Happiest I’ve been in a long, long time
Zoloft has changed my life.
I was scared to start. I read horror stories about symptoms and was terrified. But it has been AMAZING.
So, I started Zoloft at 25 mg on April 13th. I didn’t have any side effects and didn’t feel any better. My doctor increase my dose to 50 mg on April 26th. The only side effect was I felt a little jittery/heart racing. I still felt anxious and depressed. My doctor increase my dose again to 75mg on May 6th.
I would say about two weeks later I was out running errands and I was like “wait a second, I feel happy. And not anxious”. It was like a light switch.
Since starting the 75mg I feel more like myself than I have in a long time. I feel happy, confident, not as “in my head” as I used to be, less anxious, and less socially anxious. I feel more energetic. When I was in social situations, having a drink would let me become more “myself” and less anxious. Since being on 75mg, when I’m in social situations, it feels like I’ve had a drink when I haven’t. And it’s almost like I don’t even need that drink to feel confident and less anxious.
I’m less depressed. I used to be sad for no reason. I would cry a lot (almost every day for a couple months). Now, I haven’t cried in 6 weeks. There was something sad that happened a few days ago, I got a little teary eyed, but it passed SO quick (within like 30 seconds) and I moved on.
Zoloft is amazing. I hope I never have to get off of this drug.