Have to go off zoloft...
Ok, so I started 50 mg of zoloft on thursday morning because my doc wanted to start me on it this time a month before I have the baby. He was going to start me on 50 mg for a week and then head up to 100 mg. I have had 2 other babies and horrible PPD afterwards, hence the meds. With my first one, I just had really bad anxiety and some depression, so I got on zoloft 2 weeks after I had my son and was better in 8 days. With my 2nd, I got on it in the hospital the day after I had my baby and had to deal with a TON of anxiety and panick attacks for 2 weeks.
It was pure HELL!!!
So I took it yesterday and felt like a zombie 2 hrs later. I felt really groggy, tired, my skin tingled, had diarrhea, dry mouth, no appetite at ALL (which was nice after about 7 months of being a PIG and hungry all the time!), and just really nervous and agitated. At around 7pm, it's like I came out of a fog and felt normal again- I think that's when the meds wore off. I felt happy again and not so bogged down and yucky. I've taken Zoloft before, but it's after I've had a baby both times and didn't know whether it was having the baby that made me that way or the meds. I think most of it is the meds now that I'm going through this.
So I called a pharmacist last night and asked if I could start taking it at night since it made me so tired during the day and 2 differen pharmacists said to take one before bed and then each night after that. It's so early with me taking it, they said it wasn't built up in my system yet and I could do this. So I did and the old feelings of anxiety and not being able to sleep came back and I got 3 hrs of sleep last night. I was tossing and turning, heart was racing, sweaty palms, couldnt' lay still, and was really nervous and stressed out.
And I'm so tired today, but with the meds when I've taken them, you are so tired but can't fall asleep for the LIFE OF YOU- you just lay there. And I felt some anxiety again this morning after taking it, which I figured I'd go back to the morning. I've just felt awful for the past two days now and it's all cuz of the meds. I didn't realize it would cause me this much anxiety already this soon into it.
I called my doc's office this morning and told them everything I just wrote about when I took the meds. I told them about the side effects I was having and asked them if I could take an anti-anxiety med to help with the anxiety and panicking. They said nothing like that is safe during pregnancy and if I was that miserable, to go off the meds. I will go on progesterone cream the day the baby is born and for 2 wks after that, so maybe that will help. I had a friend that had worse ppd than me after her first baby and used just the cream after her 2nd and was fine, so that gives me hope. And I might get a Rx for some anti anxiety pills just in case after I have this baby, every second feels like an eternity when you are having anxiety or a panic attack!! Trying to get a hold of the doctor, then calling in an Rx, and then taking it would seem like a lifetime if I really needed some relief!
So I'm glad to be getting off the meds and getting to feeling back to normal and pray that the cream really works for me and the anti-anxiety pills (if I need them) work. I have hated feeling like this, it's awful.
It was pure HELL!!!
So I took it yesterday and felt like a zombie 2 hrs later. I felt really groggy, tired, my skin tingled, had diarrhea, dry mouth, no appetite at ALL (which was nice after about 7 months of being a PIG and hungry all the time!), and just really nervous and agitated. At around 7pm, it's like I came out of a fog and felt normal again- I think that's when the meds wore off. I felt happy again and not so bogged down and yucky. I've taken Zoloft before, but it's after I've had a baby both times and didn't know whether it was having the baby that made me that way or the meds. I think most of it is the meds now that I'm going through this.
So I called a pharmacist last night and asked if I could start taking it at night since it made me so tired during the day and 2 differen pharmacists said to take one before bed and then each night after that. It's so early with me taking it, they said it wasn't built up in my system yet and I could do this. So I did and the old feelings of anxiety and not being able to sleep came back and I got 3 hrs of sleep last night. I was tossing and turning, heart was racing, sweaty palms, couldnt' lay still, and was really nervous and stressed out.
And I'm so tired today, but with the meds when I've taken them, you are so tired but can't fall asleep for the LIFE OF YOU- you just lay there. And I felt some anxiety again this morning after taking it, which I figured I'd go back to the morning. I've just felt awful for the past two days now and it's all cuz of the meds. I didn't realize it would cause me this much anxiety already this soon into it.
I called my doc's office this morning and told them everything I just wrote about when I took the meds. I told them about the side effects I was having and asked them if I could take an anti-anxiety med to help with the anxiety and panicking. They said nothing like that is safe during pregnancy and if I was that miserable, to go off the meds. I will go on progesterone cream the day the baby is born and for 2 wks after that, so maybe that will help. I had a friend that had worse ppd than me after her first baby and used just the cream after her 2nd and was fine, so that gives me hope. And I might get a Rx for some anti anxiety pills just in case after I have this baby, every second feels like an eternity when you are having anxiety or a panic attack!! Trying to get a hold of the doctor, then calling in an Rx, and then taking it would seem like a lifetime if I really needed some relief!
So I'm glad to be getting off the meds and getting to feeling back to normal and pray that the cream really works for me and the anti-anxiety pills (if I need them) work. I have hated feeling like this, it's awful.
Hit goal weight of 140 at 13 months out from RNY!! 130 pounds GONE! 
Glad you don't have to be on it now. My Mom is pushing for me to be on Zoloft and the Docs are leaving me on Cymbalta since I have played anti-depressant roulette already before pregnancy. Told my Mom I could go off it now but she was raising her grandchild cause I would be in jail for killing the hubby.
I shall now be know as Hagatha: Queen of the queens. 
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Xavier Elliott born 10-5-10
right now and in the past- the anxiety takes over and nothing helps me sleep. Last night, I took one of the prescription AMBIEN pills my doc gave me at 11 pm and it didn't help me sleep.
Kathy, good for you for sticking with something that works for you. My Mom is on Cymbalta and loves it, works really well for her. Zoloft is one of the safest anti-depressants out there during pregnancy, hopefully what you are on is ok during pg too so you won't have to switch when you do get pg. I just don't like how I feel when I'm on it, it's miserable.
Kathy, good for you for sticking with something that works for you. My Mom is on Cymbalta and loves it, works really well for her. Zoloft is one of the safest anti-depressants out there during pregnancy, hopefully what you are on is ok during pg too so you won't have to switch when you do get pg. I just don't like how I feel when I'm on it, it's miserable.
Hit goal weight of 140 at 13 months out from RNY!! 130 pounds GONE!
I thankfully slept really well last night, I really needed it. Getting 3 hrs of sleep the night before wasn't cutting it and was making me really anxious yesterday. I was so miserable yesterday and couldn't wait for the day to be over with. Today, I felt kind of fuzzy in the morning because I hadn't taken the pill and have had a few withdrawal symptoms (and I was only on it 2 DAYS!!). I got really tired around 2-3 pm and started feeling kind of anxious. I have a hard time sleeping during the day, but layed down for an hour and jus****ched tv, closed my eyes- and that helped me feel better. I just hope I feel even better tomorrow.... this really sucks and I hate feeling this way. I think I have post tramatic stress from when I had PPD the other two times and I'm scared to feel like this again!!!
Thankfully, I have a wonderfully supportive Mom who came over from 11-5 today (while hubby was at work) and helped take care of the house, watch the kids (6 and 3 yrs old), and made me dinner. I love her so much.
Thankfully, I have a wonderfully supportive Mom who came over from 11-5 today (while hubby was at work) and helped take care of the house, watch the kids (6 and 3 yrs old), and made me dinner. I love her so much.
Hit goal weight of 140 at 13 months out from RNY!! 130 pounds GONE!
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