Talk:Kathy Sleckman/@comment-4827682-20130523045750/@comment-98.159.69.146-20130527231700

If she quit Zoloft only 1 week before the show, then most definitely yes, that would be a MAJOR reason for prompting her to quit. I'm a physically disabled combat vet who also has mental issues (VERY hard to admit for a Type-A Compulsive Alpha), although well under control now.

Up until about 6-8 years ago, I was on 3 different "nerve medicines", including Zoloft & 2 very much more powerful ones. Through self-determination, faith, & a sexy ... err, good pysch, I eventually managed to make due with 100mg's of Zoloft each day. I'll be on this until the day I die.

1 missed dose is practically unnoticable. 2 missed doses causes a flu-like feeling ... dizzy, naseous, just a general feeling of bad. 3 missed doses, the farthest I've ever gone, purely unintentional, REALLY screws up your weekend. when you finally get out of bed after 10 or 11 hours of restless non-sleep, all you want to do is go BACK to bed. But when you do, you're not sleepy anymore, too sick to eat much, & just basically incapacitated. It's called "Serotonin Withdrawel" & it's NO fun. Curiously, the symptoms are more physical than mental, & may be partially psychological, since taking a dose will eliminate most of them in just an hour or so.

As I said, i can't speak for over 3 days missed, but I got the strong feeling day 4 & 5 wouldn't be too much better. A person would have to be an idiot to try to quit an anti-depressant just a week or so before something as stressful as Survivor, plain & simple.