Zoloft....

[Adoratrice]

Please tell me what you know.......all opinions welcome.

 

[teresafannin]

I think you are talking about the anti-depressant? I only know one person who had it prescribed & she had a bad time. She said it made her feel numb all the time & that she couldn't function when she was taking it. Her son died in the same shooting that took my son, we met through a support group. She ended up taking herself off of it & is not taking any meds right now. I don't know enough about antidepressants, other than the Paxil that my sweetie has taken for the last 3 years & without it, I don't think he would have survived this past year. Every person reacts differently to any kind of meds, working with a doctor is the best way to find out what will work best.

 

[forgetunome]

well....

What do you want to know?

I am currently taking it. I have been severely depressed for some time. I hid it under laughter and smiles at work and would crash and burn when I got home until one day at work I couldn't hide it anymore and crashed and burned there.

I finally went to a doctor who has put me on Zoloft and I don't think I ever want to be without it! It feels so nice to wake up and not have to "put on a happy face" I don't feel medicated that's what I worried about. It does cause a little diarrhea but, nothing horrible that you can't manage.
I've been on it since August now and I don't think i want to be without it! I know my husband is happy I am on it! He was so supportive of me before, he's the only reason I didn't carry through with suicide!

Hope this helps! You can e-mail me with questions if you want.

 

[Naked Hunny]

I never had any problems with the Zoloft that my doc finally prescribed the Paxil on the other hand got to me it always made me feel like i was outside looking into a window and life was going on in there!!

 

[Adoratrice]

Thank you....I didn't want to ask specific questions as to not lead the responses. I really want to know your opinions and experiences with it. I started taking it 2 days ago...I have never liked the idea of taking any sort of med. on a long term basis so I guess I'm trying to ease my mind. (well duh, I wouldn't be taking it if my mind didn't need easing huh?) My doctor said it would be anywhere from a week to 4 weeks before I felt any change, but I swear I feel something shifting....subconscience at work maybe? ....who knows. Please carry on with the opinions.....

 

[Alyrahh]

I take Zoloft and have for almost 3yrs. I hate the idea of needing it, but I'm very thankful I have it. The first week or so I took it, I noticed I would get pretty drowsy but that faded in time. Now the thing is vivid dreams. My dreams are so incredibly vivid that there are times when I'm not at all sure if they were just dreams or they really happened. I've even been known to ask others who were in my dream, if it happened or not.

Hope that helped a little.

 

[Guest]

I used to be on Zoloft whenI was younger. I never did like it. One of the side affects is lack of sexual desire. Another is headaches. ~sigh~ I haven't been on it for a long time now, and seem to deal with my "spurts" of depression pretty well w/o it.

~Tiggs~

 

[Melody_lane]

I took Zoloft, as well. It gave me terrible migraines and I believe I even vomitted a couple times from it. I was one of those people that couldn't function while on it. Everybody's chemistry is different, however so you can't really know how you will react.

I was reluctant to take any drug in the first place, but my doctor is a big believer in the 'cure all' effects of drugs. Personally, I think too many people are dependent on the happy little pills.

 

[Stormystarr]

I have taken both Zoloft and Paxil, neither one of them really worked for me, the paxil made me not even want to think about sex (whew, glad I'm off them) But now I'm on Seroquel, and it works wonders, I even get a little bit happy at times, and for me thats saying something!

 

[Deborah]

Mike Tyson takes Zoloft. It did curb his appetite for human flesh. Before: he ate Evander's ear. After: he only threatened to eat Lennox Lewis' children.

 

[Cheyenne]

I don't personally take this stuff and I don't think I know anyone who does. But I do have a question. Is there an unusually high proportion of people who take anti-depressant drugs at Lit or do this many people take this stuff in the "normal" population? I wonder.

 

[Melody_lane]

There are hundreds(maybe thousands? help me out here Laurel) of members here at lit...and only 7 replied to having at one time taken this drug. I don't think that is high proportion.

However, that being said I think that there are probably a lot more people that take them than anyone would think.

I don't believe that I ever needed to be on anti-depressants though, I think I was having a bad month and my doctor got carried away. I never once thought that it wouldn't blow over nor did I ever contemplate suicide.

I'm tellin' ya-my doc's pill happy.

 

[forgetunome]

I agree with Melody I don't think what you are seeing here on the lit board as highly proportionate. I know when I started taking Zoloft (keep in mind that until then I had never been on any medications) I didn't realize there was anyone at work on it. I was telling one of my workmates that I was being put on Zoloft and was concerned. And then she told me she was on anti-depressents (I have worked with her for 10 years) I was shocked then she started telling me others who were on them and it was literally every other person in the office. Since I have started I have been shocked to find out the people that are around me in my everyday life that are on it! Now I haven't noticed it lessening my sex drive so that is good!

My problem with depression stems from my thyroid being out of whack! My doctor has told me that once we get my thyroid back where it should be we'll start weening me off of the anti-depressents because more than likely that is what my depression stemmed from...my thyroid being out of whack. Depression is a HUGE symptom of thyroid problems.

Your doctor is right one to 4 weeks to feel the difference. I didn't start feeling it until the 3rd week.

Good luck!

 

[FlamingoBlue]

For me, Zoloft was like "so what"....

That's why I stopped taking it. As with any antidepressant, they all have slightly different effects on different people, Same with the doses of the same meds. Try a doc who is a psychopharmacologist. He can best help to find the right meds for you.

As for me, 20mg of Prozac generally does the trick. There are negative side effects, libidowise, but the benifits far outweigh the detriments.

By the way, meds without therapy is like car keys without driver's training. Meds alone are not enough to understand and deal with the dynamics of depression.

One other thing. Join a support group and/or talk about your depression. Its an illness just like diabetes and the meds are necessary, just like insulin is for diabetics.

Email me if you wish. I will be happy to share with you.

blue

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Calling.......

Dr. Zoloft, Dr. Nick, Dr. Zoloft.........

 

[Guest]

You called....

What might I do for you?

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Really! "The" Dr. Zoloft......

From the planet Dysmentia Crustaceaious? I the galaxy known as Otter? Circling the twin-star known as Great Balls O Fire?

 

[Alyrahh]

Blue is absolutely right about therapy, BUT he's only right about it if your depression stems from something psychological. Therapy does nothing for me, as I've nothing buried deep inside that I'm repressing that could be/is causing my depression. Mine is stricly chemical, an inherited problem.

I absolutely hate the idea of being on medication. But, at the same time I know I really have no choice. The times I've decided to stop taking them, havoc resulted. Without the meds, my memory fails, I find it nearly impossible to carry on a conversation because I fight to remember even the most common words. My mood swings without warning, and I never know when an anxiety attack will creep up. Anyone who suffers from anxiety knows this is nothing to sneeze at. Mine have been so severe that it was thought I was having a heart attack.

As I've said before, in another thread about medications, my younger brother and my father are both also on Zoloft. We all three have different doctors and all three have been diagnosed with the same thing and put on the same medication. Family functions have become much easier to endure.

 

[Adoratrice]

Thank you all so much for taking the time to help......

See the thing is....I don't think I'm depressed per say...I do have major mood swings and I get "sad" & introspective for no solid reason...the cold weather makes it worse....I was a bulimic as a teen and never REALLY considered suicide. I absolutly agree with Blue and god knows a therapist would have a field day with my past...it would take 6 straight weeks just to give 'em the cliff notes.
I don't handle stress well ...I shut down all things emotional when it gets to be too much...but is that cause for medication?....I have a great husband ...good kids ...nice house...decent job.....where does happiness come from? Why does the past hang around so long?.... ahhh the questions of life......

back to work for me

THANK YOU *****

 

[FlamingoBlue]

The past hangs around until....

we understand it and apply it to the present. The past is the key to the future. (Sure sounds like psychobabble, but for the most part, I find it to be true).

blue

 

[Gingersnap]

Zoloft

Personal experience: Out of the several hundered people I have prescribed this drug for at least forty women have reported delayed orgasms or diminished orgasms from it. As one delightful woman said "it's like having someone go down on you for two hours and never cuming" In treating a major depressive epidsode however it has been a very sucessful drug in my limited experiences. There are other drugs that can work without that particular side effect so be sure to talk with your doctor. BTW all scrips reviewed by the group I work with (physicians)

 

[insideShiraz]

The Lion that Rored...

Is there anything out there that feels like a Lude? I wanna' know, cuz that's wut my sleepless state could use.