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zoloft and seizures

Thu, 01/26/2006 - 22:07

Hi, 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 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.

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 Shosh on Thu, 2006-02-09 - 07:17
Hi Mary Ann, I've just joined this forum because I seem to have had a similar experience with Zoloft and wanted to find out some more information. I began taking Zoloft last week Wednesday. I took 25mg for the first two days and then started on 50mg for the third day. On that third day I suddenly got really tired...like no other tiredness I had ever experienced...and then an hour later while I was sat in borders bookstore and I started to 'zone out' and began to feel warm tingles across my cheek bones, a tightness at the back of my head, nauseated from my stomach to my throat, and my leg began to twitch. This lasted about three minutes and I continued to have these episodes for few hours. I've experienced this every day except this Wenesday for the last week. The seizures seem to last anywhere from thirty seconds to three minutes and I always feel like I have been hit by a truck when wake up the next morning...I normally have the seizures late afternoon. I had an EEG yesterday, but still don't have the results. Also, I've got a form of ADHD (type four Temporal lobe ADHD), which means that the bood flow to my temporal lobes and frontal lobes are substantially below average (had a SPECT scan) and I also have food intolerances, multiple chemical sensitivites and chronic fatigue syndrome. My psychiatrist has also put me on Tegratol XR. Susan Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Albert Einstein

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