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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 kroger04 on Fri, 2010-06-04 - 16:10
Re: zoloft and seizures
Submitted by MichaelM on Thu, 2010-07-29 - 05:57
Zoloft does trigger seizures
Sunday afternoon my daughter invited me over for dinner before dinner she took a pill at the time i didnt know what it was it was Zoloft , so we were eating dinner and we were standing in the front room talking all of a sudden she was not responding to me her eyes looked like they were about ready to pop out of her head and she turned zombie and was not responding to me then she fell backword on the floor and started to shake and foaming at the mouth and gagging i called 911 while talking to 911 then she died i said o my god she just died so i went got her address and went back in the house she came back to life i was yelling and trying to help her she would not respond to me she got up looked at me with zombie eyes set on the couch and the police and ambulance showed up and she got of the couch took off running down her hallway and dove out her kids bedroom window ambulance people had to get her out of the back yard she struggled with them they finally got her calmed down got her in the ambulance she started to snap back in the ambulance but couldnt remember her age or name then they got her to the hospital and she snapped out of it and she was just fine but i see she lost some of her memory shes forgetting apt and she forgot she had a job before the seizure my grandson told me she fell down stairs and fell in her bed room and didnt remember what happened she doesnt remember none of this watching your own kid die was damn scary i am still shocked over this and the doctors wont to a damn thing for her we flushed her Zoloft down the toilet she is having massive withdrawals also Zoloft is a population reduce drug they want to kill everybody
i took Zoloft in the past it made me sick watching your own daughter die was scary so anybody thats taking this drug i woud be careful
Zoloft does trigger seizures
Sunday afternoon my daughter invited me over for dinner before dinner she took a pill at the time i didnt know what it was it was Zoloft , so we were eating dinner and we were standing in the front room talking all of a sudden she was not responding to me her eyes looked like they were about ready to pop out of her head and she turned zombie and was not responding to me then she fell backword on the floor and started to shake and foaming at the mouth and gagging i called 911 while talking to 911 then she died i said o my god she just died so i went got her address and went back in the house she came back to life i was yelling and trying to help her she would not respond to me she got up looked at me with zombie eyes set on the couch and the police and ambulance showed up and she got of the couch took off running down her hallway and dove out her kids bedroom window ambulance people had to get her out of the back yard she struggled with them they finally got her calmed down got her in the ambulance she started to snap back in the ambulance but couldnt remember her age or name then they got her to the hospital and she snapped out of it and she was just fine but i see she lost some of her memory shes forgetting apt and she forgot she had a job before the seizure my grandson told me she fell down stairs and fell in her bed room and didnt remember what happened she doesnt remember none of this watching your own kid die was damn scary i am still shocked over this and the doctors wont to a damn thing for her we flushed her Zoloft down the toilet she is having massive withdrawals also Zoloft is a population reduce drug they want to kill everybody
i took Zoloft in the past it made me sick watching your own daughter die was scary so anybody thats taking this drug i woud be careful
Re: zoloft and seizures
Submitted by skipperc1 on Wed, 2011-03-23 - 06:27
Okay so here is what happened to me- I have been racking my brain for 3 years trying to find out if there is anyone else out there that has experienced what I have. 3 years ago my doctor put me on Zoloft for anxiety and I was on it approx 45 days when my seizure hit. It was late in the day and I had a grand mal seizure while at work. I have never had a seizure before or any indicators of being senstive to having one. I immediately came off the zoloft and since then I have been on Lamictal everyday due to abnormal EEG. I have not had a seizure since. So I have only had one im my life and it happened to be while I was on zoloft.
Anyways, so my doctor has told me that she only has me on the Lamictal because of my abnormal EEG-But then in the next breath she says there are probably thousands of people walking around with abnormal EEGs that they just dont know it. Personally I'm wondering if my abnormal waves made me sensitive to a seizure and when I was on Zoloft -the meds just "made it happen"-everything lined up for a seizure.
My neuro swears that it was not the Zoloft but I feel like in my heart it was-especially reading how it affected other people. My neuro wants me to stay on my Lamictal but I am a totally different person-forgetfulness, short fuse, sleepy, low sex drive, etc. This has gotten so bad my husband went to the doctor with me and we discussed me coming off since I have been seizure free for 3 years now. He even made the statement "I want my wife back, this is not her" I felt horrible because I know too how the medicine has changed me. Anyways my neuro told me she could not assist me in coming off and that she could be held responsible if I were to have another seizure while off.
6 months after that conversation I am weening me off the Lamictal myself. I went from 200mg daily to 100mg daily over a span of 2 months. I'm a little anxious about not ever knowing if another seizure will happen but I also believe in God's protection and I am praying for God to give me peace about this if I can handle it. I was just wondering if anyone else has or knows of anyone only ever having one seizure in there life while on Zoloft and then having abnormal EEG.
Okay so here is what happened to me- I have been racking my brain for 3 years trying to find out if there is anyone else out there that has experienced what I have. 3 years ago my doctor put me on Zoloft for anxiety and I was on it approx 45 days when my seizure hit. It was late in the day and I had a grand mal seizure while at work. I have never had a seizure before or any indicators of being senstive to having one. I immediately came off the zoloft and since then I have been on Lamictal everyday due to abnormal EEG. I have not had a seizure since. So I have only had one im my life and it happened to be while I was on zoloft.
Anyways, so my doctor has told me that she only has me on the Lamictal because of my abnormal EEG-But then in the next breath she says there are probably thousands of people walking around with abnormal EEGs that they just dont know it. Personally I'm wondering if my abnormal waves made me sensitive to a seizure and when I was on Zoloft -the meds just "made it happen"-everything lined up for a seizure.
My neuro swears that it was not the Zoloft but I feel like in my heart it was-especially reading how it affected other people. My neuro wants me to stay on my Lamictal but I am a totally different person-forgetfulness, short fuse, sleepy, low sex drive, etc. This has gotten so bad my husband went to the doctor with me and we discussed me coming off since I have been seizure free for 3 years now. He even made the statement "I want my wife back, this is not her" I felt horrible because I know too how the medicine has changed me. Anyways my neuro told me she could not assist me in coming off and that she could be held responsible if I were to have another seizure while off.
6 months after that conversation I am weening me off the Lamictal myself. I went from 200mg daily to 100mg daily over a span of 2 months. I'm a little anxious about not ever knowing if another seizure will happen but I also believe in God's protection and I am praying for God to give me peace about this if I can handle it. I was just wondering if anyone else has or knows of anyone only ever having one seizure in there life while on Zoloft and then having abnormal EEG.