[ocd22]

I recently was prescribed 25mg of zoloft for my bad anxiety. I have a huge phobia and anxiety about dizziness. I am constantly worried I will get dizzy and sometimes I do. Not true vertigo but weird dizziness when i move my head...but not BPPV. I experienced a bad doctors visit who told me I had acute labyrinthitis...which ended up not being true when I went to an ENT who told me I could have never had that but that set me off to a horrible cycle of worrying I was gonna be dizzy and from then on I sometimes feel dizzy ( I am thinking anxiety related or neck related...very bad neck pain from time to time) So now I live my life worrying every moment and constantly checking to see if I am dizzy and I can not live my life anymore. So with this medicine I am EXTREMELY worried that it will cause me to be DIZZY as a side effect or when I come off the drug I will be dizzy. I have read so many horrible posts of peoples experiences and I want to know if EVERYONE feels dizzy on the drug or when they are coming off the drug?? Please some information would be greatly appreciated. What are the most common side effects and does everyone GET DIZZY?? Please help...feeling hopeless and scared.

Zoloft has dizziness listed as a possible side effect but I doubt that there are many psychotropic meds that don't have dizziness as a possible side effect.
Nobody can predict whether you will have this side effect.
It seems like it may be a good idea to try the med and see because your fears and anxieties seem so severe. If it does cause dizziness you have the option of discontinuing the med or waiting for the side effect to subside.
Try to relax.

[ocd22]

Originally Posted by George H.

Zoloft has dizziness listed as a possible side effect but I doubt that there are many psychotropic meds that don't have dizziness as a possible side effect.
Nobody can predict whether you will have this side effect.
It seems like it may be a good idea to try the med and see because your fears and anxieties seem so severe. If it does cause dizziness you have the option of discontinuing the med or waiting for the side effect to subside.
Try to relax.

Thank you, yes it's hard to find any drug without that side effect. I do think I need to try it. I am soo anxious and worried everyday. I'm tired of this.

[sewerrats]

why take AD,S if you going to worry about side effects, you have anxierty not depression 25mg of zoloft wont help much in you case , 50mg is a starter dose in england and 100mg theraputic. It can help anxierty but not till months into treatment. You need something to calm you down ,your doctor should see anxierty because is so hard to not to when being checked by him.

[Piraeus]

Hi ocd22. Give the medicine a try. Some times it takes up to a month for meds to work.
Most side effects go away with time. If it makes you dizzy, then let your doctor know and he could change it.

[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by Piraeus

Hi ocd22. Give the medicine a try. Some times it takes up to a month for meds to work.
Most side effects go away with time. If it makes you dizzy, then let your doctor know and he could change it.

All meds make you dizzy specialy at the start , you putting something in you body that cross,s the blood barrier and carries it to your brain. ad,s are not for a broken leg , there to alter your brain patterns the brain being in the head will get dizzy till it excepts the med its that simple.

[sugahorse1]

I also thought Zoloft was an SSRI and therefore an AD. I do suffer from anxiety too though, and I told him this which prompted him to put me on to Zoloft. (Along with my other BP meds)
I take 50mg at night so I don't know about dizziness.

[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by sugahorse1

I also thought Zoloft was an SSRI and therefore an AD. I do suffer from anxiety too though, and I told him this which prompted him to put me on to Zoloft. (Along with my other BP meds)
I take 50mg at night so I don't know about dizziness.

zoloft is an SSRI , AD , with added anxierty med, lexapro ssri the same with a stronger anxierty agent in it, or so reported to have,depends on the patient. the half life of zoloft is 24 hours so if you were going to get dizzy its still works the same through the day has the night , so the dizzy would still be there all day, so you dont suffer it.

[sugahorse1]

yay- one side effect that I don't have to bother with!

[parksguy]

I have been off and on zoloft for several years. In my case, I did not experience any dizziness.

I do feel light headed daily, and believe it is due to my anxiety.
Hope you feel better.
PG (Klonopin up to 1.75 mg daily)

[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by parksguy

I have been off and on zoloft for several years. In my case, I did not experience any dizziness.

I do feel light headed daily, and believe it is due to my anxiety.
Hope you feel better.
PG (Klonopin up to 1.75 mg daily)

light headed , and dizzy may feel like the same thing to some people, the dizzy feel is experienced on start up by many but it don't last