Presbyrino
Puritan Board Freshman
Has anyone here ever taken zoloft for panic attacks or anxiety disorder? If so, what was your experience with zoloft? Did you find that it helped your condition or worsen your condition?
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Originally posted by sntijerina
Has anyone here ever taken zoloft for panic attacks or anxiety disorder? If so, what was your experience with zoloft? Did you find that it helped your condition or worsen your condition?
Originally posted by sntijerina
Has anyone here ever taken zoloft for panic attacks or anxiety disorder? If so, what was your experience with zoloft? Did you find that it helped your condition or worsen your condition?
Originally posted by sntijerina
Has anyone here ever taken zoloft for panic attacks or anxiety disorder? If so, what was your experience with zoloft? Did you find that it helped your condition or worsen your condition?
Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
My brother was taking Zoloft. He committed suicide in January. I don't categorically dismiss the potential usefulness of such drugs, but I don't have a high opinion of them either.
Originally posted by Puritanhead
the stuff turns you into a mindless zombie and depression is numbed by mindless euphoric highs-- and as such it isn't worth fooling with--- plus, withdrawal from the drug is about like getting off heroin or some addictive narcotic... the world got a long much better before the pill-popping fetish with psychotropic drugs came about...
Originally posted by Slippery
Andrew sorry to hear. Atheleyah, I hope that God carries you through and keeps you. But heck, look on the bright side, you literally have to live by faith and be dependent on God. So this is a way to know that God really loves you, because you can see His hang upholding you through all your struggles.
Originally posted by Bladestunner316
poimen,
glad you got to see a naturalpath and got everything straightened out.
blade
Originally posted by poimen
Originally posted by sntijerina
Has anyone here ever taken zoloft for panic attacks or anxiety disorder? If so, what was your experience with zoloft? Did you find that it helped your condition or worsen your condition?
I just got off Zoloft four days ago. I had been on it for well over a year. My doctor prescribed it for severe panic attacks which I had for many months.
Initially there was no effect but after about two months it began to work and surpressed my attacks. The benefit was that I was able to cope and come to grips with the attacks: recognizing the symptoms and being able to rationalize what was happening to me.
However the side effects were just as bad (kicked in about six months after I began taking it): severe short time memory loss and lack of concentration. About three months ago I went to a naturopath who gave me some natural medicine which has helped me wean myself off the drug and has largely restored my memory and concentration. So far so good!
Overall, I would only recommend the drug if you are having constant, severe anxiety/panic attacks (please note that a wide range of side effects have been reported, so it really depends on how YOUR mind/body reacts to the drug before you will know how it all works).
http://depression.about.com/cs/sertraline/l/blsidefxsertral.htm
Otherwise there are a wide variety of natural substances that will help you in times of stress and depression.
Some examples:
Rescue Remedy
http://www.bachflower.com/rescue_remedy.htm
Valerian
http://stress.about.com/od/alternativetherapies/l/aa101601.htm
If you have any more questions or want to talk about this more in-depth, please U2U me. I can certainly sympathize with you if you are experiencing panic attacks.
Originally posted by Bladestunner316
do you mean you are off of natural medication or are taking it without other meds?
blade