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 | Severe Lifethreatening Depression | Difficulty urinating, Severe Earaches (feelig like water in ears) No sexual desire, Decreased appetite. Created anxiety, had to be put on Lorezepam. | M | 39 | 2 months | 10/15/2005 | 5 | depression/occasional panic attack | Started taking: very minor side effects that went away quickly. While taking: experienced sleepiness, some dizziness, and sexual function decrease. When missed 2 days of dosage, bad headache. Stopped taking: headaches, irritability that tapered off in a month. | Definitely helped with depression & greatly reduced panic attacks. Did not feel "high" just normal, and helped me function normally. Side effects minor. As I am not married and choose to live a celibate life, sexual side effects were not bothersome. I took Zoloft for 12 years, and I felt that in the past year it was not really effective anymore, so decided to try life with out it. I am ok, but now I know it helped me more than I realized. I also realized that I had spent the last 12 years sleepy!! And occasionally dizzy. In the 7 months since I have stopped Zoloft, I am slowly falling back into depression & anxiety. I have tried Wellbutrin for 2 months-- no effect. Unfortunately, many of us have faulty brain chemistry that needs a boost, just like diabetics need insulin. There is no shame or weakness about this-- just the way our bodies are built. We are complex organisms, though, so what works for one doesn't work for another. I can definitely reccommend Zoloft, with | F | 50 | 12 years | 10/14/2005 | 1 | Minor Depression & Anxiety | I only took one dose of 50 mg & I experienced eye rolls, throbbing heartbeat, nausea, dry mouth, nervousness, yawning & lack of sensation all within the first 5 hours, some of which have lasted more than 15 hours. Zoloft also felt like it numbed my brain & I had memory and concentration problems. I'm not sure I want to continue. | F | 24 | 1 days | 10/12/2005 | 4 | Depression & anxiety, obsessions | Weight gain (gained 50 pounds over 3 years); loose stools; dry mouth; lethargy; fogginess. | It really helped with my depression and anxiety, and I was able to accomplish a lot while on it. I felt less extreme. It curbed my intensity that I'd had my whole life, making things just a little less crisis-like. I still had a lot of extreme emotions but they were slightly less intense. BAD SIDE: I had TERRIBLE withdrawal, even over a long period of time of decreased dosage (took me almost a year to get off completely). Had electric shock-type reactions--tingling in my extremeties, headaches, etc. Had that feeling whenever I turned my head quickly like my brain was following afterward. Very strange and scary. I was terrified to get off it completely but knew that if I didn't I might never be able to. | F | 31 | 7 years | 10/6/2005 | 5 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | dizziness, sweating, loss of appetite, insomnia, loose stools, hard to reach orgasm; all have gone away except for the sexual side affect | This drug has worked wonders for me. I'm still having some anxiety at 50 mg but nothing like before. I might go up to 100 mg and see if that doesn't help. I was having severe panic attacks and couldn't function anymore. Now I'm able to better enjoy life and I can actually talk to people now without getting nervous. Things that used to freak me out before don't freak me out now. I'm so thankful for this drug. My doctor also wants me to try counseling too. I definitely recommend this drug. | F | 26 | 2 months | 10/4/2005 | 5 | Social Phobia aka Soc Anxiety Disor | Increased perspiration, Difficulty reaching orgasm(overtime this diminished somewhat), Dry Mouth, Heartburn, First couple weeks shakiness. | This drug completely changed my life for the better (even with the bothersome side effects). I was/am able to put myself in situations that before were nothing short of tortue to my mind. Finally able to finish high school and go on to university. Became a member of a Board of Directors. Simple things like eating, talking, walking in public. Going to checkout counters. Looking people in the eye when talking. The simple things that once kept me frozen or bolting. | F | 37 | 7 years | 9/27/2005 | 4 | Depressing | Significant loss of sexual appetite, diminished erections, weight gain, excessive sweating | M | 44 | 10 months | 9/26/2005 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN!!!!! HOLY COW!!! allot of weight gain. The other nasty side effect is if you forget to take it. You will end up with a light headed feeling and what I call "trailers' meaning that it takes your eyes a second to catch up with your focus. | M | 36 | 15 years | 9/26/2005 | 4 | Depression and Anxiety | A temporary side affect that went away after a day or so was a feeling of being drugged and out of it. I started on 12.5 mg and went up to 25 with no problem. When I went to 50, I felt tense and couldn't sit still, had trouble drawing a deep breath. I went back to 25 and felt great for years, although I developed a habit of taking naps all the time because it just felt so good to sleep. Over time, I realized that the weight I steadily packed on was zoloft-related. I went off and lost weight fairly easily. I went back on Zoloft and the weight gain returned with a vengeance. I think it is making me crave carbs and sleep more. It depresses my sex drive, but I can still orgasm. | It's not perfect, because I've gained a lot of weight and don't have a lot of energy even at a low dose, but it has been very, very, very successful at treating my depression and anxiety. I've gone from wanting to check myself into a hospital to functioning completely normally for more than 6 years. | F | 33 | 7 years | 9/23/2005 | 5 | Depression | Loose stool, loss of sex drive, headaches. | I was on zoloft 50 mg for over a year. I thought I was better went off it, but became worse than before when not on medication. My doctor up my dose to 100 mg and I feel great. I am better an ever and so is my mood. | F | 28 | 1 years | 9/22/2005 | 3 | M | | 9/19/2005 | 4 | Panic Disorder | Sexual side effects, increased sweating,weight gain, and constant thirst | When I started taking Zoloft it made my panic attacks stop. I take 50mg before bed and I sometimes feel weird in the morning. | M | 17 | 1 years | 9/15/2005 | 3 | reflux and anxiety | Jaw clenching, dizzy, strange feeling, decreased sexual libido | M | 41 | 4 months | 9/15/2005 | 4 | Clinical Depression | Not many, at a point it did induce mild mania and an inability to stop gabbing, otherwise, good. | It's helped me a great deal, it gave me my life back, I guess. | F | 14 | 2 years | 9/14/2005 | 3 | generalized anxiety/panic disorder | slight reduction in libido, pretty bad nausea, edginess when dosage is increased, sleepy | I'm still in the early stages of treatment, but my panic episodes have decreased, and my overall anxiety is far less than what it was. I'm satisfied with the results, but not thrilled with the side effects, and I think that maybe something else might work better. | M | 30 | 3 months | 9/6/2005 | 5 | post partum depression | none | It cured my symptoms within 6 months. | F | 33 | 6 months | 9/5/2005 | 1 | depression | increased depression, aggression | should be withdrawn from the market | M | 30 | 5 weeks | 9/5/2005 | 1 | anxiety | insomnia, severe muscle aches, increased anxiety, eye pain, constipation | My mood greatly improved quickly. I have experienced illness within my family which caused a great deal of anxiety. Have always suffered from anxiety and panic. These symptoms improved very quickly. All crying stopped. Panic controlled. I hated to go off the medication, but my doctor took me off due to bad side effects. I hope to find something else to help me. | F | 57 | 2 weeks | 9/4/2005 | 2 | Depression / OCD | Weight gain, tiredness, completely killed sex drive. Mild withdrawal symptoms are dizziness, irritability, and upset stomach. | The medication helped somewhat. I taped up to 100mg/day over a several week period. I was definitely more relaxed about things and Zoloft created an overall sense of well being. Even though I gained weight and had no sex drive I didn't much care about it. I was sleeping at least 9 hours a day and still felt tired upon waking, yawned throughout much of the day. However, over time I felt it was becoming less and less effective. The side effects were tough to take and it no longer seemed like a good tradeoff. Now tapering down over several weeks. I am experiencing some of the side effects mentioned elsewhere, dizziness, irritability, upset stomach, although they are fairly mild. | M | 46 | 9 months | 9/1/2005 | 4 | social anxiety | somewhat difficulty breathing, some weight gain, that's about it. | It didn't affect me much at first, but then I noticed that I really began to calm down and chill out, which was nice. Something I definitely needed. But then I began to relax wayyy too much, and I've become a complete bum. I used to be a really excited passionate person, and now I have no goals, no plans, all I really do is sit around watching tv and eating junk food, and while it's helped me out a great deal in social situations, now I'm too passive to even bother getting out of the house to even have any social interactions at all. great calming effects, though! Other than my extreme laziness, I love it! | F | 17 | 6 months | 8/30/2005 |