Monday, July 19, 2010

She did it! Honey is completely off the poison called sertraline!

Well, it took her years to get off... but slow and steady decreases to the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft) and Honey is done with it. She was down to just a small crumb of a daily dosage (down from 50mg/day to last dose before discontinuing at about 1mg/day (estimate).
Her last dose of "poison" was over 2 weeks ago. No zaps, dizziness, nightmares. No anxiety, sleeplessness. She seems to feel her concentration has not changed negatively, no panic attacks. It is a feeling for me like she has escaped from something horrible.
Honey is now a 19 year old woman. Busy with a part time job and being a college student. Busy with friends and spending time doing things she enjoys. She is a great friend, a super student and looks forward to the rest of her life.