Hi, sorry to hear of your troubles. You're not losing your mind or going crazy.

I went back and read from the first post on the thread here and you mentioned strange jumbled images and thoughts as you're waking and falling asleep.

I hope you have indeed talked to your doctor about what's going on especially if you were prescribed the Zoloft for post partum depression. You really need expert care in this situation so that it resolves and does not get worse.

I don't know if your doctor has mentioned these but sometimes people can have what are called hypnopompic hallucinations and also hypnagogic hallucinations that are usually quite benign and are sleep disturbances.

Hypnopompic occur usually on waking and hypnagogic occur usually on going to sleep but they can occur during waking hours as well. It's like when you're not quite awake and not quite asleep.

These can be quite frightening if you don't know they occur a lot and some medications can cause them to start but people can get them without being on any medication at all. I know they occur in some people who take Propranolol for instance, and I know for a fact personally that they can occur when taking Zoloft. That's not everyone, it's just some people. You said you only took one dose, so it's difficult to think that it could be related to that.

If they do occur it's usually in people who have sleep "disorders" or disturbances and if you are post concussion, and have a new baby then it's highly possible that your sleep is disturbed, if you know what I mean.

Please look into hypnopompic and hypnagogic hallucinations and see if they sound similar.

Remember, they are usually totally harmless but it's best to tell your doctor if they're occuring. They may just go away once your sleep settles down. I hope so. The reason I'm posting this is that because you have been dealing with Post Partum Depression it's imperative that you talk to your doctor and make sure that they're not related to that condition.

I actually did experience the hypnopompic and the hypnagogic when on Zoloft and I was sleep disturbed and at first they were extremely frightening until I learned more about them. They went away. I can't remember too much it was so long ago. Some people have them and feel afraid to tell anyone because they're so out of the ordinary.

What Are Hypnopompic Hallucinations? | Sleep Foundation