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Discussion Topic: also long time Zoloft user
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 lostgirl
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04-05-2005 @ 1:06 PM |
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Joined: Apr. 2005
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Recently joined this site as I seem to have reached a plateau
in my progress. Been on & off zoloft for almost 12 years and
while it has helped in the past along with intensive therapy, I
seem to have reached a flatness. Sure, I'm not getting ready
to jump off a bridge, have no harmful intentions to myself as I
have in the past, rather, I just kind of feel nothing. Just don't
care anymore, about any of it...It's not that I'm totally unhappy,
it's just that I'm not happy about much of anything anymore.
Maybe it's turning 32 and finding myself still alone, displaced,
not really finding a place that I feel like I fit in no a people that
I really seem to connect with. I have come along way from
my psychotic episodes an no longer have the breakdowns
that I did in my earlier years, but it's been replaced with this
empty void that is just that...empty. None of it really matters to
me...my job isn't stimulating, I live paycheck to paycheck in
an apt the size of a shoebox and even the things that used to
bring joy now just seem pointless.
So- is it the meds? Has Zoloft run its course with me? As I
said, it has and does work for me in terms of keeping me from
absolutely losing it, but I'm wondering if I've developed a
certain immunity after such prolonged use...or am I just
experiencing an emotional period in my life? Is it possible for
something to lose some of its effectiveness?
Thanks-
lost
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| joegirl |
04-05-2005 @ 1:39 PM |
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Joined: Apr. 2005
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Hey!
I'm not too sure if it's the meds or not but I've heard that over a period of time you start to feel "nothing". I was on Paxil for awile, heard many horror stories and got off them. That was hell!! They seemed to be helping but I decided that there must be a different way. I am 38 and have been alone for about 15 years now. Sure is lonely and I can relate to how you are feeling. Life has really sucked over the past year for me. I'm not too sure how to get out of the rut but there has to be a way without taking pills. Smoking pot seems to be a more natural thing to do but that's not the answer either. I need to change my lifestyle and by the sounds of things so do you. Just have to DO IT!!
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| Melanie, Support Specialist |
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04-05-2005 @ 7:17 PM |
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Joined: Feb. 2005
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Lost,
Regarding your concern about the Zoloft dosage, please keep in mind that everyone is an individual and will be on different dosages.
From your posting it sounds like you are questioning your doctor - if you are unsure of their actions, your pharmacist can be a really great resource to find the information you are looking for. Then you could go back to your doctor with the pharmacists' findings if you still had any concerns about the doctor's prescribed dosage.
Please keep us posted.
Melanie
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