ZOLOFT Reviews (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (1668 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZOLOFT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOLOFT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Depression | Headackes, trouble reaching orgasim, Trouble staying awake | Zoloft has helped me get rid of suicide thoughts, I can now be in a public situation and not feel scared. I don't feel Paranoid. | M | 19 | 4 years | 9/24/2004 | 4 | depression and anxiety | dry mouth | This drug has helped extremely. I went from being house bound to out and about. Im under stress again and want to add buspar with it. Doctor said ok, the mix of the two the last time the zoloft didnt do it totally was great made me feel 100% better | F | 36 | 1 days | 9/24/2004 | 2 | Clinical depression/OCD/Anxiety | At first, terrible diarrhea. After a few days, insomnia and headaches. After a few weeks, extreme apathy and lack of initiative/drive/motivation. It did, however, fix the seratonin related imbalance, such as excessive crying and worrying. | I would NOT recommend this med to anyone, especially those who have an active social life. This medication caused a horrible dopamine imbalance, which current medicine can, but WILL NOT TREAT. I have been treating myself with dopamine agonists and dopamine precursors, which are definetely working. If you suspect depression, it would be worth your while to do some research about neurotransmitters, etc. I have found that medical trends fail to recognize how dangerous these medications can be; the medical community is saturated by mass loads of marketing by pharmecutical companies, which I think is sad because any seller WILL MOST LIKELY NOT state side effects, in an effort to sell the drug. It's very sad, but it proves to me that medicine is just a money making field, instead of a people helping field. | M | 23 | 5 months | 9/24/2004 | 3 | Panic disorder | Decreased sex drive, sense of demotivation, horrible symptoms when decreasing dosage including: electric shock sensations, severe headache, fatigue, extreme irritability. | Zoloft has helped my panic disorder (along with therapy and self-help measures), and my anxiety has been so severe that I am willing to trade some side effects for the ability to lead a more normal life. However, I feel that people should carefully evaluate their need for this medication since it is difficult to wean off and has potentially life-altering side effects (though most aren't dangerous, per se). | F | 29 | 4 years | 9/21/2004 | 4 | Social Anxiety | Well I have to say that the Zoloft worked for Social anxiety I stopped taking it due to lack of consistancy,,, thats just me being lazy Im going back on it soon though, I actually lost weight about 5 months in a time period of 3 months. There was alot of yawning going on though... very odd... But other than that anxiety was lowered.. | F | 18 | 3 days | 9/20/2004 | 1 | panic attacks | dementia, loss of weight, fever, headaches, sensitivity to light, suicidal thought, homicidal thoughts, anger, depression, feelings of living in a dream like state, non-caring attitude towards everything, weakness, feelings of low self worth. | I took this medicine for 1 month and was ready to kill myself and it actually made me worse. I didnt experience panic attacks any longer but the side effects were terrible. This drug and others like it made me feel like a zombie. I still cant see right after being off of the medication for 2 years now. | M | 30 | 1 months | 9/20/2004 | 5 | severe depression | I only had side effects in the beginning few days which were hand tremors and couldnt sleep until I started taking the pill in the morning instead of the evening which corrected that problem. | I think zoloft was a great antidepressant. I went from being a disfunctional depressed person to moderatly happy. I started out at 25 mgs and over the years increased from 100-150. For me the drug was great and helped with anxiety tremendously. It is only recently I am trying to change to Wellbutrin because of the weight gain. (40 lbs) It so far has been hard to change. | F | 45 | 8 years | 9/18/2004 | 5 | General anxiety | I only take 25 mg daily. At first, it made me extremely tired and slightly nauseous. Taking it at night helped. Also caused diarrhea and slightly diminished sex drive. After about four weeks, nausea ended. And I discovered that the diarrhea seems to be due to an interaction with my birth control pill. If I take Zoloft at night and the birth control pill in the morning, the stomach problems pretty much disappear. | This drug is amazing. I initially went on it to get me over a short term, stressful period in my life. Finances and moving were keeping me awake at night, causing me to panic and be constantly stressed. It took about 4 weeks for the drug to really start working, but Zoloft helped me put everything in perspective, stop sweating the small stuff and be a happier person. It also, unexpectedly, made me no longer sensitive/easily annoyed by things like repetitive noises (squeaky wheels and windshield wipers, for example.) I don't get moody during regular PMS times. And I'm much more relaxed and calm in confrontational situations at work or home. Although I'm over the stressfull period that caused me to go on the drug initially, I've decided to stay on it because I'm such a happier person. I sleep great. I enjoy life. Life is peachy. And this is all from just 25 mg per day. | F | 39 | 8 months | 9/14/2004 | 4 | M | 72 | 180 days | 9/14/2004 | 2 | PTSD/Depression/anxiety | Depression increased for the first week at 25 mg. Up to 50 mg the second week and now I am enjoying diarreah, lethargy, sleepy during the day and cant sleep at night. Increased appitite...hungry (for sweets especially) all the time. Sex?? Who cares. House on fire?? So what. Increased pain in upper back and left shoulder...I always have the pain, its just worse on Zolft. Forgot it was there on effexor but that drug made my blood pressure go up. | I am going to give it a couple more weeks to see what happens. If the tiredness, lethargy, sleepiness dont go away I will be stopping. I enjoy being alert and able to carry on converstaions, Zoloft prevents that. I was talking to my wife while standing at the kitchen counter the other day and slobbered on myself and the counter...Oooo I bet she thought that was sexy. | M | 50 | 3 weeks | 9/14/2004 | 4 | mild depression | Dry mouth | Worse trying to go off it, so I'm still on it. | F | 40 | 5 years | 9/13/2004 | 4 | anxiety and depression | at only 75 mg, when my father passed away, I could not | Coming off of it....WAY too dizzy. So much dizziness that it made me go back on it in extremely low doses. It drove me crazy. I wanted to get rid of that feeling. The doc said it would take about 2 weeks, and a half a week drove me nuts. | F | 34 | 6 months | 9/3/2004 | 5 | depression | Initial diarhea, loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping (1-2 weeks), but all that cleared up. Ongoing, loss of interest in sex and difficulty obtaining orgasm. | I am very satisfied with Zoloft. It has removed my negative, obsessive, dark, brooding attitude, and I no longer hope to be run over by a bus. I love myself and other people again! | F | 36 | 2 months | 9/2/2004 | 4 | depression | diarrhea at first. sexually I get an erection but ejaculation is delayed and sexual pleasure is low | M | 53 | 9 years | 9/1/2004 | 2 | anxiety and depression | nervous, tremor, panic, stomach upset early | 5 weeks and about to give up. Side effects are worse on this medicine than before.hanging in there. Took 50 mg at bedtime for 1 month and now 100 mg. | F | 38 | 5 weeks | 9/1/2004 | 5 | depression | tiredness, insomnia, dry mouth, anxiety at end of day, the | Stopped my depression; crying spells, imagination overdrive. Its great if it wasnt for the weight gain I would stay on it forever. | F | 33 | 1.5 years | 8/29/2004 | 4 | Help with pms | Dry mouth, headaches, excessive yawning initially, better now. | Seems to be helping with the anxiety/extreme pms symptoms, took the | F | 35 | 3 months | 8/29/2004 | 2 | Depression | Jittery hands, tapping foot, wanting to clench my jaw tight, hand musles want to tighted an loosen kinda like a tick only really annoying, sleepyness, with draw, memory loss | I took this for a good week maybe.(on and off ) I think i was on 20mg I didnt like the side effects so I decided to go off of it but my mom flipped out so i hide them. I would reather deal with depression and fear my mom finding undigested zoloft pills then be back on that zombie medication. I didnt feel any less or more depressed just more away. like Im not really there just a shell of a human. But it made me realize depression isnt bad... its good to be depressed. While I was | F | 15 | 1 weeks | 8/27/2004 | 1 | depression | flat emotion, weight gain, loss of libido | didn't help depression, just made me not care about anyone or anything. | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 8/27/2004 | 4 | Depression | Euphoria for the second and third days, spontaneous orgasms brought on by yawning.. no physical orgasm, just the feeling in the brain. They're decreasing.. kinda good but also bad :P | Seems to be working ok so far. | M | 18 | 3 weeks | 8/26/2004 |