13 days without Zoloft

I've been on Zoloft for 13 days now. I thought I was doing well until Wednesday (the 15th) or Thursday (the 16th). Now I'm not so sure. I got so mad because my grandmother has put my coat away Thursday and I was slamming everything (doors, my coat), I yelled and cused at my son which is something I try extreamly hard not do to. Then on Friday I called my mother and asked her to keep him until I could take to a doctor about how to handle all this. On Saturday I slept off and on for odd hours then extreamly late that night I headed up to my boyfriends because I was scared to be alone for fear I might hurt myself. I spent most of the day with him and I had him frustrated and confused most of the day because he can't stand not knowing how to help me deal with all this. He know that I am trying to come off the Zoloft because after being on it since the summer of 2005 I don't care for the fact it's making me flightly and "air-headed". Now it seems like my sleep is screwed up. The doctor said it's going to take another 4 weeks before we know if my symptoms are from coming off the Zoloft or if it is from the "bi-polar"

I came off Zoloft for a bit and I had a very similar experience. I tapered down slowly and didn't have any problems. It wasn't until I had stopped taking it completely for about 2 weeks that things started to go downhill. The first thing to get screwed up was my sleep. I also became extremely irritable and I was snapping at everyone. It was hard to tell how much was due to lack of sleep and how much was due to "discontinuation syndrome". I also had those brain zap things.

I stayed off Zoloft for about 4 months in total and was med-free during that period. But as time went on I became much more anxious and much more depressed. I am now back on Zoloft again.

Definitely not saying that you will have to go back on it. Just wanted to share my personal experience. I quit because I didn't think Zoloft was working for me anymore. I don't have any bad side effects from it, I just thought it had "pooped out". But after being off it for a few months I realized that it was helping quite a bit. And that's why I'm back on it.

Are you taking any other meds? It's good you're in close contact with your doc. Wishing you all the best!

I'm hoping to come off Zoloft in the new year... so this info is great to know.
bussie mom, hope things get better