ZOLOFT Reviews (SERTRALINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (1667 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZOLOFT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOLOFT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | anxiety | tired all the time but couldn't sleep. restless, increase anxiety. lossof appitite, sun burn easily, felt shakey. no benifit to depression or anxiety....useless. | M | 25 | 3 months | 10/11/2006 | 1 | paranoia | trembling, agitation, nervousness, urinary retention, sweating horrible side effects, made my depression worse! | does not work for all people!!! | M | 25 | 2 weeks | 10/8/2006 | 5 | major depression | none | couldn't function without it | F | 44 | 2 years | 10/3/2006 | 4 | Depression Anxiety Panic Attacks | Headaches, dry mouth and loss of taste. | I've only been taking it for 6 days and I can already feel the effects of this drug. The side effects aren't bad and I'm sure they will go away once my body has become acclimated to the drug. I am on a 50MG dosage. | M | 34 | 6 days | 10/3/2006 | 4 | depression | absent-minded, sleepy, foggy | I think Zoloft helped a lot with my depression. Now that my stressors have disappeared, I can stop using it. But it is probably different for everyone. My situation is not like your situation. Any advice you get is based on their own brain chemistry and reaction. But here is my experience with it. In my experience, it allowed me to deal with my depression constructively, like a project. It gave me mental balance. At first I was absent-minded and I slept for 14 hours one night. I was a little light-headed and foggy. There were sexual side affects (disinterest). And acne. But after a week I started feeling great. Fantastic in fact. Every day was like the first day of summer after finishing the 5th grade. I started at 25mg and went to 50mg. My goal was to overcome depression and get off the drug. So I ate a good diet of brain-food, like fish, fruits and vegetables while on the drug. It helped cultivate good brain chemistry. And I actively reduced the stressors in my life. And I exercised. | M | 35 | 8 months | 9/29/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Nothing to complain about. The benefits outweigh the side effects, which are minor. They include loose stool (which has improved over time) and decreased sexual function. | It has helped me through a very difficult time. I do not plan on taking the medication for more than one year (I've been on it for about six months). I'm taking it in conjunction with therapy. The best way to describe it is it makes me feel like my old self again and I've been able to move forward with my life. Oddly enough I am experiencing TMJ and wonder if the drug is contributing to this. I find that I clench my teeth and jaw a lot--which I never did before taking Zoloft. It has gotten so that I have difficulty opening my mouth. | F | 46 | 6 days | 9/28/2006 | 5 | anxiety | at first, weight loss... but after a couple of months- i gained a lot of weight. (even with a healthy diet & exercise)... i was very tired at first. sometimes weird dreams and trouble falling asleep. | i'm almost on my 9th month... besides the weight gain, i love zoloft. it works wonders... but you have to get through the first few weeks to truly see the benefits of this drug. i was about 105 lbs... now i'm 115 or so. but i'd chose the extra few lbs. over being anxious anyday. :) at 1st i used klonopin & then tapered off after a couple of months... and at one point i used ambien at night to sleep... but it seemed to clash with the zoloft the next morning... so i suggest staying on as little meds as possible. i will be staying on zoloft! definitely. | F | 21 | 9 months | 9/27/2006 | 3 | Acne | developed compulsion to sing "I am the walrus" while wearing a giant garbage bag. | thats the way uh huh uh huh i like it | F | 37 | 3 days | 9/27/2006 | 3 | I like the taste | couldn't stop jizzing! i jizzed 20-25 times a day! | pretty packet. my wife was on it | M | 37 | 3 days | 9/27/2006 | 4 | Depression | Sweating, weird dreams, oversleeping. | When I was under a deep depression, oversleeping was never a problem. Now that I increased to 100mg I cannot wake up in the mornings. I sleep for 13 hours solid. It has become a real problem for me. | F | 23 | 1 years | 9/25/2006 | 5 | Depression, OCD | wierd "zapping" in my head, nausea, mania (feeling elated), dizziness -- but they dissipate within the first month - I swear. | I was always the type of person who resisted taking drugs. Now I'm kicking myself for not having taken this sooner. I could have saved myself a good decade of agony, and would have been more productive, and hense successful, had I started Zoloft earlier. But whatever... I'm SO glad I'm taking it now. This med has saved my life. I know this seems unbelievable, but I didn't even know I was OCD! Now, instead of being reactionary, I am able to stop, assess the situation, and make a judgment that isn't based entirely on emotion. The side effects were strange, but bearable, and disappeared within weeks. The only thing: I get a terrible headache if I don't take it at around the same time everyday. Trust me folks, if you've been struggling with depression for years, there is NOTHING wrong with getting some manufactured help to get your brain chemicals back to a manageable state. Once you make this first step, you will start to care about the other areas of your life, and the quality of your li | F | 31 | 6 months | 9/18/2006 | 5 | major depression GAD | None. | It really helped pull me up out of the abyss of extreme anxiety and depression I was in. Now that I've been on it for so many years, it has started losing it's effectiveness. I am being weaned off of it and being started on Paxil CR. But I have to give Zoloft credit for having helped me for so long! | F | 42 | 12 years | 9/13/2006 | 5 | Severe Anxiety, Depression | All side effects cleared after a few days usage. You should start with a smaller dose and work your way up to avoid more profound side effects. It causes heartburn if I take it and lay down, I find that I prefer to take it in the morning anyway for best results with me. | Zoloft, whereas it's not a cure helps to relieve my anxiety/depression or in the worst case helps to make it manageable. It took away the running tingling sensations running down my arms and neck. Initially I felt a little worse (I already felt very wretched) but from past experience I knew that would clear if I could fight through it. I use this in combination with a small dose of Elavil and/or Trazedone to improve sleep (my sleep quality is poor with or without Zolot). | M | 28 | 6 years | 9/12/2006 | 4 | Depression and Anxiety | insomnia, muscle spasms, headache, increased anxiety and derpession for about a week and a half, electric feeling throughout my body, dry mouth, twitches, night sweats sometimes, tiredness, lethargy, dizziness, thoughts of self harm for about a week and 1/2. | I started on 12.5mg for the first 3 weeks and increased to 50mg. I noticed most of the side effects subside after the 3rd week. I do notice I am feeling more like my old self now and less depression and anxiety. The side effects at first were almost unbearable, but afer sticking it out I noticed the side effects slowly went away, not all, but most of them. Now that I have increased my dose(by my doctors advice)I notice I have a mild increase in my depression and anxiety, but I am sleeping better and from experience I know this will pass within the next week or two. It is good to have close contact with friends, family or/and doctor to keep tabs on your well being, because a change in dose may alter this for some people. I really think this drug is helping me, but I think it works best with a combo of therapy and exercise. I really had a hard time with the side effects at first, but am glad I stuck with it because now I am finally feeling a difference. It seems like forever when you | F | 35 | 4 days | 9/10/2006 | 5 | anxiety | Good response almost immediately - I felt less anxious from the first few doses. I was very sensitive to the medication, and had drowsiness, stomach upset and tiredness. Some of these were unpleasant - I felt almost like I was getting the flu - sort of out of it. Cutting back on the dose resulted in immediate improvement. I learned to increase the medication very very slowly. increased by 12.5 mg every 3 to 4 weeks. Took nearly 6 months to get from 25 mg to 100 mg daily, and another 4 to 6 to get up to 150. I occasionally take 175 if I feel that I need it. | Zoloft works for me, but also in combination with psychotherapy. I don't think the meds were enough for me. The biggest difference that I perceive is that I now experience a whole range of feelings rather than irritation, anger and anxiety. | F | 51 | 3.5 years | 9/4/2006 | 3 | Despression | Low libido; fogginess; lethargic; no emotional highs; mind numbing; | I've been on zoloft about 12 years except for a few sit-outs. It keeps away the depression which I think I inherited, but it does take away your zest for life. I feel like I'm just treading water and I cannot make myself go forward. Wish I could stop taking it but I almost lost my mind the last time I tried. Don't take it unless you absolutely have to. | 49 | 12 years | 9/4/2006 | 5 | Panic disorder/anxiety/depression | feeling of being wired, low sexual desire; difficulty reaching orgasm. | I love Zoloft, like many others it has allowed me to see life like clearly. I didn't know I had depression until it cleared up. I have some insomnia, but not a big deal will just take a kalonapin or xanax(1/2) I also had lack of sexual desire. I struggled to achieve orgasm. I know that is something out there for that not a big deal. Im on 25mg... recommended. | F | 27 | 1 years | 9/3/2006 | 3 | Depression | At the beginning, drowsiness. Later, at 100mg, I would get a certain amount of heartburn, slight difficulty urinating, and gained about 30 lbs over 7 years. After about 6 years, I started having sinus headaches which stopped when I stopped Zoloft. | Though the Zoloft worked for me, the withdrawal was rather difficult. After 3 years, I went from 100mg to 50mg and I felt like I had the flu for a month. After 5 years, I went from 50mg to 25mg and I would get a certain dizzyness and anxiety and "mini depression" that lasted about a month. Then after 7 years, I cut it from 25mg to 0 by using the liquid (drops) version of Zoloft I found in Europe... Went down 3mg every 3 weeks. Would probably not have been able to go from 25 to 0 otherwise. | M | 32 | 7 years | 8/30/2006 | 5 | OCD AND EPSTEIN BARRE | TREMORS IN FINGERS, LEG SPASMS AND SWEATING AT NIGHT, DRY MOUTH, WEIGHT LOSS (YEAH!!) | I STILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE SYMPTOMS, BUT THEY DO NOT COMPARE TO THE OCD THAT WAS KEEPING ME TIRED ALL OF THE TIME ALONG WITH MY EPSTEIN BARRE. I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE PROJECTS UNDONE AND RELAX. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE. I AM ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THINGS IN MY LIFE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE STUPID STUFF. I WOULD LIKE TO GET OFF EVENTUALLY, BUT RIGHT NOW I AM AFRAID OF THE SIDE EFFECTS. I SHOULD ALSO STATE THAT I AM ALSO A THERAPIST WHO PREVIOUSLY WAS AGAINST TAKING ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. I NOW AM A BELIEVER. I'VE BEEN ON FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. | F | 39 | | 8/29/2006 | 5 | depression/ anxiety | sexual indifference, dizziness when I miss a dose | I have been taking 150 mg of Zoloft for a long time. (10 yrs). About 3 months ago,I began to have symptoms- not so much depression but of mood swings, severe irratibility & anger. I went to my doc & asked to try something new so we tried Cymbalta (made me manic), then Lexapro (made me completely emotionless). I have been on a downward spiral since going off zoloft, to the point that my doc has me on 2-3 mg of Xanax a day. Yesterday, I went in to my doc & said please, please dear God, put me back on Zoloft. If I thought it was bad before, I was SO SO wrong. Doc says that after being on Zoloft for so long, my brain may now have a chemical need for it. Not addiction, just an alteration. At least with Zoloft I can function and take care of my family. | F | 30 | 10 years | 8/29/2006 |