ZOLOFT Reviews (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (1667 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZOLOFT with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) 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 |
More on ZOLOFT: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOLOFT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | anxiety, alleged OCD | fatigue, weight gain, night sweats, addiction to Zoloft | Initially switched from Paxil because Paxil was too sedating. I have anxiety and was diagnosed with OCD. Zoloft took the edge off the anxiety, but didnt work as well as Paxil. After about 3 years Zoloft stopped having any noticable effect, but I couldnt stop taking it without experiencing severe anxiety and depression. Finally managed to wean myself off by slow tapering over 2 years. Now I feel fine, no different than when I was on 100mg. | F | 32 | 8 years | 11/15/2006 | 1 | moderate anxiety | Panic attacks, tremors, no appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle spasms, irregular heart beat, night sweats, dry mouth, aggitation, suicidal thoughts. | The side effects are horrible. I felt significantly worse on the meds. | F | 38 | 4 days | 11/14/2006 | 5 | severe chronic depression | apathy, occasional dizziness when dose is not 'on time' | terrific for overcoming 'black hole' depression; worked when others failed..allows a much better outlook on life | F | 51 | 9 years | 11/11/2006 | 3 | Depression | Weight loss, jaw clenching which made my jaw tired, headaches and felt like my tongue was swollen so I couldn't speak clearly. | First two weeks were great - I felt wonderful. The next two weeks were terrible...mood swings, anger, tired. | F | 26 | 4 weeks | 11/7/2006 | 4 | Depression | Some headaches at first when starting. When stopping: electric jolts in body, headache, severe depression, dizziness, tried to commit suicide and had to be in a psych ward for 3 days. | It worked after 4 weeks and it was great (felt more normal and I did a lot better at swim practice, as well as all else), but after a few months, I'd have to up the dosage because it would fail on me, which happened twice. Tapered off it when I shouldn't have, but it was to make sure it wasn't causing the other symptoms (it really wasn't, but there's no known cause for whatever is wrong with me yet physically). | F | 27 | 1 years | 11/3/2006 | 2 | Anxiety | stomach upset and more anxiety | I know this works for some but it did not agree with me. | F | 39 | 5 days | 11/3/2006 | 3 | Major Depression, PTSD, Anxiety Dis | Severe night sweats, lethargia, increased yawning, dizziness, lack of concentration, lack of motivation, decreased sex drive, and severe light headedness. | I cant quite be sure whether the drug is actually decreasing my suicidal thoughts or just rendering me unable to act upon them by making me so damned tired and lethargic. I think 'zombie' is an adequate enough term. | F | 18 | 2 weeks | 11/1/2006 | 5 | depression/anxiety | The first week was bad, I didn't feel like myself, very paranoid and extremely tired. I slept for 4 days straight. After, I felt normal, but not better..at about 8 weeks I noticed I had more energy, my severe PMS went away (PMDD)I was just happier. I now have very vivid dreams, headaches, tremor. | It saved me. I'm not anxious all the time. I have mellowed out, want to be around people again, can get through the day. I'm happier!!!! | F | 25 | 8 months | 10/31/2006 | 4 | depression, bipolar, anxiety | increased appetite, weight gain, insomnia | I have tried 5 medicines so far, and this is the only medicine that helped me to allevate my mood, but I have terrible insomnia, and I have been taking Xanax for that but it is not the solution cause Xanax is addictive, so my doctor wants to give me another one ... | F | 21 | 4 days | 10/31/2006 | 5 | Severe OCD, GAD, Bipolar II | Slightly decreased libido, lower ability to "feel" or empathize with others, middling effect on range of emotions. | Zoloft is great for limiting time-consuming obsessions and repetitive, checking compulsions and hypochondria. Zoloft is the only SSRI that does not affect my libido so badly--I take Wellbutrin to couteract this effect. Has precipitated mania, though, when I was not on mood stabilizer. | M | 25 | 3 years | 10/30/2006 | 3 | OCD and depression | very, very dizzy to the point I could barely walk. Developed an irrational fear of driving and couldn't drive myself anywhere for 2 weeks. Weight loss of close to 5 pounds | This medicine did help my mood and my ocd, but the side effects were unbearable! I had to have my husband drive me to and from work for 2 weeks because I was so dizzy that I developed a fear of driving and wrecking. I lost 5 or more pounds, which almost put me under 100 pounds. I loved the good effects, but the dizziness and fear were not worth it. Now on Wellbutrin XL after having no luck with Lexapro either. Good luck if you can get past the side effects! | F | 27 | 3 weeks | 10/30/2006 | 4 | depression, NCS (dysautonomia) | Stomach cramps, diahrea, nausea - these all went away after a couple weeks. Unable to sleep at night with this drug. I need to take ambien with it. | Helps my mood very much. | M | 40 | 4 months | 10/29/2006 | 1 | Depression | My 10 yr old son was taking Zoloft for his depression. He did VERY well for the first 3 weeks of taking 25 mg/day. At the beginning of the 4th week I noticed some agitation and later that week he had a full blown rage attack and made a suicidal gesture. We stopped the meds immediately, but have had 4 days of agitation and stomach upset. | Be careful with zoloft in children. Even though it seems really good at first, they can have side effects weeks into treatment. | F | 10 | 4 weeks | 10/27/2006 | 1 | Depression | My 10 yr old son was taking Zoloft for his depression. He did VERY well for the first 3 weeks of taking 25 mg/day. At the beginning of the 4th week I noticed some agitation and later that week he had a full blown rage attack and made a suicidal gesture. We stopped the meds immediately, but have had 4 days of agitation and stomach upset. | Be careful with zoloft in children. Even though it seems really good at first, they can have side effects weeks into treatment. | F | 10 | 4 weeks | 10/27/2006 | 2 | single episode depression | Increased anxiety, nervousness, paranoia, spacy/tired feeling, clenched jaw, yawning, slight insomnia | Never taken antidepressants before. Became depressed after separating from my spouse and was prescribed Zoloft, due to family history of other family members having good experiences with SSRIs. Not so for me. Started at 25mg, went up to 50mg after 3 days. Drastically increased my anxiety and nervousness and made me paranoid for the first time in my life. Didn't touch the depression. Serious caffeine interaction - more than 1 cup of coffee and I would be seriously nervous and anxious. Slight sexual side effect of difficulty ejaculating, but that wasn't a bad thing. Doc took me off of it after 1 week. | M | 36 | 7 days | 10/24/2006 | 4 | anxiety and depression | Took it several yrs ago and at that time exp. increased hrt rate, sweaty palms, hands shaking. Currently been on for 6 wks. For past 2 wks, having trouble sleeping at night. Tired during day a little. Loss of appetite. Increase in energy and weight loss (but I've been exercising also & eating less). Greatly increased my sex drive. | I like it. I'm on 50mg but going to see about increasing it. I'm not as stressed or depressed. My boyfriend loves it he says he can see a difference in my attitude. I'm not negative about everything anymore. More social. And I've been exercising daily with it. I have a lot of energy. My sex drive is great. Before it wasn't. I want it all the time. Now only if my sleep would improve I'm going to switch to daytime instead of night time med. | F | 24 | 6 weeks | 10/19/2006 | 2 | Depression | Horrible -- I don't think I will continue this trial. Constant nausea, some vomiting, constant blinding headache not relieved by any pain meds, jaw-clenching, tooth grinding -- all on the lowest possible dose. | Started with starter pack from Zoloft, skipped 4th day due to vomiting, decreased to 12.5 mg on 5th day, still with awful headaches and transient nausea on 8th day. I hear you have to get thru the side effects, but so far it has made my life worse and I am having a difficult time talking myself into continuing with this medication. | F | 72 | 8 days | 10/18/2006 | 5 | Clinical Depression | None | Zoloft is why I'm alive today!After a SEVERE bout with depression about 10 yrs ago I was perscribed 50mg.The only drawback this medication had was it took a couple of weeks to work but that how it works!Stopped with first pregnancy,no withdrawl,took it during second pregnancy and it had NO EFFECT on my baby.Been on it 10 years and I have had to bump up my dosage but,10 yrs is a good amount of time.Get your life back! | F | 29 | 10 years | 10/17/2006 | 4 | anxiety, depression | headache, head pressure, severe agitation | It helped a lot with my anxiety but the side effects were too much | F | 23 | 2.5 years | 10/13/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety/OCD | Dry mouth, Sexual side effects, Insomnia | Zoloft works great for my depression but hasnt touched the OCD or Anxiety. I have to take xanax for anxiety and am trying other things for OCD. Zoloft is GREAT for depression though. | F | 30 | | 10/11/2006 |