physical problems with anti-depressants?

about two years ago i was prescribed zoloft. i took it for four days and on the fourth night i woke up around 2 or 3 in the morning with a cramp in my left hand. like it was closed into a fist and i couldn't open it. i layed there awake for about ten minutes and then started to feel really hot and started to sweat so i turned a fan on me. from there it just got worse and worse. my heart was pounding so hard and fast that i thought it would explode. my body felt like it was... buzzing (hard to explain the feeling... kinda like my whole body was asleep.) the feeling was basically like i had just done too much coke or meth except even worse.

i stopped taking it, and tried a different SSRI. same thing happened on the fourth night. i got the same feeling the time i tried E.

do i have some sort of weird sensitivity to drugs that affect serotonin?

 

Sleep disruptions are common with Zoloft. You need to communicate this problem to your doctor. He may prescribe a sleep aid to balance the effect. Avoid it if you can, but take it if you need to.

Remember, the best medicine for depression is physical activity. I'd rather see you go to the gym than pop a pill. Our society has been programmed to believe that taking a pill will fix about anything.

Its been proven that exercise is about as effective as many anti-depressants are.


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Yea you definitely need to talk to your doctor. Its possible you could try a different type of antidepressant but in my experience just go out and run!
Good luck

 

use your mind effectively, creatively, wisly, and try to widen the expectation of WHAT you want to achieve WHEN you want to achieve it WHY you want to achieve WHERE and HOW ???

using your hands ex. drawing painting cooking puting make up or doing hair exercising walking dancing etc will allow you to think more positive thoughts.

I was a basketcase many years back and i was put on neurontin? lorazopam, effexor, zepexra, my seizures meds naproxan for my knees etc
I did not need EVERYTHING listed above WHAT did i NEED??
A listening ear, guidance, understanding, love, a place to think and write . No body NEEDS all those toxins and chemicals in their body.
Its such a terrible feeling to feel depressed but your never alone and you should never feel ashamed to ask "hey can i talk with you" and wipe the pge clean.

Its amazing how people can associate that way and how family and friends are sometimes and other times family and friends can be that pain in that ass too. All the best to you