Posted by m3 on December 22, 2006, at 13:09:56
I have five days of Zoloft left. I'm leaving town tomorrow for seven days, and my physician is gone for the next six days. It's a pretty minimal dose and I'm not sure it's doing that much for me; I think the chances of becoming suicidal or nonfunctional are vanishingly small.
That said, I am wondering if anyone can think of a way out of this situation. I'm sure I'm not the only depressive who gets herself into ridiculous situations due to problems with self-advocacy.
In case you're wondering how I got here, I moved several months ago to NYC. I didn't have a job when I got here, and I expected there would be a painful transition period (normally a big issue for me). Instead I got a great, though demanding, job almost immediately. So the transition issues took a new form for me - I let myself get sucked into working way too much so I could ignore the fact that I don't have much social support. The stressful job also made it a bit difficult to find time and privacy to arrange a psychiatrist. I could have put more effort toward it, but in my defense I did make several phone calls to various offices who said they would call me back and didn't, despite repeated polite messages.
So I'm stuck, and I don't really have anyone to call. My best option at this point seems to be to do a gradual seven-day withdrawal. But I'd be interested in hearing other people's perspectives.
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