Zoloft? Does it work?

Ashlynn · Post by **Ashlynn** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:34 am

Has anyone taken Zoloft? And if so how did it work for you. My doc is wanting me to start it and I am apprehensive. I had bad side effects to xanax, lexapro, and paxil. Thanks for your help.

Ashley

missy23 · Post by **missy23** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:53 am

I would love to know too..I am almost on it for 2 weeks..still feeling lots of anxiety

Wellbutrin & Cymbalta did not work for me..I am hopeful though

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:02 am

Nope! Not for me anyhow. I have seriously been on EVERY SSRI out there. They mess with your (or rather MY)head! I am so anti-SSRI it isn't even funny but that because of my own personal experiences with them. Everyone's different. I just started a "Mood Stabilizer" 2 days ago. Hope it works but I'm glad I'm not having any of the bad side affects I've had with the other meds. (so far anyhow...). Good luck!

anna-maria · Post by **anna-maria** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:37 pm

Hi. Ijust recently started zoloft. I started at 25mg and am now up to 100mg. I have been on the 100 for only 3 days. I am doing better than i was, but still not good. My doctor just keeps telling me that it will take time and getting better will not go in a straight line. I will have my ups and downs. I've been on it for 6 weeks.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:43 pm

I am on zoloft as well when i had bad panick and anxiety attacks the first time in 1995 zoloft worked wonders for me.. This second time around has not been so good been on 50 mg 47 days and counting lol . But im still hopeful!
With starting this program maybe i wont need to up the dose.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:14 am

I have been on Zoloft for just about a year after going off Cymbalta - I, too, have tried just about every SSRI that there is - the one that help me the VERY most, the FDA black boxed it. Since my granson was killed in Novermber the dr. has upped my dosage to 150mg a day - I take 100 in the a.m. and one in the evening. I found it difficult for about two weeks, but now it is really helping me through each day and I still have all the emotions with that tired, sappy feelings. I also take Xanax tid as needed, and I have needed it - it does not make me sleepy, just a little calmer. Everyone is different tho'. Hope it works for you - it surely has for me.
Peace and God's Blessings ~

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:17 am

I mean WITHOUT ALL the tired, sappy feelings and also I take the other 50 mg in the evening. I really need to proof read before I hit Post :p
Later ~

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:26 pm

I was on 200 mg. zoloft for several years. It was the only thing that helped my depression that I'd had on and off for over 20 years. I went on and off it a couple of times when I wasn't sure if it was doing anything anymore. Now I am stable enough to go without it. It helped me pull myself out of the wrong thinking that kept me depressed. I never cried while I was on it which seems odd.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:39 pm

i have major depressive disorder and i was on 100mg zoloft for about a year and a half before switching to 60mg cymbalta. i spent 6 months on cymbalta and now i'm ready to go back to zoloft (cymbalta made me very sluggish and sleepy and i also gained weight).

it's hard to say if it works or not, i think. the zoloft worked in that it gave me my appetite back and i was no longer delusional and it helps with my focus. but i don't sleep as well on it. at the time that i switched, i was concerned that it was actually increasing my anxiety. i just started transitioning back to zoloft today.

you have to remember that a program like the program or other cognitive behavioral therapy is VERY important to give you long-term benefits. i hope that someday i will not need zoloft anymore. good luck!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:05 pm

I am taking 50 mg of zoloft with .75 mg of Klonopin and it has worked wonders for me. Starting the Zoloft was not good, but you have to let it work. People want immediate effects and don't want to ride out the initial bad side effects that do come with most SSRI but my advice to you is just to be patient. It took me about 3 months to really start seeing the difference, but my Dr. also recommended klonopin to help me bring my anxiety down and then eventually stay only on the zoloft for a year. We will see how it goes, but I am not driving everywhere, socialzing, and I even had the courage to meet in person Senator Mc Cain. So it does work?