*steps up to the podium*
My name is Cheska, and I'm suffering from panic/anxiety attacks, OCD, pmsd, and depression.
I've had OCD since I was seven. I can vividly remember as a young child lining up my stuffed animals on my bed the same way, everyday, or I wouldn't go to sleep. It only got worse as I got older, and in my early twenties, it would take me up to 2 1/2 hours to go to bed (once I decided that it was "time to go to bed") because I had check and re-check door, stoves, windows, closets, etc. I was depressed and had panic/anxiety attacks on a daily basis. Not to mention that fact that I was always irritable. Sooooo irritable. I was never in a good mood and grouchy was my middle name.
Finally, after screaming at my daughter (for having done absolutely NOTHING) I decided I really needed to go get help. My doctor prescribed me Zoloft and it was like the dark cloud that was always over my head vanished. Well, not vanished... I still have my bad days but I attribute those to that certain time of the month.
I'm so much happier now and although I still have obsessive thoughts (and some compulsions) I don't really have the attacks anymore.
I wish I would have started taking something sooner. There were so many days that I would lay in bed all day, emotionally neglecting my daughter.
Alot of failed relationships too...
I read some of the posts and like some of you, I've tried to wean myself off the Zoloft hoping I can be "normal" on my own, but within days, I'm angry and miserable again.
I'm just scared that they'll release some warning that Zoloft causes brain cancer or something!!!