No more Zoloft!

Just wanted to post this to let others know that it is possible to get off Zoloft. I had been taking it for approximately 5 years for Depression & secretly thought that I would never be able to get off it.I had been originally prescribed 50mg a night & when diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue 100mg per night.When first prescribed I was told "not to worry" as it was not addictive.......Well that didn't turn out to be the case.After a period of time went by I had tried to stop it firstly by cold turkey & then by cutting it down slowly but the side effects were pretty awful.I basically couldn't see properly if I stopped it in amongst other very unpleasant things.I had managed to cut it down to 50mg every third night which wasn't too bad. It was something that I hated doing though (as I do not like any type of medication anymore except for herbal or natural) so as you can imagine it was extremely frustrating for me.
.......... I worried that I would not cope if I cut it out & that I might just fall into a heap on the floor.I have children & all the associated things that go with a busy family life so I felt that I would just have to lump it.
........Anyway it kind of just happened as follows.
I went to a Naturopath at a local Health Food Store & begun discussing a juice fast that I wanted to go on. We got onto the fact that I have Candida & that he could get rid of it with a course of plantation tea tree oil. But..... I couldn't take it because I was on the Zoloft. He stared off into space & began describing things about me (he did not know me!) & I froze. He said that he had a lady that could help me & that she was a psychic.

This has been the changing point of my life. She has helped me to learn sooo much about me (& my past which was filled with abuse). I had thought that I was past all of that as I had worked extremely hard on it a number of years ago but unfortunately these things are insideous & leave many scars which we aren't even aware of! She said that I was extremely deficient in minerals (IP,MP,PP & CP)& that I should take a herbal preparation to support me consisting of Passionflower, Hops & ?(not sure) I was also starting to take a preparation of Rosemary, Cayenne & Ginko Biloba which seemed to make me chirpier & think more clearly. It was amazingly easy to do & I had very little discomfort & side effects. It has now been 1 whole month!!

My long winded point is that never give up on trying!!!! I have been on a natural health path for about three years now & just happened onto these amazing people. I still have a long way to go but I feel very positive about so much now. Always remain strong no matter what & keep on searching for answers if YOU feel that they are out there like I did.

Rubyglow