ZOLOFT Reviews (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.3 (1667 Ratings)

Filter Results

Compare ZOLOFT with similar:
 ANTIDEPRESSANTS

 Type: Rx Drug

  

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)

  

Results are sorted by Date added.

Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84


RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOLOFTCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 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 day
4/1/2013
Email
 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 day
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 day
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 day
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
Email
 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 day
1/29/2013
Email
 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
Email
 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 day
1/18/2013
Email
 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 day
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 day
1/8/2013
Email
 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 day
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 day
12/2/2012
Email
 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 day
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 day
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 day
11/8/2012
Email
 5  Depression and Anxiety Jitters, Jaw Clenching, Restlessness. F 16 3 years
50 MG
11/5/2012
Email

Previous Page       Next Page

BACK TO TOP