Zoloft: A Turning Point

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Just thought I'd chime in and say I'm still on the Zoloft and still feeling a lot better. I get very minor twitching every once in a while, but most of the time, I have virtually none. (At one point in my life, I didn't think this would be possible.) And just to reiterate, it was the Zoloft that helped me (50mg). I went back off a little over a year ago and my twitches took off again. But, as soon as I went back on, they subsided. I still think there's a chemical link between my OCD/anxiety and the twitches that the Zoloft addresses. Plus, at this low dosage, I don't have any side effects. For anybody who hasn't at least tried the drug, you should consider it. I know some people here are violently opposed to antidepressants and have had bad experiences with them. That's valid. But please don't discourage people from at least trying them for several months. It won't hurt you and it might make you feel a lot better. Anyway, I hope this helps somebody.

Take care everyone.
 
When I took a paxil I saw gold spots and a burning sensation all through my body, along with vision completely black. I never took it again, then months later I went on zoloft and that is when my twitches started. I had the pins and needles and vibrations before that but my twitches and vibrations were alot worse on zoloft..Jenn
 
I had a couple other things I wanted to ask. You said that you do not think it is viral because zoloft works. There are alot of meds that work on different diseases, for example there is a nerve pain drug that works for woman with hot flashes, they do not know why but it works, just because a certain med works for a certain disease does not mean it cannot be something else. I am not even going to go there on the anxiety thing, I think everyone knows my opinion on that but I would like to ask you this though..If you think it is not viral because zoloft works for you then how come most of all these people who have taken SSRI's and it doesnt work for them, so they can say it isnt anxiety then like you can say it is not viral? Just curious...Thanks..Jenn
 
Interesting- a neuro-psych doctor prescribed Zoloft for me and I blew it off, figuring if it wasn't going to stop the twitches then I didn't want to take it. I guess it's something to consider...

Shelley
 
OK I guess I'll join in.So, if there is link between anxiety and twitching, how can we proove it? Some might say that the twitching starts when you are nervous and vanishes when you feel calm again. Well, that would be easy to diagnose then... nervous system freaking out and somehow it results in twitching. But it doesn't work that way, it isn't that simple I assume.I think that IF twitching is caused by stress and anxiety, it must be a VERY slow process that depends on long-term stress levels, not on occasional stress peaks. You probably won't start twitching for months or years if you have a high stress level for a short time (e.g. important university exam, first date, life-threatening event like a near car accident, etc), but maybe long-term stress (over years) can? And it's the same with the cure for twitching: A relaxed weakend in a nice place won't make the twitches go away at once.In my case I still can't tell where it comes from... Long-term stress, viral infection, side-effects of a betablocker, or maybe a neural disease after all - no idea, it might be anything :(
 
I think that the "if" portion of your response is dead on. If it indeed starts from anxiety, it is most definitely a very long process to get there, and a very long process to bring it back down again. It is in no way a simple vacation trip to the beach that is going to change things.That being said, of course there is no way to tell if anxiety is 100% always the root cause of what we are dealing with. But anxiety is absolutely 100% certainly the cause of how we react to it. Remember, your reaction and your response to BFS symptoms is always a choice. You can choose to freak out about them, or you can stop, and choose not to freak out about them. That part is always 100% controllable. Remember, there has never been a single, verified, medically confirmed case of benign BFS actually turning into the other thing. Not one. Ever. If you go back in the archives and search, you will see this repeated over and over ad nauseum hundreds of times.In fact here's one from 2004 where Alonzo spells it right out for you. It sounds like a scary topic at the start but trust me, it's not. There's a reason people like Alonzo and Gary got fed up and stopped responding to the same questions over and over again on this board. Alonzo spells out in crystal clear logic why BFS means nothing. It will never turn into anything. It never has turned into anything.Enjoy your Wednesday.
 
Mario,As usual your contributions to the forum are great, I read this post weeks ago and find it very helpful. As a matter of fact im on my 10th day of Zoloft (50mg) and can tell a difference, the obssesion element has came down like 50%, i can put my mind easily into others things. Also this week started CBT therapy to change the way I react to my symptoms and adressing my anxiety issues to the core itself. My therapist, after a very thorough evaluation, made me realize how my anxiety & obssesive patterns come waaaaay back in my life. You are all right, there´s no quick fix to anxiety (BFS is not my problem its anxiety) but im on my way to fully recover. He also mentioned that anxious persons, most of the time dont recognize anxiety at all, it becomes a chronic patter of unhealthy thinking, I was so used to anxiety that i didnt even realize how deep it was stuck on my mind.A few examples :- I remember very clearly that when any of my sons, when kids, got any minor illness, I always thought the very worse ( OMG Cancer, Lymphona, etc), i once even made my pediatrician swore me that Nicolás ( My older son ) didnt have Leukemia ( Jesus what an idiot)- After I started having sex as a teen, i became pretty obssessed with HIV and STDS, to the point of avoiding any type of sexual relations like for 3 years!!!!! ( what an *beep*)- So, of course, with my natural talent over anxiety & obssession, when I started twitching 7 months ago I pretty much got stucked on the worry and concern cycles us, anxiety sufferers master perfectly.By the way, my new personal defintion of BFS :Anxious people that start to have some normal twitching, becoming absolutely obssessed about it to the point of having super high anxiety and panick, leading to more symptoms and more anxiety. It took almost 8 months to understand this concept, but I think now I get it Luck,Eduardo
 

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