effort to replace some behaviors in your life that promote more positive outcomes that will take the place of the what the Zoloft itself might help to do. Such as going to the gym, getting out with new friends, volunteering, changes environment, anything that gives you a more positive outlook on the life you lead.

And pray....go to a bible study group or support group once a week...anywhere you can learn from others who are going through the same thing.

QFT. It's not something that would be pleasant to quit cold turkey. and Saysimba brings up an excellent point about changing the underlying environmental and social factors reinforcing the depression.

 

[catlover]

Most likely, unless you have subscribed to a behavior modification plan, you will cycle back through the depression that you experienced before.

I suggest you talk with you doctor first. You can stop taking it, but only if you have made a concerted effort to replace some behaviors in your life that promote more positive outcomes that will take the place of the what the Zoloft itself might help to do. Such as going to the gym, getting out with new friends, volunteering, changes environment, anything that gives you a more positive outlook on the life you lead.

And pray....go to a bible study group or support group once a week...anywhere you can learn from others who are going through the same thing.

If someone is has clinical depression going to the gym and volunteering isn't going to do a hill of beans.

 

[catlover]

QFT. It's not something that would be pleasant to quit cold turkey. and Saysimba brings up an excellent point about changing the underlying environmental and social factors reinforcing the depression.

People can go to the gym and volunteer and still be depressed. It's called mental illness for a reason. Would people tell a person with cancer to go to the gym to treat it?


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