I've been on Zoloft for six months now to help with a depressive episode (I have MDD with my BPD). I read up on how everyone responds differently to SSRIs (and all meds, for that matter) so I went in with an open, albeit paranoid, mind.

I gave it the college try and found it wasn't for me. It numbed my emotions a bit, but I wanted to feel happy, not to just not feel, I can do that on my own with my BPD thanks very much. The side effects made it basically unbearable after a while. I got night sweats, vivid dreams and loss of sex drive as my top three. Bingo! After the six months I went back for another psychiatric review and my doctors decided that I could come off it slowly. So I went from 150mg down to 100mg a day for a week no problems. Then down to 50mg for a week. Still no problems. Then after a week of 50mg, I was advised to take them every other day to complete the taper before stopping. So the first day I didn't take one I was fine (I take them in the evening). Next day I felt a little dizzy during the day but chocked it up to blood sugar. Popped my pill that night and was horribly nauseous for the rest of the night, sweating bucketloads and waking up soaking wet and freezing cold.

The next day was the no-pill day and I found myself so dizzy I actually had to come home from work. I decided that since taking the pill had just made everything worse, so I made the executive decision to just go cold turkey from there on out. A decent night's sleep with slightly less sweating brings us to today. I am back at work, dizzier than yesterday, not willing to drive. I'm only here because I have stuff I absolutely must finish before the weekend, but I'll probably end up leaving early and cadging a lift home. 

SSRI withdrawal is not easy and needs to be done carefully. They don't tell you that even when you do it right, you will still feel like absolute crap.

Possibly mirtazapine next, but I can guarantee I will never be letting Zoloft back into my system!!