Waking up sad? Remembering dreams? Zoloft?

Hey folks,

Another post for you. I had this happen to me before Zoloft a few times, but anxiety dreams have left me suuuuper drained in the morning and feeling out of it. It’s hard to shake the feeling from them.

Since I started Zoloft, my dreams are SO vivid, as I mentioned in another post. So realistic. But I’ve been waking up so sad! I didn’t start Zoloft for depression :/

I legit had two crying fits this week. I’m on 25mg and hate feeling like this. My psychiatrist told me to “just stop then” but a pharmacist said “do not stop suddenly!!” I don’t know what to do. I’ve been on it exactly 2 weeks. I just don’t feel like myself.

[1uglychild]

Hi, I’m sorry you’re having a rough time starting Zoloft. I’ve never tried Zoloft but I’ve been on and off Prozac and Lexapro many times over the years. Each time starting up is never easy and each time the side effects are a bit different. At two weeks you’re probably in the midst of feeling worse before you get better that is so common with anti depressants. I would try to hang in for another two weeks if it’s at all bearable to you, because in most cases by a month the drug should be stabilizing in your system and start to work. If you don’t see any improvement you could ask to have the dose lowered and work up very gradually. That’s what I have to do because I’m super sensitive in the start up period.

When it comes to sleep, I think the waking up sad or waking up anxious is part of that feeling worse in the beginning phase. It should go away soon. From my own experience the vivid dreams are just part treatment with an SSRI. I could be on Prozac for well over a year and have vivid weird dreams. You’ll get used to them and learn to laugh at how weird they are.

Best of luck to you, and hang in there, things will get better!