Getting off Zoloft

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

I was on Proxac about 10 years ago for about 3 months and I don't recall any side-effects at all and when I decided to quit I went cold-turkey with no problem. As a result I was a vocal fan of the drug. Of course everyone reacts differently.

And there's the rub.
I reacted physically and mentally to Prozac. I spent hours on the phone to the Samaritans, being calmed down by a lovely man from Preston (the Preston aspect helped, he had the same accent as Steve Pemberton). The morning after I got an emergency appointment with my doctor.

My suicidal thoughts ballooned until I could think of nothing else.
I was terrified if I called a heathcare professional they would commit me and I would never be allowed to leave. But if I didn't I would kill myself, which is also pretty final.

The odd thing is, it wasn't the lowest of the low of my depression, where I simply wanted to die, if only I could leave the sofa or my bed. And it wasn't the most wretched, where I believed I didn't deserve to live. But I think it was the most scary.

Horses for courses.