Drug Ratings for ZOLOFTAverage Rating: 3.3 (1377 Ratings)
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| 1 | migraines and depression | diarrhea, nausea, drowsiness, mental confusion, dizziness, possible migraine headache | I tried Zoloft based on the advice of my doctor for treating migraines with accompanying depression. I have extreme reactions to meds so I tried a very small dose (used liquid version) in the morning and it made me drowsy and somewhat nauseous..I also got a horrific headache that day. Still not sure if it was the Zoloft that caused it. I waited a few days and decided to try the drug again..this time at bedtime and a smaller amount. Although I slept good I could hardly get going the next morning and had drowsiness, diarrhea, and nausea all day. I went to the store to see how I would function and had such severe mental confusion I could hardly function. I won't ever take it again! A day after taking it still dealing with the digestive issues and confusion along with a low mood. Worst med I've ever taken. I caution against anyone wanting to use this! | F | 42 | 2 days 1-2 mg 1X D | 5/26/2013 | 4 | depression and anxiety | After ten years with no notable events I decided to try to wean off over a few months. Big mistake. Was almost off when all hell broke loose. I am back under the care of a pdoc and he brought me back up to max dose within a week. Major side effects which couldve also been the case ten years ago too. Been almost three weeks at this dose and more functional but still not myself. I pray to God that it gets me back to where I was. Take it from me....stay on the med! Life is too short to suffer | M | 36 | 10 years 200 mg | 5/16/2013 | 5 | Depression | Makes me sleepy | As long as I take it in the evening I have no problems with Zoloft. I have been on anti-depressants for about 20 years and this works better than anything else. | F | 43 | 4 years 200 1X D | 5/9/2013 | 2 | Depression | Severe headache, erectile dysfunction, flat affect, very slight memory loss, mostly short-term. I also had sweaty hands for about 10 minutes after taking the pill. | I felt my doctor misled me about the sexual side effects. It was impossible to achieve orgasm and very tough to get an erection anyway. The headaches were bad. I'm not a crying kind of guy but the headache, not the depression, made me weep like a baby. The doctor reduced my dosage and the headaches seemed to subside after a week or so but then returned. I didn't see any major improvements in my mood so I asked to be taken off the drug. I had to slowly reduce the amount I took. The experience of coming off this drug was also not pleasant. Lots of headaches, hand tremors, sweating, and nausea. I had vivid bad dreams and would wake up unsure of my location. I know this drug has helped many - but I was not one of them. | M | 58 | 3 months uncertain 1X D | 5/3/2013 | 3 | Psychotic depression. | Lack of sex drive, no orgasms. Weight loss. Sweats. | It seemed to stop severe depression and helped my mood enough so that with counselling and support I could eventually get on with my life. It could have been any ssri though. | F | 37 | 3 years 200mg 1X D | 5/1/2013 | 3 | Panic Attacks | Insomnia, very dry mouth, mild fatigue | it help my anxiety and greatly decreased the amount of times I have panic attacks and their severity. The insomnia is not hard to manage when I started taking the zoloft in the morning and an occasional melatonin before bed. | F | 16 | 3 years 25-125 MG 1X D | 4/28/2013 | 1 | depression | I make sure I eat something before I take it but lately its making me throw up. Headaches from hell and a continual feeling of heartburn. | F | 49 | 2 months 100mg | 4/27/2013 | 2 | Depression | Fatigue, Increased anxiety, headache's, dizziness, tremors, Insomnia, Increased depression, etc... | Zoloft takes at least 6 weeks to balance the chemical's in your brain, so I waited and waited, for its effects to take place. I didn't experience any changes in depression while taking it, and I was at the highest dose you can get. Not to mention when you come off of Zoloft you get "brain zaps" from withdrawal, to say the least about this, it feels like your brain is being shocked. | F | 16 | 6 months 200 2X D | 4/11/2013 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | INSOMNIA, fatigue, dry mouth, weight gain | This medication works well for my depression so I keep taking it. The worst side effect is insomnia. Before I started taking a sleeping pill (trazadone), I would literally lie awake all night, not sleeping. I was a zombie. I also get a pretty dry mouth. | F | 34 | 1.5 years 150 mg 1X D | 4/1/2013 | 2 | Depression and anxiety | Insomnia, racing heart, dry mouth, sweaty hands and feet. I was so glad to read that others have had a problem with a song going through their head over and over - I thought I was going crazy. And the beat of the song matched my heartbeat ! It was the strangest thing I have ever felt. Thoughts of suicide. It made me an emotional zombie. | M | 60 | 1 months 50-100 mg 1X D | 3/25/2013 | 3 | Severe Depression, PTSD | Dry mouth, slight anxiety, sweaty hands, sweaty feet, insomnia, songs stuck in head, stiff neck. | Is helping with depression; I feel much better and think that the positives outweigh the negatives. | M | 28 | 7 days 50 MG 1X D | 3/17/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | Memory Fog, Apathy, Emotional Blunting | After taking Setraline, my mood became so plain. I am a 140 IQ guy, this thing took me to less than 100.I didn't have any motivation, my emotions were completely flat and specially big memory fog and loss. | M | 27 | 20 days 25mg 1X D | 3/9/2013 | 5 | anxiety disorder,depression,panic | Dry mouth,nausea and mild memory loss. I love zoloft. It allowed me to be out going and happy. A feeling I hadn't felt in years | F | 25 | 1 years 150 mg | 3/8/2013 | 2 | Generalized Anxiety | First couple of days- Diarrhea, nausea Still have a major loss of sex drive Have been taking it for a month now and haven't noticed any difference in anxiety. More shakiness in hands and legs, decrease of appetite. | F | 19 | 1 months 50 MG | 2/22/2013 | 2 | Anxiety/panic attacks | When I first took this Zoloft pill I instantly started to get anxiety my palms were sweating so much, I figured I was ok and that I was just having anxiety, it was my first time taking the pill so I thought it was normal. So as my night goes on i wait to see if i start to experience any side effects other than feeling anxiety. Later that night my head starts to feel really heavy and tingly I said to myself oh its just the pill it's normal, a llittle while later I start to feel nauseated start to feel like I'm getting a panic attack I was scared I took deep breaths ,drank some water ,and just tried to calm down. I calm down a little but just still nauseated I told my boyfriend I was feeling nauseated and that I think I was going to throw up, so I told him to bring me the trash can and yup I threw up. I felt like crap I also felt so awake and I just remembered earlier in the day I was exhausted so I was like how can I feel so awake when I was super tired earlier before I took the pill? I didn't sleep good at all I woke up with a migraine and still feeling like my head is tingly and just so heavy. My neck hurts and I think it's because my head was heavy or something was causing it to hurt. I did not feel normal at all, this is my 2nd day from the day I took my pill which was yesterday at around 6. My head still feels weird, I still got a headache and my eye pupil is so dilated. I'm 18 years old and I weigh 115 pounds my dose was the lowest dose and I still felt effects. I'm jus | F | 18 | 1 days 25 | 1/30/2013 | 1 | PTSD | Increased depression, Increased anxiety, moodiness, decreased appetite, insomnia, all day fatigue, persistent sweating, confusion, inability to concentrate, absent mindedness, uncontrollable shaking, decreased sex drive,extreme irritability, loss of awareness (blanked out moments), forgetfulness, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, jaw tension, tremors, nightmares, dry skin, migraines, vomiting. | I was told to stop taking this drug. There was no 'weening' or decrease of dosage. I have since had UNCONTROLLABLE itching. I have had, what I believe to be, a seizure. There has been nothing good about this drug. I will be looking for a natural way to help with increasing the serotonin levels, not a prescribed way. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | F | 35 | 4 weeks 100mg 1X D | 1/29/2013 | 2 | Anxiety + depression | My head felt entirely spaced out dizzy, intense pressure in my head - my ears kept popping! - I felt like my whole head would implode. It was so intense, I was so scared - the spaciness kept hitting me in huge waves after only the second day on this once a day pill. By the time I took the third dose my anxiety was worse - the fear from how my head was feeling made me panic but I couldn't release the panic - my head felt lime a pressure cooker that wouldn't pop. I quit taking it on day 4 and went to my clinic where a different doctor was on duty. She told me to skip a day, then start on a lower dose of 25 mg. My head is still floating with bursts of pressure and popping ears. I do NOT want to stsrt on the 25 mg til my head gets back to 'normal'. I have never had such a scary sensation as the panic that was trapped in my head but could not release when I was taking the 50 mg dose. | F | 49 | 3 days 50 mg | 1/20/2013 | 4 | Anxiety and obsessive thinking. | nausea, jaw clenching, some anxiety, insomnia, fatigue | I find when I drink over 2 cups of coffee, my neck tightens, ears plug, and I become jittery on this drug. | F | 67 | 3 weeks 100 mg 1X D | 1/18/2013 | 3 | Anxiety | Headache, tingling tongue and lips, tired, clenched jaw, mild neuropathy symptoms, "heavy" eyes at times, nausea at times, some stomach upset, not as much overall energy | Having only been on this for 3 weeks, I am uncertain of the effectiveness. I experience side effects (such as daily headaches) to varying degrees daily. I do feel that my anxiety is less, I accomplish more, and I am more positive overall, but time will tell if the benefits outweigh the side-effects. | F | 36 | 3 weeks 12.5 1X D | 1/13/2013 | 1 | Vasovagal Syncope(irreg. heartbeat) | Sexual problems (lack of arousal and, especially, orgasmic failure); severe heart palpitation; bizarre dreams; feeling of aloofness; depression and rapid weight gain: though I did not change my eating habits, I gained between 10 and 15 pounds in the first 6 months. | I do not recommend this drug. In fact, I STRONGLY CAUTION anyone thinking seriously about using it. I gained so much weight so fast that I actually got depressed. It seems to have helped with the vasovagal problem, but caused many others. I felt aloof, downright weird. Had little libido. When I did feel "in the mood," I could not achieve orgasm. My wife was very patient with me. I got depressed a bit, probably because I was getting too heavy and was failing in bed. I did have some very odd dreams, too. And getting off of the drug was a major headache. I had to wean myself off of it over six weeks, and my body wasn't happy with me as I did so. All in all, I do not recommend this drug, at lease for vasovagal issues. | M | 53 | 9 months 25 mg 1X D | 1/8/2013 | 2 | Depression/GAD/Panic/Social Anxiety | Tight Jaw, Suicidal Thinking, Flat Mood, Worsening of Depression, Fatigue | Started this drug to help with depressive thoughts I couldn't control (death and dying) and for anxiety, especially social anxiety. For the first week I had worsening of the depression and anxiety but after that for about two and a half months everything was peachy :D I was hyped, had lots of energy and drive and lost weight. Now, for the past month things have progressively got worse. I'm constantly tired and find it impossible to stay awake after eight in the evening. I have no anxiety but the depression is worse and in general I have no feelings and care little about anything. Just today I've switched my dose time from eleven in the morning to six in the evening and my energy levels have risen massively. It's almost midnight now and I'm only just beginning to feel tired. Maybe this will help the fatigue but I don't like this drug for the fact I have no "real" emotions. Everyone's different but be careful with Zoloft | F | 28 | 4 months 50mg 1X D | 12/10/2012 | 1 | depression | Horrible weight gain, no difference in depression. | F | 3 months 100 | 12/10/2012 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | reduced sexual satisfaction at first (back in full swing now) ; perspiration in hands (gone away for the most part); initial loss of appetite (but is back now); vivid dreams/nightmares; | Zoloft is a helluva drug! Couldn't be more pleased! The 1st week, week and half was pretty rough, it actually made my anxiety/panic worse! Daily panic attacks, and felt anxious pretty much all day everyday, but soldiered through, and kept taking the magic blue happy pill. Now, couldn't be more pleased, what it feeling it has been to actually feel like me again, 3, 4 months later here, and I'm still appreciative of how great I feel, it has really given me my life back. Most side effects are gone, still experience mild perspiration in hands from time to time, no biggee, and do have some wacky dreams, but no biggee either. And, every since I've been on the Z, my blood pressure has dropped from prehypertenisve levels to normal levels... added bonus! | M | 32 | 4 months 50mg 1X D | 12/2/2012 | 5 | Axiety / Depression | A little dry mouth | This drug has taken the "EDGE" off of my symptoms and has help me stabilize my mood. An increase in dose caused insomnia, went back down, no problems. | F | 52 | 5 months 50mg 1X D | 11/27/2012 | 1 | depression & social anxiety | Took one 50mg pill in the morning and throughout the day felt increasingly hyper. By the time 6pm came, I looked in the mirror and my pupils were freaking huge. Scared the crap out of me. I was so hyper I couldn't sit still, I kept shaking my leg anywhere I sat. I eventually tried to fall asleep, only to wake up 2 hours later with my heart beating out of my chest and I ended up having a freaking panic attack! (which I've only had once in my life after trying a certain recreational drug). I never experience panic attacks normally is my point. Thank the lord my doctor prescribed me a fast acting benzo to calm me down if this were to happen. I stopped taking Zoloft after that experience. WHY would I take something that is going to make me even worse than I was to begin with??? Unbelievable! | WTF is all I have to say. I took Zoloft in hopes of relieving my worsening depression and anxiety. HORRIBLE REACTION! I am surprised they haven't come up with something better for depression/anxiety! | F | 24 | 1 days 50mg 1X D | 11/27/2012 | 2 | Depression anxiety | 3rd night zoned out felt as though mind and thoughts were disconnected. Drove home this way. Clld dr said I was not taking again | F | 53 | 3 days 50 | 11/12/2012 | 4 | Depression | None at first, but over time I realized 1) I had gained 50 lbs in the last 3 years, 2) I had anxiety attacks that I previously never had , 3) Restless Leg Syndrome, 4) Sweaty and HOT nearly all of the time. 5) Still had several months during the year when I was fatigued and too tired to function. | I stopped taking Zoloft because I was still having several months out of the year when I felt like it wasn't helping - I had no motivation and just wanted to sleep all day. Plus, in the last year, I experienced anxiety attacks more frequently which slowly created phobias I never had before. The last straw was feeling hot all of the time. People look at you strange when you wear short sleeves in 40 degree weather. ;) HOWEVER, it did help a majority of the time, especially in the first 2 years. It helped get rid of the depression yet I still felt completely myself - not like a zombie at all. It was mild enough that I could switch the dosages when I had a bad "phase" (maybe SAD?) without any immediate side effects. Thought it was a miracle drug at first! Unfortunately, the side effects began to be too much for it to be worth it. Currently in the process of switching over to Wellbutrin XL. | F | 27 | 3 years 50 - 150MG 1X D | 11/8/2012 | 5 | Depression and Anxiety | Jitters, Jaw Clenching, Restlessness. | F | 16 | 3 years 50 MG | 11/5/2012 | 2 | Severe Depression | I was nauseous all the time. | MY nauseous wold go away if I ate something for 15-30 minutes then it would be back. I couldn't handle it. I would feel it laying/sitting down and the second I stood up I felt like I was about to throw up everywhere. Although I never threw up, just the feeling was extremely troublesome and inconvenient. | F | 18 | 6 weeks 50 MG 1X D | 11/2/2012 | 3 | depression | Memory loss | F | 46 | 10 days 100mg | 10/28/2012 | 4 | Social and Generalized Anxiety | I notice I'm more easy to anger and get frustrated on this medicine. I've also been told by my parents I easily get angered since being on this, and I'm normally not like this. I also have increased tendency to want to pull out my hair. | It does help my anxiety and jumbled thoughts, but the anger and frustration I experience on this medicine makes it hard for my parents to be around me, and I don't like feeling angry a lot of the time, either. As I said, I normally am not an angry person at all. | F | 29 | 14 days 25 mg 1X D | 10/23/2012 | 5 | depression/OCD/anxiety | sweating in hot places, low libido | It's great drug. I was previously on paxil but it gave me a lot of sedation and I was tired during the day. Zoloft is great for OCD, anxiety and depression. | M | 27 | 4 weeks 150 mg 1X D | 10/6/2012 | 1 | anxiety depression | Oh my lawdy where do i start, I was angry Spice on this med...Wrote letters to people about how much i hated them, picked faults. Was totally not myself, become a horrible person on it..... mega behavior changes. SSRI meds yuk.... Much rather old Anti Depressent. I became very spiteful and wanted plot, destroy things. Totally Bizzare i stopped and so did the behavior. Run Forrest Run | M | 44 | 6 months 25 1X D | 10/6/2012 | 1 | PTSD | Extreme nausea with vomiting 3-4 times daily. Teeth grinding. Cannot stop moving. Cannot control drinking alcohol. Feel angry/hostile. Smoke way more cigarettes. It's like Zoloft makes me crave cigs and booze. | After 5 months of taking Zoloft, I quit cold-turkey because of the nausea. It has been 2 1/2 months since I took Zoloft, yet the "brain-zaps" continue along with grinding my teeth. If I drink even 1 beer now, I cannot stop. I have to keep drinking until I pass out. I would only recommend this drug to seriously ill patients who have tried all other meds. | M | 49 | 5 months 150 1X D | 10/3/2012 | 5 | GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, MDD | Sweating and mild weight gain. | This medicine gave me my life back. That's just it. | M | 16 | 5 years 100 M.G 2X D | 9/24/2012 | 4 | Panic attacks, anxiety | I was restless the first few days but now I often feel nausea, and I have ALWAYS got a headache!! It's calmed my anxiety down but now I'm dealing with side affects. It also increased my bust size and I've gained some weight | F | 23 | 3 months 50mg | 9/23/2012 | 4 | Depression,Anxiety | This drug has worked well for me, the only side effect for me is yawning all the time. Has stoped my panic attacks and stablize my depression | M | 39 | 2 years 100MG 2X D | 9/16/2012 | 4 | Depression, anxiety | Post nasal drip, inability to orgasm (only early on when taking it), extreme drowsiness | F | 38 | 4 months 50 MG | 9/13/2012 | 1 | Depression | Fatigue, trouble breathing during exertion, extreme weight gain | I was put on Zoloft when I was 17 years old for depression. I started off at 100 MG and the first day was a nightmare. Getting up from my seat to do anything took extreme willpower because I felt like a complete zombie. I would also get out of breath doing the simplest things, like getting out of the car and standing up. I was 130 lbs. when I began taking it in my junior year, and by the time senior year came around I was 209 lbs. despite having the same activity level as before and not eating more frequently than I used to. I've had to live with a photo in the yearbook and graduation pictures depicting me looking like a blimp for the last ten years. It also never helped my depression. When I decided to stop taking it, I quit cold turkey and experienced some mild discomfort, but it went away within a few days. My weight dropped down to 160 lbs. without me changing anything in my exercise routine or eating habits, proving to me that it was the Zoloft that made me gain. So in the end, it never helped me and I had to be a blimp throughout my senior year of high school. I wouldn't take it again. | M | 27 | 1 years 100 MG 1X D | 9/13/2012 | 1 | anxiety | severe hot flashes, vomitting, headache, panic attacks, racing heart rate. I have never been that sick in my entire life. | I've read that this drug affects everyone differently and the affects are hard to predict. I know people with several anxiety issues that can live a normal life because of this drug, but I will never take it, or anything in this drug class, again. | F | 37 | 2 days 50 MG 1X D | 9/7/2012 | 5 | Depression | fatigue | Did wonders for sexlife. poo poo gets stiff again would recommend to anyone that is depressed. Thank you too much. | M | 55 | 15 years 100mg 1X D | 9/5/2012 | 2 | Depression | Initially headache, nausea & GI issues. Faded away after one month. Severe night sweats continued for whole duration of treatment...Zoloft is a very "sweaty" drug". | Initially started at 50mg/day...worked up to 300mg and then back down to 200mmg daily for about one year. This drug never really worked for me for an extended period of time. Yes there would be an improvement in mood when I increased the dose...but this would last for maybe 1-2 months at best and the depression symptoms would return. Trying Effexor now on advice of pDoc. | M | 36 | 2 years 200mg 1X D | 8/31/2012 | 5 | Asperger's Syndrome | none | Amazing difference in my son. No longer angry and moody. | M | 11 | 3 months 10mg 1X D | 8/24/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Clinical Depression | Started w/ 50MG to build up to 100/day and during first week period experienced horrible side effects; tremors, nausea, etc. After that week, no side effects whatsoever. Only long term effect is that I can't cry - literally...not that I'd want to be cry often but it is a good stress relief and now, nothing. | Overall I'm glad I'm on it, have been for around 4-5 years now. I can tell I get less angry at things and sometimes less sad - the only complaint is not being able to express sadness. I'd still recommend at least giving it a shot. | M | 28 | 4 years 100MG 1X D | 8/13/2012 | 1 | panic attack, anxiety, depression | Wrestlesness, other thoughts of harm, only took once and will never take again. Was doing ok before taking pill and this set me back. | M | 25 | 1 days 25mg | 8/8/2012 | 3 | depression, social anxiety | Side effects only lasted for a week. Right now I don't have any. But the effectiveness seems to have disappead, too! | F | 22 | 3 months 50 mg | 7/24/2012 | 4 | Depression, PTSD | sweating, extreme if exercising; visual disturbances; nausea, weight gain, headaches | Having tried more than 4 other anti-depressants, this is the one I stuck with. Not the best one in my opinion (that'd be fluxoetine (sp) ), but I was simply sick of constantly changing Rxs. I exercise quite regularly and it would appear that Zoloft severly increased the level of sweat I'd produce. | M | 29 | 1 years 100 MG 1X D | 7/22/2012 | 5 | depression | dry mouth, sweating | F | 67 | 1 years 1X D | 7/10/2012 | 1 | post-partem depression | NONE | This anti-depressant did absolutely nothing for me. I mean, literally, nothing. No side effects, no results. I was severly depressed and breast-feeding my son so this was the only option I had at the time (it is considered safe for nursing babies). I struggled with the decision to take it because I was so worried that it may harm him because it does pass into breast milk in tiny amounts. Then I condidered not breastfeeding and taking an antidepressant. After much thought, I decided that the benefits of nursing outweighed the negligable risks of the meds. And, to not treat the depression would have been plain stupid. I was VERY depressed. Also, I was working full-time and pumping milk at work so that he could be exclusively fed breast milk for 4 months. Well, I may as well have not taken anything as it did not help at all. Now I take Cymbalta and that helps a lot more (I am no longer nursing, my son is 16 months). It's just weird how certain meds work for some people and not others. | F | 28 | 4 months 50 mg 1X D | 7/8/2012 | 1 | mood | when i was in elementary my mom put me on the drug zoloft. the dr. put me on it for mood from what i remember my bro had one of my barbies and he wouldnt give it back i blew up i never acted like that before hand anyways i went to get a knife next thing i knew i chased him up the stairs and he locked himself in his room my brother is seven years older then me mom looked zoloft up on the internet and saw the side affects and had me taken off the drug and I have always wondered if this drug might have Changed my mental state of mind. | F | 18 | 1 months start amou | 6/30/2012 | 3 | CFS, depression | Jaw clenching. Can't sleep. Diahreah, excessive gas, tummy troubles. | The first week I took it in the morning and wouldn't get out of bed. Started taking at night. Better for a bit. Now I can't get a full nights sleep and I'm getting more paranoid but am not not as depressed. | F | 38 | 1 months 50mg 1X D | 6/27/2012 | 1 | Depression | Loss of motivation, decreased sex drive, and restlessness | M | 15 | 2 months 100 | 6/27/2012 | 3 | Social Anxiety/Depression | Extreme loss of appetite, drowsiness, nightmares. | Zoloft did help me somewhat with anxiety, but not so much with my depression. I couldn't handle the nightmares on top of the starvation so I had my doctor switch me to Prozac. | M | 18 | 45 days 1X D | 6/25/2012 | 1 | OCD | Tolerance, Increased Anxiety, Increased Panic Attacks, Insomnia, Faster Dehydration, Fatigue/Weakness, Loss of Attention, Loss of Memory, Loss of Motivation, Loss of Food Appetite/Anorexia, Brain Zaps, Possible Serotonin Syndrome, High Blood Pressure, Loss of Inhibitions (Too Much Talking), Some Crazy Thoughts, Tachycardia, Chest Pain, Possible High Blood Cholesterol | People say Zoloft isn't addictive, but it absolutely is ADDICTIVE. You can build up tolerance as if it was speed, benzos, or heroin. Once you start this, it's going to be difficult to get off of it. F**k this pill, I s**t on Frieza. What do you want? A permanent er**t**n, massive doses of c***ine, peanut-sized t****cl*s, thick brown urine, handfuls of d***n*rs, horse steroids, Frankenstein Monster Syndrome, b**** t***, massive trauma, total shutdown, sudden death? ***h*les won't come first because this drug ruined my life. It works like sugar and can give you a massive heart attack when withdrawn from a higher dose. I forget to take that pill, I will get chest pains and tachycardia. It's like adult candy, a pill that is poison rather than sweets. | M | 19 | 6 years 50 mg 1X D | 6/22/2012 | 1 | OCD | Drug Tolerance, Increased Aggression, Loss of Memory, Loss of Attention, Increased Risk of Panic Attacks, More Anxiety, New or Worse Depression | Stay away from Zoloft! I used to take 300 mg with no improvements at all. I would use physical exercise instead of pills. | M | 19 | 6 years 50 mg 1X D | 6/22/2012 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety/Social Phobia | Restless Leg Symdrome, Mild Headaches, Nausea, and Mild Drowsiness | Completely cured my panic attacks, extreme anxiety, and obsessive thoughts. It also lifted me out of my depression, but I think it had a greater effect on my anxiety. Helped a little bit with my social phobia, but not to a great extent. Recently stopped taking zoloft and moved to Effexor XR due to having restless leg's all night and keeping me from sleeping. | M | 20 | 2 months 100 MG 1X D | 6/11/2012 | 4 | Depression and Obsessive thinking | Took a dose at night and I woke up with flu like symptoms. Doctor said to split the dose and take it in the morning for a few days. Stomach had a rough time tolerating it. Quit it one time cold turkey and ended up with very bad stomach problems. Rapid weight gain but was probably from my appetite coming back. | I took this drug from the time I was 17 to 18 years old. Excellent drug for getting me out of the three month depression I was in. I had never been depressed before and high school started to suck so it hit me. It took a few weeks but worked really well once it kicked in. Could not have a natural orgasm though. | F | 6 months 1X D | 5/30/2012 | 2 | Social anxiety/depression | This drug was not suitable for me. Taking it resulted in severe agitation and sleeplessness. As a result of these side effects I discontinued the medication. | A lot of people have success on this drug, unfortunately we were not a good match. | F | 26 | 9 days 25 1X D | 5/28/2012 | 5 | Anxiety / stress / panic attacks | first few days were the worst, my anxiety was heightened. I was jittery, and had a lot of nervous energy. It took about a week, to go away. But each day got better and better. You actually feel "the cloud lift" after a week or so. | I do not want my dosage or MG to go up. I want to stay at 50 MG's and hopefully this will keep everything in balance. | F | 46 | 30 days 50 MG 1X D | 5/25/2012 | 4 | OCD, Anxiety & Major Depression | I had no negative side-effects and loved Seratraline. It has helped me a lot more than earlier meds. However, I have tried to taper and quit several times and CAN'T. I become dizzy, nauseus and can't function; feel as though I'm poisoned. One tiny dose makes all that badness go away in less than 30 minutes! So, yeah, I know I'm an addict... TODAY I'd like to know if my recent muscular twitches are related to this medicine. | My belief is that once a person is on a med like this, his/her chemistry is changed, and, s/he can't "revert to the earlier version" of his/herself, so to speak. One is forever changed and cannot function as expected without the drug. | F | 51 | 16 years 100mg 1X D | 5/23/2012 |