Don't worry Deb, I'm not stopping it. Last night I was dog tired, so I just took the 1 mg. I went to bed like a baby. I'll continue this until I'm sure I'm not getting any more spasms. Then I'll slowly go to 3/4s of a pill and then slowly after that. Maybe there's hope for me to get sleep the natural way.

Hey, you never know.

But I once read that older people need less sleep (and sleep less), than younger people.

So now that I'm 60, does this mean I don't need the same amount of sleep?

Oh well, you can't have everything in this world.

Oh, years ago, when my son was doing his bizarre behavior thing after he moved out, I thought I would lose my mind, I was crying in the doctor's office. And forget about getting any sleep.

The doctor gave me zoloft.

I had never taken anything like that before. He gave me the starter pack and before you knew it I was at 100 a day.

I also gained weight. But, I felt great. I'll never forget walking around smiling at everybody and if someone told me a sad story, I would respond with "oh, really??? why, how sad". But I never FELT anything. The zoloft allowed me to conquer anything that gave me stress.

But when I saw that I put on 20 lbs, well, in MY case, that's a no no.

So I slowly weaned myself off of it and learned other coping mechanisms. Like going to nutritionists, starting my own asperger forums, helping other parents of compulsive gamblers, sharing our stories. That how I coped with what I was going through.

Alan, on the other hand, well he takes his zoloft every day. He had a much harder time coping with our son's behavior, and for him, I truly believe the Zoloft saved his sanity. And it didn't impact his weight one iota. Maybe it's a male thing vs a female thing? Maybe the females gain weight on zoloft but the males don't???

I have no idea.

So I cope each day as best I can.

Isn't that really all we can do???

Take care,

Melody