etard7007
Bluelighter
I am sick and tired of taking this damn anti-depressant. I never wanted to start taking it in the first place I have always been reluctant to take anti-depressants.
Basically I suffer from extreme anxiety/insomnia and ocassional panic. off the bat my psychiatrist wanted me to take zoloft. after therapy and trying different things he started giving me klonopin to sleep and in case my anxiety got bad during the day.
i basically ignored the zoloft and never took it, and was doing just fine with the klonopin for a while. i stopped seeing him because he wasnt covered by my insurance and i havent taken any benzos since then. this was about 8 months ago.
shortly after i stopped seeing him i had this awful panic attack and emotional breakdown of sorts and said "fuck it ill start taking the zoloft it might help"
i started taking 50mg a day and within a week i started to feel "better." i think it might have been partly from the zoloft and partly placebo because i was hopeful about it.
well as time passed i realized just how much i dont like the stuff. the side effects are awful. especially the sexual side effects. it makes me have absolutely no sexual desire. whatsoever. i look at a hot girl and i obviously am attracted to her but its weird i just dont feel any sexual desire. and its impossible to orgasm or feel any sexual pleasure at all... im lucky if i can finally bust one out masturbating after a month of NO LUCK, sex or masturbation.
and i get these awful headaches. and i still feel negative about everything, my anxiety is pretty bad. i still have that tight uncomfortable feeling in my chest.
so anyway, i really want to get off of this drug. i stop taking it sometimes, like a few days ago i didnt take it for 2-3 days... but i started feeling extremely depressed so i had to take it again yesterday.
i am looking for a good taper method. if anyone has any advice or knowledge on a good way to taper from an anti-depressant i would really appreciate it. i am trying to locate a new psychiatrist so he can help me with it, although i just want to do it myself and get off of it NOW.
thanks in advance.
Basically I suffer from extreme anxiety/insomnia and ocassional panic. off the bat my psychiatrist wanted me to take zoloft. after therapy and trying different things he started giving me klonopin to sleep and in case my anxiety got bad during the day.
i basically ignored the zoloft and never took it, and was doing just fine with the klonopin for a while. i stopped seeing him because he wasnt covered by my insurance and i havent taken any benzos since then. this was about 8 months ago.
shortly after i stopped seeing him i had this awful panic attack and emotional breakdown of sorts and said "fuck it ill start taking the zoloft it might help"
i started taking 50mg a day and within a week i started to feel "better." i think it might have been partly from the zoloft and partly placebo because i was hopeful about it.
well as time passed i realized just how much i dont like the stuff. the side effects are awful. especially the sexual side effects. it makes me have absolutely no sexual desire. whatsoever. i look at a hot girl and i obviously am attracted to her but its weird i just dont feel any sexual desire. and its impossible to orgasm or feel any sexual pleasure at all... im lucky if i can finally bust one out masturbating after a month of NO LUCK, sex or masturbation.
and i get these awful headaches. and i still feel negative about everything, my anxiety is pretty bad. i still have that tight uncomfortable feeling in my chest.
so anyway, i really want to get off of this drug. i stop taking it sometimes, like a few days ago i didnt take it for 2-3 days... but i started feeling extremely depressed so i had to take it again yesterday.
i am looking for a good taper method. if anyone has any advice or knowledge on a good way to taper from an anti-depressant i would really appreciate it. i am trying to locate a new psychiatrist so he can help me with it, although i just want to do it myself and get off of it NOW.
thanks in advance.