Zoloft Drug Info - Good And Bad (Page 2) (Top voted first)

I want to know everything there is to know about Zoloft good and bad.

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I've been taking Zoloft for about a year and man, it's amazing! Absolutely no side effects for me. It's strange how it seems to help people to lose weight, when in my case it helped me with a huge social anxiety and even helped me gain weight and just be the open, happy person I was meant to be... It's my miracle drug. I agree that when I skip a dose, it's a huge down day, but I think that's just the brain not getting enough happy transmitters that it's used to. I recently moved down in dosage from 100mg to 75mg and I've been fairly tired lately and I don't know if that's a side effect or not but other than that, life is amazing and it has helped me out so much.

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I have been on Zoloft on & off for over 4 years. It is fantastic. It makes me feel like I can cope with things & have some control. I do wean myself off over summer just to have a break and this year I was off them from the start to Jan to early July which was great.

I know my feelings & depression & know when it's time to go back on & it really makes a differnece. I am on 100mg a day.

A tip for those starting up, start slowly with small doses. If your GP prescribes 100mg, take 1/2 a day. As even I spin a bit if I got straight back onto 1 tab a day.

I do suffer weight gain with Zoloft and find it almost impossible to lose weight whilst I am on them. I do my best to lose weight during the times when I am off them & can can lose a lot of weight quite quickly.

I hope this helps, and I really recommend this drug as I'm sure it has saved my life at times.

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Zoloft possibly saved my life. I was in a major depression and Zoloft helped me when quite a few other antidepressants could not. I now take it with Wellbutrin. These Medications have lessened the depth of depression I feel. I am extremely grateful of my Doctor for prescibing sertaline [Zoloft] + who evr discovered this med. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE RIGHT ANTIDEPRESSANT (AND POSSIBLE ADJUNCTS-- MIX OF MEDS.) WHEN IN A DEPRESSION. TELL OTHERS ABOUT ANTIDEPRESSANTS. YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE; YOU MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE! Don't assume your depressed friends or others have ever heard of meds for depression. I had a friend who said I saved her life by telling her about antidepressants. Educate people in case they don't know; Dont assume people know anything at all. What are You going to say if you don't? Whooopsy? That's so lame. I'd hate to be saying whoopsy about my friend + I like the feeling of being told You saved my life!

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I didn't like Zoloft. My blood pressure was up, I didn't sleep, and my mouth was constantly dry. I was a happy go luck kind of person. But when I read that it effects Rem sleep I realize all it was doing was putting me into a partial sleep deprived state which upped my mood. So I tapered off of it. I sleep good now, all night. I lost 12 pounds. And though I may not have giddy and laugh as much I do feel normal. My kids like for me to be on it cause I don't make as good of disciplined decisions, thus they play me. So we disagree on that. I may not ever trust antidepressants again. They really don't do that much for me except make me tired after I finally taper off them. I tapered of them twice and both times I slept as much as I could for two weeks.

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I have a question. I have been on 150 mg for 10 days now and experiencing hyper ness in my brain and anxiety all day long- so much I am having to take more Ativan. I am 62 female and suffer from gad and cod. Is this dose too much?

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Hello,

My name is Jacqueline and I just recently started Zoloft about 1 to 2 weeks ago and it’s making me feel a little too serious and also more angry. Should I stop taking it or what should I do? Should I keep taking it and see if the effects change? I’m confused and I don’t know a lot about the brain and I’m not a doctor so I need help on this. If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it. {edited for privacy}. Thank you very much!

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Kathy be careful with how much you take. At 300 mg I had a horrible loss of memory and have not fully recovered. Presently I'm back on 100 mg daily and it seems perfect for me. Overtime I am hopeful that I will recover my memory 2 weeks prior condition. Just to let you know it has improved significantly since I reduced to 100 mg. However quite logically I suppose. At 300 mg my OCD issues were nominal yet overwhelming.

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Re: Betty (# 4)

Hi Betty-I was on 50mg Zoloft for 6 weeks, felt good but not quite there. Increased to 75mg 2 weeks ago and having depression and anxiety side effects just as before with the 50mg. I’m really hoping I just need to tough it out for awhile and then it’ll kick in, any thoughts?

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Re: Kathy (# 16)

Hi Kathy, are you having weight gain or weight loss? And if so, how much weight?

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I have been prescribed Zoloft by my psychiatrist for OCD, anxiety, depression, panic attacks (I have autism also and ADHD). I was on Pristiq for 15 years prior to this. I want to know other people's experiences with Zoloft and if it's worth taking, given the side effects? I tapered myself off Pristiq and had HORRIBLE withdrawals, so I don't want to go through that experience ever again. TIA.

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I've been on it, along with a number of other people I know. Hated being on it. Takes too much control of you. Have never met anyone who thought it was good for them.

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Rene

It has attacked my short-term memory horribly. At 100mgs. it took the edge off my temperament. 300 MGS. will assist me with the OCD. But after a couple of years, I am somewhat convinced that maybe the therapeutic benefits aren't worth the emotional suspense I deal with daily. If you know anyone familiar with what I am going through, perhaps they would be happy to share with me.
My name is Rene

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