Confession Post

Hello readers!

I wanted to share a post here to confess something I’m not proud of but want to in order for me to get the help to feel better. I have suffered anxiety all my life but the last few years have been full of change and my anxiety has gotten much much worse. It got to the point where I pushed my family and friends away and I realized that wasn’t right. I decided to go to my Dr and get some AntiAnxiety medication. She prescribed me Zoloft. I started the Zoloft in September and had the worst reaction possible. My body totally rejected the drug and made me feel crazy, afraid, in pain and out of control. Within 4 days I was taken off the drug. It has been 2 months now since going off the pills and I am still experiencing lingering side effects that are gruesome. Derealizations/Physical Symptoms/Head Pains/Aches and Pains/Don’t know how to function right. I would like these terrible symptoms to go away. To be truthful....Since day 1 of taking Zoloft/going off of it and up until now I have been in bed all day everyday except for times when I go out to a concert or the mall or grocery shopping. Other than that I lay in bed all day everyday 24/7. I’m embarrassed by this but I feel so odd from how the drug made me feel and I felt a loss of control. It truly traumatized me I will never ever go on pills again because of this experience. I refuse! I got myself a Spiritual Counsellor and went to my 1st session last week. I am also getting blood work done this Saturday to rule out any other health issues with my anxiety.

I am writing this in the hopes of sharing my story to see what I could do naturally to improve my life and get better. I really want to feel like the old me again. I haven’t felt that way since I took that first Zoloft pill. It makes me feel regret and upset over it....I still remember the last day I felt myself...September 10th, 2017 I miss that me.

I feel like I have to reteach myself literally everything like how to function without questioning everything I look at and every way I move etc it’s really really tough. 2 of my friends from Highschool told me hey we’re on Zoloft as well and when they went off they didn’t feel like themselves until way past 3 months time and STILL suffer. People have filed lawsuits against the makers of Zoloft cause it’s basically the devil. I truly just want to get better and I know with what I’m doing by laying in bed all day is not helping but it truly makes me feel paralyzed and I’m alone all day everyday so I have no human interaction. I feel like nothing when I’m alone.

Thanks for reading.

[Anxious2befree]

I to have heard bad things about Zoloft and personally I will never take any meds as I am determined to get through this with CBT and the help of my family and friends. I see a psychologist who helps so much. You will get through it but try taking baby steps. Get up in the morning then get showered and dressed and make yourself go sit outside for an hour or even sit in the lounge room and read a book or watch television for an hour, then each day increase the time by 15minutes. Do the washing if dishes, clean the house or even after a few weeks go for a walk around the block or just down the road and back. You don't want to become house bound. Stay strong X

[Cat33 in reply to Anxious2befree]

Great reply I echo everything you say and baby steps is definitely the way to go I'm sure your reply will give great comfort and motivation 😉

[_EEF]

Hi some one correct me if I'm wrong but zoloft is an antidepressant which in my opinion, if given for anxiety could and it seemed like it did, make you more anxious. Was this a general/primary Dr? If I were you I would get a psychiatrist and a regular therapy appointment. From personal experience it is better to get out and do what u can instead of isolating. That feels better at the moment sometimes but always makes my anxiety worse.