Zoloft diaries.
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Betticus said:Okay, apparently I'm cursed with the bad side effects of the zoloft that the doc put me on. On the good side I am extremely calm. It's kind of like an extremely light dose of ecstasy. On the down side I'm drowsy, just a bit shaky but that's going away but as of this morning I can't orgasm. I'm really calm though. Loss of sex drive and difficulty acheiving orgasm are some of the possible side effects, unfortunately I got the inability to orgasm without much in the way of loss of sex drive.
Somebody come and give me a hug!
Okay, I haven't read though all of the posts because my head is in a very weird place right now, but my son who has problems was on it for a quite while started to tick pretty badly on Zoloft. Plus, it caused anorexia - not the kind you’re thinking about - he just wasn't interested in food at all to the point that it actually was stunting his growth. He was very small for his age. When he was pulled off of Zoloft, at my request, with his shrink’s assurance that Zoloft was not the culprit, he was a full head shorter than all his friends and now he is 16 and 5'10 and weighs 169 lbs.
They assured me that Zoloft makes people gain weight at the time, now Zoloft has a warning that says that it may cause anorexia....
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ImSkye said:
My janey was on Seroquel for almost 2 years and gained something like 60 lbs. She got switched to Topamax about 4 months ago and she's lost about 25 of that.
Drugs DO effect appetite, how your body processes foods, etc. Wish I could get on it! *grin*
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I take a ton of meds, and most of them screw with my appetite. Obviously the prednisone (a steroid, and one I'm not on) makes me hungry. But all my other meds kill my appetite. Asacol is deliberately designed to be dificult to digest. The idea is that you can't digest it till it's in the colon, so it'll work where it's needed. Problem is that it upsets the tummy in the process. And don't get me started on iron. *gag*
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See, this is one of the half-dozen reasons I don't have any plans to visit a head shrinker. It seems to me like their first reaction is to reach for the happy pills, and call it a day. To me, this seems like taking Sudafed for a cold - doesn't do anything about the cold, it just masks some of the symptoms, like stuffy nose. Or a massive shot of Codeine when you have a broken leg so you can walk around on it some more.
Sure, I'm manic-depressive, nearly nonfunctional (eh, given my work history and social life, scrap that - totally nonfunctional), but I'd rather try to fix the problem than walk around on a metaphorical broken leg. Besides, I'd go really nuts if I was on something that left me with my outrageous hornies and didn't let me come.
Sure, I'm manic-depressive, nearly nonfunctional (eh, given my work history and social life, scrap that - totally nonfunctional), but I'd rather try to fix the problem than walk around on a metaphorical broken leg. Besides, I'd go really nuts if I was on something that left me with my outrageous hornies and didn't let me come.
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SpectreT said:
The whole point of this thread is that when I decided to call my doctor and get some help is when I seriously thought through and felt that it was a valid answer a quick, easy suicide scenario three times in one day. I may be depressed, I may be sad or lonely but when I think about killing myself three time in one day and it seems like a good idea I know that I cannot help myself no matter how strong I think I am. The loss of an orgasm here and there for a while is not a big deal when compared to that. When I think rationally and logically about what I'm feeling I know that my brain chemistry is off balance and I would rather have the doctors play with my psyche at this point in time than to leave it up to my own fucked up decision making capability.
Self hurting is never a valid answer and if it seems so then there is a serious problem.
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Valid points, all. I never intended to say that I thought I could fix myself alone; Just that I have serious issues with the most commonly used methods. As to suicidal thoughts, I'd probably only half-flippantly say they're second in frequency only to sex thoughts, for me. I have enough other thinking and well-placed reasons for them to not seem like that great of an idea, though. Like remembering how grateful I am for every day I have with my father, after all his heart problems, and how fucked up it is that I'd want to die, when I'm so happy he didn't. The fact that I can shake myself out of it is another in the list of a half-dozen reasons I don't have plans to get professional help... yet. I know i'm deteriorating, but until I'm sure I've completely lost it, I'm not ready.Betticus said:
I was going to post a few more examples of how fucked up I am, but I realized the above alone is probably enough to have me committed involuntarily, if anyone sucessfully tracked me down.
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Ack, I was on prednisone too for about six weeks in 2001. It was a pretty high dose and it permanently fucked with my metabolism. Argh! Never again if I can help it. I occasionally need short sequences of methylprednisone but those only last about a week.graceanne said:
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Betticus said:
True, and congratulations for making the rational decision and accepting the meds, but what you need to discover is how long your doc expects you to be on them.
If this is episodic treatment, then yes, the loss of orgasms can be dealt with. It is annoying but on a cost-benefit evaluation acceptable.
For someone like me, who has been told, "Okay, you have chronic depression and anxiety problems and will be on medication for the rest of your life," and who doesn't want to switch meds because it took me 10 years to find an acceptable one, that's when you ask the docs, "What can we do about the sexual side effects without jeapordizing treatment?"
If I take ginkgo biloba daily at a relatively high dose I do get more arousal from direct stimulation. According to the nurse who explained it to me it causes increased blood flow. It's also safe to take it in higher doses than the therapeutic dose on the bottle. I don't do this, howver, unless I'm involved.
Why? Because it's easier to have no sex drive at the moment. I put that energy into other areas, like weight loss and getting my eating into a truly healthy pattern.
When I want to have another relationship. I'll know.
If you want, you can use this orgasm free period to get other stuff done. It can be beneficial. It's up to you.
That's a record.
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graceanne said:
I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!
I don't have any tuna but I have some of those little three ounce packets of salmon so I got out the mayo and some spicy mustard and made myself a salmon sammich and I feel lots better.
And I actually got to eat a fig off of my fig tree yesterday! I had to go and thin out the peaches though because I already lost a couple of branches due to the sheer weight of all the peaches. The apples are starting to turn a bit reddish so it'll be interesting to see what they turn out to be. I had thought granny smiths but apparently not.
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Betticus said:
Ohhh your own figs finally that rocks Betticus . As for the rest of it only you know whats best. You will fine tune inevitably and surpass the need to re balance your seratonin levels. The brain remains yet one of the most difficult regions of science, most of which reason is it can't be tinkered with past a point with older interventions. Considering what you have shared seems you are seeing the big picture and not permitting yourself to be a victim in this. Yay for you.
Silly question perhaps ...........when was the last time you actually had a holiday ?
( You know the kind like most have when they are kids, couple of weeks , different environment, little to no responsibility etc etc , somewhere to 'play' )
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Betticus said:
does the acronym BFER mean anything to you my friend ?
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Betticus said:
You just want to make Rebecca swear and say the F word don't you
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Betticus said:
Just this once and for only for you........... Big Fucking Eyebrow Raise
Soooooooooooooo where are you going on this Holiday huh......huh.......smiles
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Betticus said:
Yes I do. Doesn't have to break the bank. Does need to have a degree of 'no challenge'. Somewhere almost painfully quiet but beautiful. What destination inspires you thats viable after the home purchase ? Ohhh and please Betticus none of this but but but...........laughsmiles. Its not a matter of whether you can afford to its a matter of can you afford not to ?
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