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anxiety after stopping zoloft

Postby shawnalb » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:05 pm

i stopped my zoloft a year ago. i did ok, i do have my days. but recently, after excessive worrying over a health concern i have started up my old pattern again of dwelling and making myself sick. i feel upset in the mornings, have two anxiety attacks two days in a row driving home from work, but coming in i'm ok? i know it's anxiety all too well. my question is, my health concern, has anyone has strange, flush feelings from time to time, which i have for years, 15 to 20, followed by intense deja-vu feeling, then sort of a ringing in my ears and a buzz feeling in my head like i have to put my head down, don't want to talk but can if i need to.just need a "minute" and then i'm back. often nobody else knows i had anything going on. i have never fainted actually, until last year, right after i came off zoloft, about a a mo after. and was with my son and passed out, and came to just fine. but he said he saw me tremble and jerk a little. sounds to me like a seizure, but i haven't done it since. *(the passing out part) but the other feeling i've done a hand full of times. seems to be more frequent since i'm not on my meds anymore. could this be plain old fainting, what are the chances i am having seizures for 15 years on no seizure medication and not know it! any input from anyone, being rational would be helpful. i don't seem to be able to think it through clearly.
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Postby Butterfly Faerie » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:50 pm

HI,

Did your doctor say it was ok to get off Zoloft?
Did you ween, or go cold turkey?

Anxiety can pop up any time, anywhere, it doesn't mean that it is from the medication at all. Medication does not stop anxiety from happening, it can help with the symptoms but that is it.

Have you ever dealt with the anxiety other then with medication?
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Postby harry » Fri May 19, 2006 6:58 pm

panic attacks and siezures can be hard to tell apart and deja vue is associated with both, maybe time to get a new doc
the problems that zoloft was stopping can return after the zoloft is stopped
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