STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

halleybird--I totally know what you are going through.  I recently had to lower the dosage of my SSRI, Paxil, and it made me the crabbiest person in the world!  I am not kidding--I was extremely irritable and would cry over the littlest things.  I'm pg now so to make matters worse, it was dificult to determine if these emotions were the hormones or from lowering the dose.  I really think it's due to the tapering of the dose b/c I went down a lot (37.5 mg to only 10 mg).  I had been crying almost daily for about the last 3 weeks and just angry at ppl in general.  I felt like such a  psycho.  Finally I convinced the doc to up the dose to 20 mgs, and I feel so much better!  It sucks that I have to take medication to not feel this way, but oh well.  As long as I'm not having those grumpy feelings, I don't care.  Just my 2 cents for what it's worth.  I would consider going back to your doctor, but I definitely understand your hesitation to do so.  How long has it been since you stopped taking the Zoloft and did you do it gradually?  Maybe you can get on it again and then taper it more gradually next time to avoid side effects.  HTH!