I took zoloft years ago. My experience with it is that I didn't like it. So I stopped taking it. I was having awful nightmares, was more depressed/zombified than before I was on it and I was hitting my boyfriend while we slept. Yeah, weird.

Anywho...Try to make a ritual or a routine in taking it every day at the same time, with lunch or dinner or before bed? That might help. I'm a little OCD and I write lists like crazy. Maybe leaving a note on the fridge might help?

Good luck.

Peace&Love from Detroit!

2 days of Zoloft is not enough for Zoloft to have ANY effect, positive or negative .. in my opinion. You probably need an SSRI of one brand or another to reduce your current problems. You are very likely to need that (or another) SSRI for life.

Seratonin is not the only neurochemical. There are many others. MOST chronic depressives have a Seratonin problem. Wellbutrin, for example, is for people with Dopamine problems. There are many on both Zoloft and Wellbutrin ... for life.

and most of them would not quit either one for anything due to the positive effects they have in improving their lives. I would hate for you to miss out on that convenient solution.

I have been using it for over a year I have not noticed any side effects
I have missed a doze several times with no real problems.

It is better to make sure you do not forget to take any anti-depressant as it takes them time to build up in your system.

I have had good luck with them after trying many others this one seams to really help me.

Take care

Well, I guess it\'s different for everyone. I (at least at this point) do not want to become dependent on any medication & I also do not want to take anything \'for life\' I do believe there are other ways to calm & center yourself. If I\'m going to be on a medication that helps my depression & anxiety but it makes me completely sluggish with a multitude of other side effects, my body becomes dependent on it, and withdrawal symptoms are he11 when I choose to get off the med.. I don\'t think that sounds good at all. It almost sounds worse than what I\'m going through currently on no meds.

I am so glad that I did research only two days into taking zoloft. I read accounts of people having severe withdrawals after only three weeks. This is so important for all of us to remember.. never, never blindly take ANY medication from a doctor.. always do your research & always be personally responsible for what you put in your body.

Oh I just want to add.. I know that some people do need to be on certain medication for life. For all I know, I will end up on it for life as well..

All I\'m saying is that this is my first experience with these sorts of meds, and I have so many medical issues already, it scares me to read the side effects etc. & wonder what it would do to my body.

You are entitled to your opinion, life, policy, choice of medical care, and everything else. I am not arguing for or against you. I want you to have peace, assurance, tranquility, and success with your medical care. I understand your concerns regarding what you do to your body. I respect your concerns and do not hold you to any standard of my own.

I do need to disagree with you about researching the doctor\'s advice before complying with that advice.

The reason I disagree is the average person is not qualified to research the doctor\'s advice. Pharmaceutical research is WAY beyond the layman\'s ability to do EFFECTIVELY.

The layman is much better off taking their doctor\'s advice than they are qualified to do medical/pharmaceutical research and base their decision on biased, limited, incomplete, unscientific, and INformal \'research\'.

But, indeed, you do what makes you the most comfortable.

Well my experience with Zoloft was excellent. I was on it for five years and only switched because my boby built up a amunity to it and it was not working quite as well. Now one that I have had horror with is Effexor. But each person is different. Im just glad that we do have these medications available. Wish I to didnt have to take them, but that is just not the case. Best of luck to you

I used to be on 150 mg of Zoloft since I was about 15 or so and had to miss it a few days. Hell, there are days when I JUST forget to take them. Usually, as soon as I do, I take them (unless its like...5pm or after, then I learn I can\'t sleep).

I mean, I feel a little off when I don\'t take it but besides that it\'s nothing DRASTIC. Just feel a little...off, like I\'m missing something.

Funny thing though, when I started my Vyvanse, I pulled myself off Cold Turkey from the Zoloft. I HATED the interaction and felt amazing without it. Right now I\'m back on it for 100 mg.

WanderingVet, a lot of times doctors prescribe medications for their own financial gain. They are also not always as concerned with your well being as you may believe.. I, along with family & friends have all had negative experiences with doctors advice & prescriptions. I think it\'s always important to be aware of what your doctor is telling you, to get second opinions, and to do your own research to make sure you are acting in an educated manner. Blindly trusting anyone, especially someone that gets paid because you have problems, is a scary thing.

My doctor told me that there is absolutely no addiction issues with Zoloft and that is clearly not the case. If I had not looked into it, I would have believed him and possibly been in big trouble down the road when I wanted to come off the medication.

I am also experiencing some really scary withdrawal symptoms from the ativan which I was not told about before I took the meds.. If I had known I was going to feel this way, I don\'t think I would have taken them in the first place.

Anyway, I do not mean to sound confrontational so I hope you do not take what I\'m saying as negative towards you.. I just believe very strongly that blind faith in doctors is a very scary thing.

i can tell you what happens if you miss 2 days of cymbalta??? it almost put me in the hospital. was on it for 5 weeks and forgot to take it 2 days. had sweats. brain zaps, which is like electrical surges in your brain.. had tremors and shakes to the point i thought i was having a heart attack.. i was at work when the worst of all this happened. i had to leave and was out of work for a week.. the effects still lasted another 2 weeks, but not as bad... i will never take any more of the depression meds in this same family... i could say more but i don\'t want to scare anyone that is on this more than i have.. a person has to be weened off the new ones. they are not like the old ones like prozac...

Well said Emma, one should double check a doctor , I had one give me a RX for a med that was going to have adverse deadly consequences if I had mixed the 2 good thing my pharmacist was on top of things , that was a good lesson on only filling a RX with the same pharmacy all the time so this doesn\'t happen . I also had them print the warning to give to my Dr . He was shocked and said he should have taken a better med history on me .

Wow Rep, that is some scary stuff.. Thank God for that pharmacist.

Blond, did your symptoms stop altogether after two weeks?

Has anyone had this feeling of \'unreality\' from taking meds or stopping meds? It is absolutely driving me crazy and nobody that I know has any idea what I am talking about.. like I\'m a nutter or something. I just all of a sudden feel so spacey, out there, unreal, dizzy, can\'t focus.. Unreality really is the best way to describe it. Thank God it is listed as a withdrawal symptom otherwise I would be nervous that I was losing it.

I\'ve been doing some more research and found the term or what I am experiencing..

Depersonalization & Derealization.. I think I am experiencing the latter. Very scary.

Whenever I don't take my medicine which I've been on for years now I feel okay and happy for the first couple days, then I crash and burn... I get very intense panic attacks, not wanting to get out of bed, now really hungry, my mood is not great, very sad, not talking much. My emotions feel very built up whenever I miss a couple days, getting easily upset very easy