Mental health question

[cleolinda]

I'm curious--I'll get to what set off this train of thought later, but I know a number of people have talked about how they don't or didn't like Zoloft. For those of you who took it for a while and then went through the process of getting off it, what was that like? I'm thinking about transitioning off it entirely, and I'm curious about what kind of side effects that might involve. (Again, there's more to this that I'll get into later.)

Comments

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've been on Cymbalta for nearly a year, and it's been the first thing that's actually worked for me. There may be an explanation though, unlike many antidepressants, Cymbalta works on the dopamine, not just the serotonin. Maybe it's worked so well for me because my issue is with dopamine, but if that's not your problem, Cymbalta may indeed be horrible *shrug*

I will say though, that I'm on the lowest dose of Cymbalta (30mg... we tried 60 for a few weeks, but it made me a little jittery and unable to concentrate) and so far the only downside I've had is that if I ever forget to take it, or take it more than a few hours late, I start getting what they call 'brain zaps', which are like little electrical 'snaps' going off in my head. It's not painful, but it's annoying.


In regards to Cleo's original question. I think that the several times when I quit Zoloft, I just stopped taking it all at once, and I can't remember any adverse effects, but that was at least five years ago, so my memory can't really be trusted.

[vivian-shaw.livejournal.com]

Cymbalta got rid of the crushing misery and self-hatred for maybe six months, then quit entirely. I might as well have been taking expensive M&Ms. I also gained approximately ten pounds with zero change in diet or exercise, which I am still struggling to get rid of all the way.