entermyname
- Date posted
- 2y
Updateee love onesss
I am feeling very calm I am on zoloft almost 2 months and I think that it works..my muscle are little tired but I don't care Do you think that I will se a bigger improvement?
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 2y
Oh, yeah. I am pretty sure you will. But at high dosages, 200mg or more. All the best.
entermynameentermyname
- Date posted
- 2y
I am at 150mg..though can I ask you? Should I be worry if I feel my muscles very tired when I lay down but wheni walk not?
entermynameentermyname
- Date posted
- 2y
Also I have an weird feeling in my tongue that comes and goes(I am smoking)and I am scared that zoloft cause this..I don't want to stop the med I feel way more calm,sorry if I bother you
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 2y
You are not bothering me at all. I am here for you. There are a lot of strange things going on when one is on Zoloft. I have not taken any other medicine, so I can only speak for Zoloft. The feeling in your tongue surely sounds like one of Zoloft's interesting features. Since you are a smoker, it might be wise to ask your GP or even psychiatrist to have a look at your tongue Just so that you won't worry anymore about that. If it comes with Zoloft for ocd, and it sounds just like it, you don't need to worry. You just have to be prepared for that and kind of accept it until it goes away on its own one day. I developed a hard case of skin picking. My face looked like I came out of an explosion. But I found out, that diabetes was behind it. Zoloft caused me to get diabetes again because of insomnia, and then adrenal glands did the rest. But now I have meds for it and it is way better. Please, if you feel that Zoloft is making you feel better, stick with it. Even over 200mg. Good luck.
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 2y
I went through the same thing. Not only that but still at 100mg I had insomnia for 5 months, no sleeping at all ( yeap, I am not making this up), because of that I gained a lot of weight, my blood pressure is through the roof, my cholesterol is high and I have diabetes again. My head felt like when you have a cold all the time, like in a vacuum or a balloon. I was unable to concentrate, to move, to function properly. All because of Zoloft. But... once I went to 200mg, directly from 1 too 2 hundred mg, ocd got so amazingly better, that I am not willing to go off it... Without Zoloft I would have no life at all. If you knew me a year ago and today, you wouldn't believe the difference. If I went off it, I might be slim again and look good and be physically healthier and stronger, but what good would that do, because I would again isolate myself, be scared of my own shadow, take showers for 6 hours at a time, ... I am now fat and feel ugly, but all the people who judge me, do not know that it is either that od death. Zoloft for me is a life savior. I only hope I will get to 270 or 300 mg. Ocd will be gone, I strongly believe that. It might be different for each person, but... for me, Zoloft is heaven sent. Good luck.
entermynameentermyname
- Date posted
- 2y
Thank you very much..all of those happen due to zoloft or of your lifestyle?I am kinda scared
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 2y
No, definitely Zoloft. But I know people who has absolutely no side effects on the same medicine. Not even weight gain. I am otherwise quite active and vegan. No way I could gain 25kgs in 8 months. Do not give up. I did once 10 years ago. And ocd slowly came back and eventually got 400%worse than ever. I any case, if you find Zoloft having too strong side effects, you can always change meds or add a low dosage of anti-psychotic. That doesn't mean you have psychosis, schizophrenia or anything like that. They just find it helpful with ocd in a number of cases. I hope you will be smarter than I was in the past. Fight for yourself, use meds, erp if it works for you, or anything else. Just keep going. Much support.. Here for you to answer any doubt or fear you might have or come across along the way.š
entermynameentermyname
- Date posted
- 2y
@NODA Will I be on those meds forever?I m kinda scared
NODANODA
- Date posted
- 2y
No. You don't need to be. The point here is that you get the meds to the point where you are strong enough to do Erp or any other cognitive therapy. If you feel strong enough now and erp is helpful to you, great. It doesn't work for me. With me it's all about low serotonin. Just don't stop the meds until you have all the tools you need to recognize and fight ocd emwgen it pops out in the future. And it will. You know it will. With no tools and no meds, it wins. Otherwise you do.
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