Day 6 - 3:01 PM

A little behind here, so let me catch up. Today is the last day on Zoloft. I have been upgraded to Lexapro. Here's the recap:

I got home yesterday around 4:00 since I got to work so early. I started to get the sweats late in the afternoon and the wouldn't let up all the way up to when I went to sleep that night. I had continuing pain in my chest which was extremely disquieting. I also noticed some other protate and Gi related side effects which I will not get into. On a good note I was able to get to bet on my own accord at around midnight which is great. However, I woke up at 3:30 AM with my mind active in thought. I took an Xanax around 4:00 and I think I was back to sleep around 5 and slept another 4 hours. I felt crappy in the morning, but not as bad if I hadn't slept. Good thing I was going to the doctor today. I was going to wait until after my appointment before taking my dose of Zoloft, but for some reason I took it anyway right before I left. I definitely noticed a difference in how I felt before and after.

At the doctor's, I told her about my side effects and she recommended Lexapro as it has supposedly less side effects. She said the pain in the chest was likely due to taking a pill and then lying down again (which I did on Saturday) so hopefully that was it. She gave me a grab-bag of samples of Ambien CR, Lunestra, and Sonata (not by Hyundai) to see if that would help me sleep through the night.

So take two...