…first night I had taken Zoloft I experienced extreme anxiety and mania, I thought I was going crazy.
I am 17, at the time I was prescribed Zoloft I had just turned 16. On the first night I had taken Zoloft I experienced extreme anxiety and mania, I thought I was going crazy. It didn’t occur to me that it could have been the medication and I thought the world was literally ending around me.
If it wasn’t for my sister being awake and in my company at the time I know I would have ended it all. I couldn’t sleep but I didn’t want to stay awake because of the nightmare that I was living, the only option it seemed for me was to end my life. My sister talked me through it and she pretended she knew what was going on and made me believe I would be alright.
The psychiatrists I have seen have all been the same “up the dosage, up the dosage by 50mg and youll feel better”……I feel theyre all out for the money, so I go on my own instincts now with the help of a councilor . Although I don’t feel 100% better I am helping myself , not letting a drug do it for me and slowly getting there.
Fortunately now I have discontinued use of the drug, I am taking a lighter medication but I still feel the effects of Zoloft come back at me….like a flashback.
Your Letter on the drug awareness page helped me understand what I went through and Im very mad that I was so ill informed on the medication I was prescribed.
Im sure this is old news to you but I thought I had to share this with you.
Morgan
12/12/2000
This is Survivor Story number 3.
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