Posted by Caleb462 on May 7, 2003, at 23:01:55
In reply to kind of freaking out re: AD's, posted by bookgurl99 on May 7, 2003, at 22:43:02
> I am freaking out, because I have had a mind that I did not recognize for a whole year. I was taking Zoloft, and had all this trouble concentrating, memory problems, unhappy, headache, low energy.
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> Now, after tapering off, and "barely" starting on Serzone again (at 75 mgs), I feel like my old self again. I'm happy, joking, don't feel as out of it. My brain feels faster, more accessible, but also controlled -- not manic.
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> Is this just a placebo effect? The positive benefit of not being on zoloft? (of which withdrawal made me feel like my brain was being dragged around by a shoe string somewhere).My guess is that you're just experiecing how it feels to not have your 5-HT2c receptors over-activated. In lamens terms, that means the Zoloft isn't causing your brain to stop releasing dopamine, and therefore you can experience life like you did previous to Zoloft.
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