ZOLOFT Reviews (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.3 (1667 Ratings)

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ZOLOFT  (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Sertraline is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), and a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual dysphoric disorder). This medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. It may decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the number of panic attacks. It may also reduce the urge to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, and checking) that interfere with daily living. Sertraline is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1991-12-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOLOFTCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 1  Anxiety I'm no longer taking this medication. Now 4 years later... still no improvement with insomnia! The Zoloft caused me permanent damage, it needs to be investigated for its permanent side effects. Doctors have given up and cannot help my insomnia, the damage from zoloft is irreversible and I urge anyone out there to not take this med. Now over 4 years later and damage from Zoloft has ruined my life. I have not taken zoloft for over 4 years now and I still have this extreme insomnia. I slept great for 35 years until I took this Evil medication, please DO NOT take it! It is not worth the risk! M 38
25 1X day
3/12/2024
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 1  Depression Ruined my sex drive and gave me anhedonia. Permanently. Quit zoloft 2 years ago and never recovered from those side effects. Ruined my life. Ruined my sex drive and gave me anhedonia. Permanently. Quit zoloft 2 years ago and never recovered from those side effects. Ruined my life. F 27 2 years
100mg 1X day
12/5/2022
 1  OCD, Binge Eating I am editing previous rating I did....see below. I had been on this med for 5 years, not 5 days. Coming off of this med gave me horrible withdrawal sickness. Vomiting, chills, headaches, muscle aches all lasting more than a week after I stopped taking med. F 56 5 years
50 MG 1X day
8/15/2022
 1  OCD, Binge Eating I didnt notice many side effefts while i was taking it. A bit sleepy. I went off of Zoloft on Thursday and by Friday morning i was so sick from the withdrawals. I was severely nauseous, chills, headache, muscle pain, gritting my teeth. It is now Sunday and I am just as ill. This is day 3 off the med. I have since read that it is highly recommended to taper off this med and I didnt know this. Please be careful! F 56 5 days
50 MG 1X day
8/7/2022
 1  Anxiety depression Racing heart palpations shaky. Heart rate high then low. Blood sugar low. Dizzy feeling of going to pass out. Effects come on after 7 to 9 hrs after taking. Cold feeling and headache I had a espoide of feeling really ill went to Dr's had ECG. I halved the dose and wasn't to bad the next day increased to dose prescribed and was ill again 7 hrs after taking. On the point of calling a Ambulance. F 62 9 days
50mg 1X day
12/16/2021
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 1  GAD Complete loss of libido. Weight gain. It worked a little bit for me but it's not worth the side effects. I am going back to diazepam. M 45 3 weeks
50 mg 1X day
11/13/2021
 1  Anxiety and depression I'm only in my first 2 weeks of taking this so can't judge it just yet. I have taken it previously and it worked great. I do not like the side effects nausea, loss of appetite and having constant racing thoughts I'm praying this med works again for me as it helped in the past. I don't know why I keep looking up side effects as maybe that's not helping but I just need some kind of release from this constant way of life F 40 2 days
50 1X day
10/18/2021
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 1  Extreme anxiety from another med Racing heart, depersonalization and derealization. I felt like I wasn't even here. Memory problems. Sexual dysfunction. Depression, flat effect. I only took this once. Unbelievable!! Side effects are crazy. I was only trying to help myself but instead permanently damaged myself. Don't take this shit. If anyone has healed from an SSRI of one dose please contact me or if anything helped you. F 22 1 days
50 1X day
10/4/2021
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 1  Anxiety I took the non therapeutic dose of 25mg. Doctor prescribed 50mg but I asked for a smaller dose just in case I won't tolerate. After I took the dose, I went to shower and stared to feel sick. I threw up and fell on the floor bagging God to not let me die this way. Horrible experience. Never again. F 44 1 days
25mg 1X day
8/28/2021
 1  Anxiety Nausea, increased anxiety, vomiting, headache, drowsiness, chills, fever, flushed, heart palpitations I only took one pill and had horrible side effects. I couldn't keep food down, had worsened anxiety, and felt horrible all around. I stopped after one dose and will not take this drug ever again. F 33 1 days
25mg 1X day
5/7/2021
 1  Depression, suicidal ideation Blunted emotions, apathy, lethargy, low sex drive, difficulty achieving orgasm I felt like a zombie on Zoloft, like a completely different person, but not in a good way. Had diarrhea when tapering off of the drug. F 31 90 days
1X day
4/3/2021
 1  Chest tightness Horrific long lasting effects - took for only 5-6 weeks at low dose and been off it for 4 months and still suffer: severe anxiety, panic, depersonalization/derealization, brain fog, vision problems, inner dread, suicidal ideation, never ever any of had these before zoloft I went from a multi functional go go happy active and fit woman , mother, wife, neuroscientist (my occupation) who was just experiencing some chest tightness due to work stress , into a bedridden totally dysfunctional psycho woman. Don't know if I ll ever recover. I d love to hear from anyone who has survived Zoloft side effects... Stay away from Zoloft and I would say any SSRI F 44 45 days
25 mg 1X day
3/6/2021
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 1  Anxiety Nausea diarrhea hot flashes sweating shaking Never taking this medicine again took 2 doses feel like cramp my body is getting hot than cold palms and feet sweating tremors when I'm walking had diarrhea can't eat from being nauseated F 31 2 days
50 1X day
1/16/2021
 1  Anxiety Nausea, tinnitus, numb feet, GI upset, confusion, emotional blunting, blurred vision. For me the worst drug I have taken. Some effectiveness, but the side effects were far worse then other SSRI’s/SNRI’s I’ve tried. M 76
50 1X day
10/20/2020
 1  depression, schizophrenia, psychosis Horrible thoughts, worsened anxiety, worsened depression, gave me homosexual thoughts, nightmares, irritability Gave me thoughts of torture and death, couldn't sleep the two nights I took it and when I did finally fall asleep I had horrible nightmares just like all the other anti depression/anxiety/psychotic medication gives me its all the same. Gave me gay thoughts the second night I took it and I'm not gay but all of these psychiatric medications do this to me and try to change the way I think because they increase estrogen levels so much. I'm off all my meds now except for Ativan and feel much better now. M 28 2 days
25 1X day
9/29/2020
 1  Anxiety … Zoloft 25mg the first week. First day of taking it I was pacing and such. Got worse but I tried to brush it off. Sleep got bad. Second week 50 mg. Took for a full week even tho all sleep stopped. What is odd is that I took it for 20 years. I was off it for a while and re started it.. That is why I was confused …. I told them what was happening.. and no one told me to get off it. I had no mania or anything else. I only met a total of 3-4 people similar to what happened to me. This happened over a year ago. Over 20 pills tried on me to “fix” this. Nothing worked. F 37 14 days
25/50 1X day
8/9/2020
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 1  Anxiety Worsen anxiety,diarrhea, anxious, sick, dizziness Horrible scariest experience for me. I took it at bedtime as prescribed the side effects woke me up out of my sleep I woke up dizzy and confused I was so scared it took me a min to sit up and soon as I sat up a panic attack hit me I knew instantly it was the Zoloft.. this was such a serious and scary experience then on top of all that it had me feeling sick couldn't rest couldn't eat well also tight mouth.I will not take this again I was coping better without this it made me feel worse than what I went to the doctor for. F 39 1 days
50 1X day
8/5/2020
 1  Anxiety Increased anxiety/panic, loss of appetite, fatigue, suicidal thoughts I had a significant increase in anxiety immediately upon starting Zoloft. I assumed my body would just take some time to adjust, so I stuck it out for awhile. I eventually went to the doctor because of my increased anxiety symptoms- racing heart, heart palpitations, shaking, sweaty palms and feet. The doctor increased my dose to 100 mg, which I took for 4 days. I became inconsolable, couldn't eat, and started having suicidal thoughts, which I have never had before. The doctor then instructed me to stop the medicine (cold turkey!), and I have been struggling with antidepressant discontinuation syndrome ever since. I was on Zoloft for 3 months, and I am currently on week 4 of the withdrawal effects. I know some people have a lot of success with this medicine, but it was highly dangerous for me! I am hopeful that the withdrawal side effects will eventually go away! F 27 3 months
50
6/30/2020
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 1  GAD Suicidal thoughts. Worst experience of my life. Taking Zoloft was the absolute scariest experience of my life. I was given this medication at age 22 for anxiety. I have never been depressed before and after a week of being on this I was crying nonstop 24/7. Everyone asked what was wrong and its like I couldn't explain it to them. I couldn't think of anything wrong but had this insanely overwhelming feeling of immense hopelessness. I just could not go on. I kept telling everyone I can't go on anymore. I stopped taking it and the thoughts went away immediately. Absolutely terrifying and if that is what depression is really like I feel so bad for you guys with it's the absolute worst feeling of utter and complete but overwhelming hopelessness. I have heard of anti depressants having this effect on young people. After this insane experience I would absolutely never allow my child to take this medication. I went from never having a depressing thought in my life to wanting to kill myself in about 5 days. This drug is dangerous. F 22 7 days
25
4/17/2020
 1  Adhd prevention of depression Made me hypersexual at age 14. Horrible side effects. Very flat and no emotional affect. Never give this drug to anyone under the age of 21. It was horrible for me and my family. It was also embarrassing for me to have these abnormal sexual feelings at such a young age. I was never abused or had any weird sexual experience. I was a virgin, but felt like I had abnormal sexual desires at a very young age. I came from a very respected and stable home life. I was sent off to a boarding school and weaned off Zoloft over a 30 day time period. My parents reported hypersexuality to the FDA Pharmacist and hopefully other will do the same and not give this drug to anyone u see the age of 21 without labs to test if the drug is the right dosage for an adolescent or you g adult. Relabele or take off the market for anyone under 21. Also inform Dr's about the side effects for young adumts. F 20 0 years
30 mf
1/1/2020
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ZOLOFT  (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Sertraline is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), and a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual dysphoric disorder). This medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. It may decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the number of panic attacks. It may also reduce the urge to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, and checking) that interfere with daily living. Sertraline is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1991-12-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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