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 |
| 3 | depression/bipolar | I experienced intense dissociation and desire to self-injure which has not been a part of my life since I was 12 yrs. I'm 31. | M | 31 | 6 months | 12/13/2004 | 5 | depression | Yawning, shaky hands and heart palpatations | F | 39 | 7 months | 12/10/2004 | 3 | anxiety | loss of appetite, loose stools, some sweating and nausea, esp in the morning | not sure yet | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 12/9/2004 | 4 | depression and anxiety | dramatic decrease in sexual desire and ability | Zoloft has completely relieved me of depression and anxiety. However, I am left with little to no interest in sex/sexual ability (I was previously on Effexor, and during that time my sexual side effects were worse). I don't feel able to maintain a romantic relationship, which is upsetting to me. I am planning on asking my doctor what she thinks about prescribing additional Wellbutrin for the side effects. I am also considering taking Gingko, and am looking further into the idea of | F | 23 | 4 months | 12/8/2004 | 5 | major depression | The only side effects I experienced were head aches and dizziness when I forgot to take it. | I loved Zoloft. At the maximum dose, it greatly relieved my depression, but after 4 years of taking it, it simply quit on me. Now taking Effexor which I reccomend. | F | 16 | 4 years | 11/30/2004 | 4 | anxiety/ possible depression | increased migraine and headaches frequency (went from very rarely to frequently), vomitting, nausea, initially constipated then just diarrhea, disturbing twitching while trying to fall asleep, not the usual twitching, very dry mouth, loss of libido ( got better when I decreased from 150mg to 100 mg after 3 months), also have occasional yawnitis as I call it which was worse in the beginning, also had terrible motion sickness I have never had before from flying, alot of dizziness if I forget my dose after just an hour since I decreased to 100mg a month ago, irritability, fall asleep at work sometimes lasting all day, somewhat better after taking the medicine at noontime, waking up in the middle of the night is completely resolved since taking the meds at noontime rather than before bed, definitely I am not losing weight, had panic attacks and that weird tingly feeling for first 2 weeks but these went away | the irritablility is less than the irritability I had from PMS before taking zoloft. despite the side effects the medicine works very well for anxiety. I still have trouble waking up in the morning which I thought was depression but maybe I just have a sleep disorder. I am going to switch back to celexa if possible since I took that before and the side effects were minimal and also to try and avoid zoloft withdrawl . from there on I don't know what I will do b/c celexa seemed to stop working after a year which was why I switched to zoloft. my doctor wanted to just increase my dose of celexa but this made me very dizzy, almost blind when I would stand up fast or get out of bed. looking back this seems not half as bad as the side effects from zoloft. | F | 29 | 5.5 months | 11/29/2004 | 1 | Panic attacks, IBS, dyspepsia | No sex drive, no orgasm, headaches, shaking hands, can not sleep at night, tired all day, feeling strange in my head etc... | I was taking 50mg for 10 days and I am now down to 25mg. I would like to quit this drug as soon as possible, this is a dangerous medicine if one does not have life disturbing problems... My doctor tole me it has no side effects. I just hope I will be able to get off it gradually... | M | 35 | 10 days | 11/28/2004 | 3 | Depression/ Social Anxiety | Decreased sex drive, insonmia | helped with depression but I was unable to sleep | M | 19 | 1 years | 11/27/2004 | 5 | Social Anxiety | Dry Mouth, Dehydration, skin dryness, chapped lips, libido loss, quality of erection not as good, loss of sexual appetite, orgasm takes alot longer, feet sweat, hives/red spots when sweating on forehead | It has worked pretty well in that I can stand in a line and not get hot flashes as often. I still get uncomfortable sometimes like when I'm at the post office and I have alot of stuff to send out and there is a long line behind me. I start getting antsy sometimes. But I can control the sweating alot better now. The dry mouth causes the corners of my lips to get chapped and dry. The dry mouth causes teeth decay definitely and I have switched to a heavy flouride to help that. I've noticed that my limbs have become more red: palms, feet, ears and are more prone to sweats. My vision isn't as great it seems. I feel light headed alot and in elevators I get dizzy. I have a feeling sometimes I am in my own little world (spacing out) at times. Definitely tired more often and my muscles feel weeker. I have alot less desire to exercise and to have sex. When I do exercise, I find that I have more congestion which causes me not to be breath as easy. The hives/red spots on the forehead is when i do heavy physical activity like running/playing basketball. After the activiity has stopped they go away in less than an hour. Sexually, Zoloft has decreased the experience for me. I feel like I no longer need that at times. I'm 27 years old so that isn't a good thing. However, if i don't take the daily pill for a day or two, the increased libido comes back. I wish I had this high school as I was | M | 27 | 7 months | 11/26/2004 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Seems to help with the klonopin I take in calming me. I take 75mg a day. Also helps with menstral moodiness | F | 45 | 10 years | 11/25/2004 | 5 | depression/post partum/anxiety | I took 150mg of Zoloft with 300mg of Wellbutrin together. When 1st started I would sweat alot. I was always hot. No sexual desire at all and terrible amount of weight gain. I am blaming the 40 lbs gained in a year on the meds because I was active and watched my diet. It did help the depression though. I was able to stop taking it just a couple weeks ago after being on it for 2 years or so. Emotionally I feel great now but went through HELL withdrawal. Vertigo,nauseated,skin crawls,severe headaches,crying spells,brain | I feel this drug worked well for me, just had a hard time coming off of it. | F | 34 | 2 years | 11/22/2004 | 4 | seasonal depression, ptsd | jaw clenching, improved by taking dose at bedtime and reducing dose | F | 59 | 2 months | 11/20/2004 | 3 | severe depression | a kind of spasm through my hands and arms, sometimes my whole body,insomnia one week, oversleeping the next, severe headaches, irritability, excessive yawning, distant; like i wasn't even there... the list just goes on!!!! | if you feel you can work through your problems without the medication please do so, it's not worth it. Also don't just not take it one day and then not take it the next, side effects seem to increase dramattically!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 15 | 5 months | 11/19/2004 | 2 | depression | headaches at the start, sore eyes, and sometimes thourght about sucide. I have also developed a physical addiction. | I haven't taken it for about a week and I feel like shit. Without taking it i loose all modervation to do anything. | M | 16 | 2 years | 11/19/2004 | 5 | depression, anxiety | none | It took awhile for me to get to my correct dose (150mg daily) | F | 38 | 5 years | 11/18/2004 | 1 | Depression | Tics/jumping and or kicking in my sleep which disrupts my sleep, kills my sex drive, harder to get an erection, homocidal & suicidal thoughts/feelings if I miss a dose or in the 2 times I've missed two doses. | I started out at 50mg and slowly worked my way up to 150mg/day. The only good thing it has done, is made my moods SLIGHTLY constant - for that aspect, i'd give it a 3 out of 5, but as you can see from my side effects and the fact that it doesn't help my depression - the side effects outweigh the benefits. I'm scared to stop taking it (but will under a doctor's supervision) because I literally feel like I'm losing my mind if I go two days without it. I have extreme mood swings, get crazy thoughts (suicidal & homicidal)...basically I feel like I'm not me AT ALL - I feel like I'm some nutcase that should be institutionalized. My ex girlfriend blames this med for me breaking up with her because it makes you an unemotional zombie. Seems that the only one that thinks Zoloft would be useful is my doctor. Stay away from this drug. It might work for you, but let me tell you if it doesn't work for you, you'll wish you never tried it. | M | 26 | 8 months | 11/18/2004 | 4 | anxiety, depression | I only had side effects in the first 2 weeks. Dry mouth, decreased appetite, jittery, almost extacy-like feeling for a few minutes at times, couldn't sleep. Now the only side effect I have is decreased libido. | I am on 100 mg, I started with 50mg for the first 5 months. It has been 5 more months and I feel the anxiety coming back. | F | 25 | 10 months | 11/15/2004 | 5 | social anxiety | none | Best Thing ever did for myself | M | 39 | 6 months | 11/14/2004 | 2 | Depression | Yawning, sleepiness, occasional mood swings, possible weight gain. Withdrawal is awful, it is said that this is not addictive, but given the horrific withdrawal I'm going through I'd say it is most definitely physically addictive (but not psychologically addictive). | Watch out for the withdrawals. Keep in mind that there is alot of controversy about side effects and withdrawal. It has been said many times that the manufacturer has lied about numerous side effects and addictiveness of this drug. | M | 33 | 4 years | 11/14/2004 | 3 | depression | insomnia | F | 22 | 7 days | 11/10/2004 |