yep, it was withdrawal, yep- got the script for liquid zoloft :) :)

Well, 7 hours after taking her 37.5mg dose of REAL zoloft, Honey is back to her stable self. Irritablity way down, anxiety way down. I cant wait to see how she sleeps tonight since for the past several days, dreams have been dramatic and vivid and waking her up frequently. For two weeks she has been in withdrawal and we just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Sertraline under the Teva label should be investigated. This drug should not be used as an equal to Pfizer/Greenstone sertraline. It took me a visit to 3 different pharmacies before I found one that carried Greenstone (vs. Teva)

I was so proud of Honey today. We have been talking over (Honey and I) what the goals of the Dr. visit were, what we wanted to share, what we would share if necessary, what we would accept from the doctor and what we would refuse.
Honey presented "her case", presented a review of previous withdrawal (late Aug 06 - started back on sertraline Nov 06 and dosage bumped up Jan 07 (to help with symptoms that seemed to be withdrawal symptoms from previous Zoloft use of 50mg), presented a summary of WHY she wanted off the drug and presented our researched plan for tapering safely.
Honey ROCKED! She did all of this while she was basically "freaking out" due to withdrawal symptoms. She finally had to sit down/lay back on a bench in our final pharmacy. The pharmacist got a dose for Honey immediately. A literal few hours later and she was feeling so much better.

Dr. gave Honey a script for 2 weeks worth of tablets.
She also gave Honey the script for liquid Zoloft.
We decided that Honey would stabilize on the tablets for a couple days, then go to tablets and liquid and gradually go to just liquid. WHY? I dont know- I just feel like we should. Actually, I think I received a helpful, anonymous email from a dear helper who suggested not going straight to the liquid, but to make a gradual change. Who knows, but it seems safer to me and dr. had no problem with it.
Glad the day is over. I am so glad to have solved the withdrawal issue, so proud of Honey- being her own advocate today (I know it something she will be proud of for a while) and so glad we got the liquid :)

Teva Announces Launch of Generic Zoloft

Is Teva sertraline/generic sertraline equivelant to Pfizer Zoloft?

Well, this makes all the sense in the world (if it is true?- wonder how I find out?)
Honey has been on this Teva form of sertraline and I think she is having withdrawal symptoms... well, it is not our imagination and I am not going to blame my poor pill cutting skills anymore. The above link is to a message board - a conversation others are having on the difference between Teva sertraline, Greenstone sertraline (greenstone being a Pfizer subsidiary) and Pfizer Zoloft. There are 379 comments concerning this issue. Most of them in agreement that something is wrong with the generic form- that they are having symptoms of withdrawal (though many of them dont know what is happening to them)

I also found some interesting thoughts here
and here at crazymeds.org on generic vs. brand.

Well, I think I have resolved one issue- Honey is in withdrawal and it is because of the freaking drug (teva form of sertraline)
So now, wonder what I do?
Do I continue with 37.5mg doses?
I have no idea what she has been getting. But yes, she needs to get stable again.
This is my plan (if we get what we need from the doctor today):
(But wondering now if doctor can give me a mix of these two forms of zoloft?)

oral concentrate form of zoloft
I also plan to ask for a script for 25mg Zoloft tablets – hoping for a couple weeks worth. Honey would take 1.5 of these tablets. I know it is going to be a short wait for the liquid (if she gets it) since it is not stocked where I plan to go for her rx. (It wasn’t stocked regularly anywhere around here). I am done with Teva. So she will need tablets until the liquid is available for us. I thought about this-
Tablets until liquid is ready then:
1 tablet and 12.5mg of the liquid (.62ml- haven’t quite figured it out yet) for a couple days, then ½ tablet and 25mg of the liquid until I am out of tablets. I just feel like it should be a gradual shift from tablet to liquid.
But, what do I know… well, I guess I know I need to trust my gut.