My guy didn’t order early enough for a seamless Rx to Rx transition. He’s been weaning himself from his 150mg daily dose of Zoloft to stretch it out for the past few days. He has been incredibly uncomfortable and cranky, and he didn’t explain that it was from lack of Zoloft until today. He ordered more this afternoon, it could take a week to arrive by mail.
Our background: Our relationship isn’t official, we broke up five months ago and I try to help him however I can, but am around way too much… I know 
I helped massage him and cook healthy dinners when he was training for an MMA fight. We care about each other a lot!
My goal right now is to make his withdrawal symptoms as painless as possible, however I can. All jokes aside, yes I did offer head 
He’s just that miserably uncomfortable, please Yahoo! How can I help my guy with this? If there’s some easy remedy, please speak up. If you have personal experience with this, I would love to hear it.
I understand that Zoloft is the SSRI? form of anti-depressant, which assists in helping the brain absorb the happy chemical – Serotonin. Could massaging release some feel good brain chemicals?
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Jared - said
June 10 2011 @ 07:11
His withdrawal is not understood really. It isn’t as simple as not enough of X chemical, wish it were. An SSRI Inhbits receptors at the cleft from absorbing 5-HydroxyTryptophan (aka: Serotonin). Although it isn’t limited to just serotonin.
What can you do? Quite frankly whatever he asks. This isn’t something you can ‘make easy’ for him, it is on the cellular level.
So, knowing your limitations, do whatever he says. If he is quite uncomfortable you can bring him things, massage (if he wants to be touched), and so on.. which you are willing to do. BUT, if he wants you to genuinely leave him alone.. don’t take it personally.. just tell him ok.. and DO IT.. lol. Seriously, just tell him ok, if you need me for anything give me a call etc.
He can try to keep his mind busy with comedy movies, action movies, video games,whatever. You get the idea.. you can facilitate by running errands.
I’ve found that exercising a bit is really the only help on a chemical level. A good walk in the evening,.. or cardiovascular exercise on ‘some’ level can help. Though how much pain vs benefit is up to the individual.
Chemically,.. there isn’t a good SSRI replacement out there — and it isn’t wise to replace with one in anothers absence as they don’t work identically to one another — IE: If you had some prozac, it would not instantly take away the withdrawal effects of Zoloft.
But, having said that — He could try some 5-HTP from any health store, pharmacy, etc.. that is Over the counter. Take as directed and it may take the edge off.
I would have to recommend AGAINST alcohol,.. usually this leads to feeling worse.. and if not, you DO feel much worse than normal for a few days afterwards because of the chaos in your neurochemistry.
You can assure him.. if he respects your medical opinion — that he will be fine,.. this isn’t killing him, or damaging him. Though this may just be annoying. That is the problem, when you feel so bad, especially mentally nothing can help.
Benzodiazepines would help tremendously with his mood to relax him.. but aren’t readily available and require an Rx. Just throwing that out there — things like Diazepam (valium), Alprazolam (Xanax), Clonazapam (Klonopin), etc..
Again, hate to basically tell you there isn’t much you can do but *not* be annoying.
In this type of state people don’t want to be alone, but they do. If that makes sense. So sometimes just having someone around, but not really engaging them helps just a little.
He should , of course, go see a doctor of any kind to get an Rx — this is an incredibly easy medication to get prescribed.. I don’t know of one doctor that wouldn’t write it just by asking.. there need be no proof. You could even get it for yourself going to a doctor and give it to him. A little sketchy there, but that is a way you could help. Just don’t open a pathway where you are acquiring a medication he needs and he begins to rely on you for the times’ between’. Although an SSRI isn’t an ‘addictive’ medication so really maintaining an "indefinite" supply is very easy.
Good luck with it.
michinoku2001 - said
June 10 2011 @ 07:11
I agree with Jared. If it goes to a doctor and explains chances are he will get the RX. As it is what you are saying only makes so much sense…the "withdrawal symptoms" of antidepressants are in fact the return of the underlying depression. Therefore what he is in "withdrawl" from is what he needs treatment for in the first place. If he had a broken arm would you wait around for his RX to arrive?-but yet when it comes to depression you think a nice massage might do the trick?!
Friddy`- Mr. Lif - Mr. Lif - Mr. Lif - said
June 10 2011 @ 07:11
Smoke medical marijuana.
Kimberly S - said
June 10 2011 @ 07:11
Ive ran out of my antidepressants b4 and it made me very irritable and couldn’t sleep,but i made it and no one did anything special for me,it’ll probally just get on his nerves if you try too be helpful,also let him be by hisself alot,it does wonders for ones nerves!I would give him lots of privacey during this time and just wait it out,it will pass.