Got fat on zoloft and want to quit!

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I have been on Zoloft for about a year now. I´m on the absolute minimum dose (25 mg) but have gained a lot of weight even though I had been eating healthier and exersice daily.

So, I wanna quit but don´t know how to do it without getting more anxiety. (My GP has suddenly changed workplace and the next appointment is many weeks from now).

Please give me some advice how I can stop this without getting some withdrawal syndrome or a flood of anxiety.

Ask yourself why you were on this medication to begin with? If it was treating a condition, what treatment are you going to replace it with? Tell whatever doctor you have now that the side effects of "weight gain" are unacceptable and that you require him to do something about it, change your medication or whatever he has to do.

If you want you can cut the pill in half with a pill cutter which you can buy from any pharmacy or prolly at a dollar store. To avoid withdrawal, use half the pill for a week then stop. You as a patient have the right to not take any medication. You can tell your pharmacist that and the pharmacist can tell your doctor, but if your doctor can't get a sooner appointment, you don't have to wait and you have the right to quit medications at any time.

If Zoloft was helping anxiety, expect that you whatever problems it was helping with will return.

I gained almost 30 lbs. over the seven years I was prescribed SSRIs. I finally returned to my normal weight of 135 lbs. just last year.

So yes, consider what withdrawing from SSRIs might do. You might want to discuss with your prescriber the idea of changing to a different non-SSRI alternative or lowering your dosage. But, if you do choose to pursue withdrawing from your SSRI, understand that it will take about three or four months to complete. Don't rush the withdrawal process. It can be rough if you don't do it slowly.

Good luck with whatever choices you make.

I was on zoloft for depression, it stopped working, my mom made me stay on, it was costing my mom $300. I was also on Abilify & more stuff, I was on this one medication that made me gain weight.

Talk to your therapist or psychiatrist.

Seroquel (quetiapine) did it for me. 30kg gain. I stopped it but I'm still taking lithium which I think is preventing me from losing any of the weight I gained.

I haven't heard of Zoloft making a person gain weight but as everyone is different, I'm not surprised. Your doctor needs to be made aware of this.

You could ask your doc about Buspar. It helps my anxiety alot & & is the only med specially for anxiety that isn't a sedative like benzodiazepines. It can be taken with antidepressants & lots of other psych meds. I researched it abit before trying it & I didn't read anything about it causing weight gain. It's not an SSRI but like SSRIs you need to take it regularly.