Lowering zoloft
I was put on zoloft 50mg three years ago for depression. In November my doctor caught me by surprise and started relating his religious ideals to how I should live my life. I was very put off and decided not to return.
Split them in half for a week, now I am taking 1/3 of the pill. Been experiencing disruptions in vision, mood, feelings in my brain. Just would like some insight from someone who has been there.
Hi. I have some experience with this. With people forcing their religious beliefs on you and telling you how to live your life. I want to state clearly, that what I have to say, is only my opinion and you should do what is right for you. I believe that for certain people taking medication is very important and to mess with it is to look for trouble. If you do not feel comfortable with this doctor anymore, and you believe staying on your medication is the right thing for you, then please please please find a new one. Some people can be very... what's the word... radical in their religious beliefs and if that is the way they want to live their lives then it is their choice to do so and they should be allowed that space. Just as you should be allowed the space to not be so radical in your religious beliefs if that doesn't feel right to you. I am a believer myself, but I think that some people are taking things too far. I don't want to be disrespectful. I think everyone should be allowed to live their own life according to their own beliefs and be allowed the space to do so, without judgement. To be honest, I can work on this not judging thing myself, because I still feel anger towards religious people who have caused me deep pain in an attempt to help. I was confused and I thought I should "let them" help me in whichever way they see fit. I am not confused anymore. I know what is best for me and I choose to live my life as I see fit even if some people will see me as rebellious. Again - this is only my opinion and I hope will all my heart that what you believe to be best for you will become clear to you and that you will find the courage to live the life that you want to live.
@Chiaroscuro1
Thank you so much for your meaningful response. It has not been easy trying to find another doctor to connect with. I have reached out to a few covered by my insurance. Otherwise, I definitely do have mixed feelings. Zoloft did give me some life, but it did take some life away. Sometimes I referred to it as a deal with the devil.
@Easymuffin , it's also important to slowly back off of your meds instead of immediately decreasing. I'm on 125mg of Zoloft, and it's working great for me. Do what's best for you, and I wish you good luck! :)
@PositivityPoke
What do you mean by slowly backing off rather than decrease?
@Easymuffin , basically, if you immediately decrease the amount of dosage, then you could experience some new side effects. But if you slowly back off, a little at a time as prescribed by your doctor, it's better for you :)
@Easymuffin - I understand what you are talking about. Medications have side-effects. I spoke to a psychiatrist one day about being on medication and living with the side-effects or coming off the medication and weathering my emotional storms. Her main argument was that it is about quality of life. You can decide which gives you better quality of life and how you want to live your life. Do you want to live with side-effects or do you prefer to weather the storms as they come and go. It's your life. You can choose. Another thing about side-effects though - there are many different medications out there and some of them will give you more side-effects and some of them less. That's why it's so important to find a doctor, preferrably a psychiatrist who can go through this process with you and find something that works for you and maybe doesn't have side-effects you can't live with. I suppose you also know that side-effects can be worse when you start to take new medication, but many of them go away if you can get through the first period. Do you have other mixed thoughts or feelings you would like to talk about?