Switching from celexa to zoloft freaked me out! need advice

[Denial]

Hello once again all...
So at my psychiatrist visit Friday, we decided the celexa (20mg daily) was helping me very minimally, if anything, and the doc decides to switch me to zoloft (50mg daily).
Fine by me..
So I get home with the new prescription and take one. After about an hour, I start feeling sortof 'detached', distressed, and very very sleepy. This strange disorientation grows stronger for the next 8 hours or so until I can barely drive my car in one lane, I cant hardly figure out where I am, and I cant form full sentences... at which point I finally make it to my g/f's house and I promply fall asleep!
The whole ordeal was sortof similar to a bad psychedelic trip in the mental sense (no visuals or anything though)...
Does anyone have a clue as to what happened to me?? I'm reluctant to take my zoloft again today, but I know that if I dont I'll get sick anyway from stopping my SSRIs cold turkey...
Need advice please
Thanks guys

 

[TheTruth]

This should be in Medical Q&A.

 

[fairnymph]

A couple of questions...
Did you taper off the Celexa at all or just stop taking it suddenly, and start taking Zoloft in its place? If so, then what you experienced could be withdrawal from the Celexa...in which case you should (talk to your doctor, of course, first) stop the Zoloft, and go back on the Celexa, then taper off it slowly before you start taking the Zoloft again. The SSRIs tend to have pretty bad withdrawal symptoms.
If the first scenario does not apply, and you in fact tapered off the Celexa before starting the Zoloft, then what you experienced was your body adjusting to the Zoloft. Often when taking a new medication (but especially an SSRI) you will experience a fair deal of side effects as your body gets used to the medication. Fatigue and dizziness are common symptoms. These effects tend to subside within a few days to about 10 days after beginning the medication. So stick with it, and you should start feeling better soon. If you don't at least start improving(i.e., the bad effects aren't subsiding at all)after a week, then talk to your doctor about trying another medication -- Zoloft could just have too many side effects for you.

 

[XxXStevoXxX]

I experienced a similar experience when starting celexa (disorientation, dizziness, "detached" feelings...they went away for me in about a week, like they say, stick it out...if they persist definetly talk to your doctor, and there are other drug interactions that can minimize side effects also if they keep coming...

 

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