anyone try zoloft?

Nachelle - posted on 08/07/2010

I have been taking Zoloft for 3 months now. I was started on 50mg but had no improvement. I have been on 100mg now and I am still not feeling any better. I just don't think it is working for me. :/

Although I have not had any negative side effects. I did have issues sleeping the first week or so. And when my dose was changed. But that cleared up quickly.

Aicha - posted on 08/04/2010

I took Zoloft in 2007 and had a allergic reaction so bad my face and tongue swelled I got a rash and had to use a epepin and benydral to stop the allergic reaction

Kendra - posted on 07/23/2010

i was prescribed zoloft during my pregnancy because i had what my doctor called "prenatal depression" so bad i didnt even want my baby. it didnt help. but then afetr he was born i got severe PPD because im a single mother with no support so all the pressure was on me. it does seem to be helping me now but not very much. i guess its one of them take it or leave it kinda drugs. i would like to get on something a lil more stronger but this is the safest med for a breastfeeding mother. so untill then i guess i just have to deal

Catherine - posted on 07/21/2010

I've been taking Zoloft for 9 months now and it seems to be working great for me. It's definitely different for different people, but if it seems to be helping you, that's great.

Belinda - posted on 07/10/2010

To be honest, Zoloft is one of the tamest, is not the tamest of all anti-depressants. Which is good and bad.
It's great because you can prescribe it to pregnant women without hurting the baby.
However - it's bad in so many ways.
1 - It's very mild, it didn't help me at all I felt absolutely no change at all.
2 - they prescribe it to every man and his dog - it's the first drug most docs prescribe, and usually as a "placebo" effect.

Unfortunately all you can do is try it and see for yourself. If there's no change in 2 months ask your doc to step it up a level. I'm on efexor and it works so brilliantly.

Shay - posted on 06/30/2010

Zoloft was one of the medications I tried but really didn't get on with. I'm pretty sure I had a reaction to one of the ingredients though as I also had the same reaction with Celexa. I had constant nausea & vomitting, shaking, diziness, dioreah & I felt sort of 'zoned out'...like I was having an out-of-body experience :/

I'm currently on Prozac which seems to work well for me. It's the one I was on before I was pregnant with our 1st (severe depression) & after she was born. I've stopped taking it now though because I'm pregnant again :)

Julie - posted on 06/24/2010

I was put on Zoloft during my pregnancy (was thinking of death/dying all the time) and it did make me feel more like myself. However, I was recently diagnosed as bipolar and my OB didn't take that into account when she prescribed. I swung into a psychosis:\

If you don't suffer from a mood disorder that contraindicates its use, go for it. I've had "normal" friends on Zoloft after pregnancy and it helped.

The important thing is to be self-aware.