I've been on Zoloft for anxiety and panic attacks for 2 almost 3 years and finally got the go ahead from my doctor and myself (very important) to start coming off of it. I tapered off over about 6 weeks, and have been completely off of it for about 2 weeks.

The problem? **I am crying and getting upset at the drop of a hat.** Seeing cute children at my job makes me immediately overwhelmed with emotion and cry. Seeing sad commercials make me cry. My cat just scratched me by accident and I broke down sobbing (not from pain, but I felt like a dramatic toddler whenever they fall and scrape their knee for some reason)

It was also my birthday this week and I started crying when people sang happy birthday to me. And when someone got me a card. Enough sad/happy emotion that I had to take a few minutes to pull myself together and keep going.

It's almost like those really big mood swings you get with PMS or pregnancy hormones only it's not either of those! I was very moody towards the end of coming off of the meds.

Anyone else experience similar issues? How long did this last for you? I know that's a long time to be on a medication so I expected some side effects from tapering (I had brain zaps like a mofo for the last two weeks I was still on it) but I really hope this isn't forever.