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zoloft and seizures
Thu, 01/26/2006 - 22:07Hi, I was on zoloft before my brain injury, i was increased after, when diagonsed with seizure disorder I was incresed to 200 mg, at that time my seizures became "uncontrolable". In doing some research I found that zoloft should not be given to in patients with brain injury or nuerological disorders, because in some instances zoloft can cause seizures. I called my primary and she weened me off zoloft, my nuerologist said that this can be true in some patients, I was also on dilant at the time, i am now on tegratol,,,, has anyone one else had a similar experience?
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Re: zoloft and seizures
Submitted by tonylucas on Tue, 2010-11-30 - 23:01
My wife has epilepsy and has had no seizure for 5 yrs. She takes 200mg of Lamictal 2x a day, 7 weeks ago she gave birth to our 2nd baby, was diagnosed with post pardum depression yesterday was given Zoloft .25 2x/day......today she seized! Yes it definately causes seizures!!! 5 years seizure free and in 1 day Zoloft brought it back.
My wife has epilepsy and has had no seizure for 5 yrs. She takes 200mg of Lamictal 2x a day, 7 weeks ago she gave birth to our 2nd baby, was diagnosed with post pardum depression yesterday was given Zoloft .25 2x/day......today she seized! Yes it definately causes seizures!!! 5 years seizure free and in 1 day Zoloft brought it back.
Re: zoloft and seizures
Submitted by MichaelM on Sun, 2010-08-01 - 12:49
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Friday night my daughter was with a Friend in a pickup truck she went off scamming and opened the moving pickup door and jumped out onto the pavement ended up in the hospital for 6 hours on morphine and Tramadol with pavement burns all over her body from Zoloft withdrawal bad stuff folks
If you stopped using Zoloft abruptly and are experiencing the symptoms you do, you probably developed withdrawal syndrome. All of your symptoms including mental confusion, joint pain, dizziness, stomachaches, nausea, tremors etc. are signs of withdrawal. The withdrawal symptoms usually last for 1-2 weeks but in some cases they decrease over a period of one month. It is recommended that the usage of Zoloft is gradually decreased. What happens is that Zoloft has a half life for about one day. That means that every day that passes without you taking Zoloft, the level in the blood falls about 50%. After two days the level of Zoloft is reduced to 25%, after three days to 12, 5% and so on until it wears out completely. And because of its half-life, it can cause many problems. There is one particular, very unpleasant withdrawal symptom called REM Behavior Disorder. When moving your eyes too quickly, you dream in sequences- you are awake but you have hallucinations like you are actually dreaming. If something like this happens contact your physician.
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Friday night my daughter was with a Friend in a pickup truck she went off scamming and opened the moving pickup door and jumped out onto the pavement ended up in the hospital for 6 hours on morphine and Tramadol with pavement burns all over her body from Zoloft withdrawal bad stuff folks
If you stopped using Zoloft abruptly and are experiencing the symptoms you do, you probably developed withdrawal syndrome. All of your symptoms including mental confusion, joint pain, dizziness, stomachaches, nausea, tremors etc. are signs of withdrawal. The withdrawal symptoms usually last for 1-2 weeks but in some cases they decrease over a period of one month. It is recommended that the usage of Zoloft is gradually decreased. What happens is that Zoloft has a half life for about one day. That means that every day that passes without you taking Zoloft, the level in the blood falls about 50%. After two days the level of Zoloft is reduced to 25%, after three days to 12, 5% and so on until it wears out completely. And because of its half-life, it can cause many problems. There is one particular, very unpleasant withdrawal symptom called REM Behavior Disorder. When moving your eyes too quickly, you dream in sequences- you are awake but you have hallucinations like you are actually dreaming. If something like this happens contact your physician.