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 |
| 3 | General anxiety and insomnia | Sleepiness during the day yet sleeplessness at night- which is extremely frustrating because I was already not sleeping well b/c of anxiety in the first place. | I've been taking Sertraline (generic) for one day and yes, my thoughts are more positive and I feel less agitated but I didn't sleep a wink last night!! It's like exchanging one bad thing for another. All last night I tossed and turned and couldn't shut my brain off- God, I just want to sleep. I am going to stick with it for a few weeks b/c the recurring theme on this thread seems to be that "it takes awhile" to help you and then it's great. Honestly, I would take the weight gain, loss of sex drive, blurred vision and headaches if my brain would just shut off and let me sleep! :-( I will re-post within a week with progress. | F | 32 | 1 days | 3/11/2009 | 2 | Depression | Some days constant hunger, other days no appetite at all. NO SEX DRIVE whatsoever,insomina, no motivation, lack of energy | I've had major depression since my early teens. Got some help several years ago after a sucide attempt. Was on prozac back then but it didn't seem to be helping so stopped it after 3 months. Just recently started zoloft after my husband told me he couldn't handle it anymore. Been taking it for the last month and I can tell it is helping but the side effects are awful!! This is my second marriage and my husband is the only man I have ever been with that can make me have an orgasm. I'm 29 years old and have been with him for almost 3 years now. I knew that anti-depressants causes decrease in sex drive but this is off the charts. I cannot have an orgasm to save my life!!! It really pisses me off because if you spend most of your adult life married to someone who could care less if you cum or not, and then meet and marry a man that refuses to cum until you do its really bad for both of us. On top of that I cant sleep without a trazdone or ambien pill and when I get home from work | F | 29 | 6 weeks | 3/10/2009 | 5 | anxiety | diminished appetite | My anxiety problem developed from living with addicts. Zoloft totally normalizes me with no side-effect but the weightloss. I've gone from 135 to 103 lbs @ 5'6". My energy and sleeping, judgement, my lucidity are all great. This is an amazing drug in my opinion. | F | 47 | 7 months | 3/8/2009 | 4 | Depression, anxiety, anger | Vivid dreams, extreme exhaustion each night around 8pm | The first week I took 25 mg and in about 2 days I noticed my anxiety levels decreased significantly. That first week I felt like a zombie though, and definitely not like myself. The second week I started 50 mg and I felt like it stopped working. I'm on my 4th week at 50 mg and my depression has decreased slightly, my anxiety has decreased slightly, and my extreme anger is completely gone. I get VERY tired every night at 8pm. So tired, it's almost unbearable. I can tell it has the potential to help, but I'm thinking I might need a higher dose. No weight gain at all. Actually lost a few lbs by eating healthier. | F | 26 | 1 months | 3/8/2009 | 5 | Panic Attacks | Increased heart rate, cold sweats, nausea, migraines, was in constant fear of leaving the house/communicating with people. | I think this medicine is amazing. I am currently taking 50mg of this daily. Within 6 days I was able to be myself again. I would highly recommend this to anyone with panic attacks. I do take Sertraline instead of Zoloft. I believe it is the generic. | F | 21 | 3 years | 3/5/2009 | 5 | restless leg /insomnia/anxiety | A little nausea, off and on for the first week only. | It is the best medication that has ever happened to me. I go to bed, get a good nights sleep, no restless leg sydrome since the 4th day of taking Zoloft. I love each day. | F | 57 | 1 years | 2/26/2009 | 4 | | 2/25/2009 | 4 | BPD, depression | I feel so much better after 4 days. My stomach is a little upset but I'm not sure if it's the drug. I feel happier, and am laughing again. | I had weened myself off of Effexor b/c I lost my health insurance. It was horrible and I crashed. I went back to the dr and he gave me 50mg of Zoloft. I feel SO much better already. I still don't want to do much but at least I am not crying all day. Now I find myself smiling and laughing. :) | F | 33 | 4 days | 2/23/2009 | 5 | Anxiety disorder and depression | Initially, nausea | It stopped by suicidal thoughts and I no longer randomly started hyperventilating. It was wonderful. | F | 19 | 3 months | 2/18/2009 | 3 | Depression & General Anxiety | Anxiety, mild panic attacks, fatigue, "spaciness", mild constipation | PRO: I started to feel a little better quite quickly CON: After upping my dose to only 25mg (1/2 of where MD wanted me to end up) I started having terrible anxiety & even a panic attack. I had heard this would go away, but after 1 week I couldn't take it anymore. | F | 42 | 20 days | 2/18/2009 | 1 | OCD, depression | throwing up | throwing up for 12 hours nonstop, near-fainting state, headache. | F | 34 | 2 days | 2/15/2009 | 3 | Borderline Personality, Depression | EXTREME jaw clenching and jaw pain. Weight gain. Excessive sweating. | My biggest complaint is the jaw pain I have experienced while taking this drug. Had thought about seeing an oral surgeon until I read that this could be caused by an SSRI. | F | 30 | 8 months | 2/12/2009 | 3 | major depression; ocd | breathlessness, twitch, sleeplessness, increased appetite | I am ramping up right now due to increased suicidal ideation. I don't like the way I feel physically but the intrusive thoughts have eased and the depresion seems to be lifting. Hope I can stay the course; it may be interacting with my blood pressure med--metoprolol. | F | 55 | 6 months | 2/12/2009 | 3 | Anxiety + Mild Depression, 25 mg | I had a very strange reaction to this drug, one which some people also seem to experience. If you have ever taken amphetamine (Dexedrine) you will know what I mean. I got very speedy and high off of this drug in addition to feeling standard SSRI effects. However, these speedy effects completely negate any sexual side effects and if anything will improve your sex life, making it great if you find SSRI's sexual side effects distressing. | I found this drug to not do much in the way of improving my anxiety problem, although it did work very well on depression. The "speed" side effect was very unusual, and I could see it casuing addiction in some people. This is a great, fairly mild drug with few long-term side effects if your symptoms are depression-specific. | M | 20 | 365 days | 2/10/2009 | 1 | depression | Horrible drug. It immediately turned me into space cadet zombie woman, after just 2 days. | This drug should be taken off the market. | F | 50 | 2 days | 2/10/2009 | 4 | bipolar II | Increase mania: raging, lack of patience and sensitivity, body clenching, and hyperactivity (which sometimes works in my favor). This drug also causes less or no sex drive (boo) and wieght loss (yeah). | This med. really works to alleviate depession. I'm on a mood stabilizer (lamictal) along with the zoloft to give me a little kick to alleviete my depression. However with it comes increased mania. So, while I may not be depressed, I'm rageful and insensitive a lot of the time! | F | 45 | 20 years | 2/8/2009 | 5 | heart palpitations | weight gain, nausea in the first week. | F | 44 | 2 years | 2/5/2009 | 4 | Anxiety, depression | None so far but it has only been 2 weeks. I'll report back again later. | Was taking Paxil CR but had too many side effects. I've been on 50mg of Zoloft for about 2 weeks now. Been having some dizzy spells but might be from coming off Paxil as I've read that is a common side effect. In the last two weeks, have had days that I feel good, days I'm grumpy and irritable and days of excesive, good energy. Will wait to see how things go once I adjust to the change. | M | 40 | 2 weeks | 2/5/2009 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression | Not many, headache if I missed a dose. I also gained weight | Zoloft really helped with anxiety. I had to keep increasing though, because you seem to build a tolerance. Eventually I was on 150 Mg. I was diagnosed with hypersomnia and needed to get off the zoloft. HELL. I had to get off pretty quickly.. about 4 weeks to get from 150 to 0. Ive been completely off it for about 3 weeks and am just starting to feel better. The withdrawal was SEVERE. Felt like I had the flu; dizziness, headaches and vomiting | F | 19 | 4 years | 2/3/2009 | 4 | Major Depression, Panic Disorder | anxiety (this is difficult to attribute to Zoloft, considering I have an anxiety disorder) | A new doc switched me from 20mg Prozac (generic) to 25mg Zoloft (generic) two weeks ago after a panic attack/depression landed me in the ER. The first day I took the Zoloft I felt slightly manic (went out on Friday night for the first time in weeks, danced all night, had new friends back to my house, etc etc) in comparison to the weeks of dark and lonely depression I had been feeling. Not sure if it kicked in so quickly because of the preceding four weeks of Prozac, or if Zoloft simply worked better for me. I think I will increase dosage to 50mg, but I hope to stay there. If you are still feeling hopeless on your current SSRI, you should try another...hang in there! | F | 19 | 2 weeks | 1/27/2009 |