Tell me about your Zoloft experiences

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Abilify has given me almost overwhelming anxiety.

My doctor has been combating that with xanex,

But I don’t want to be on benzos, long term.

So he’s putting me on Zoloft to decrease the anxiety, leaving me less of a need for medication like xanex.

I’m skeptical of another medication, as I’ve not done great on the Abilify thus far,

Still, I promised my husband I’d try to make the medicine route work, so here I am.

Tell me what you experienced with Zoloft,

Better, worse, side effects,

I want to hear it all!

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A lot of people here take zoloft. @Jonnybegood.
What are u up to jenny.?? Going hiking again…

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Zoloft made me sleepwalk at night.but thats not to say it wont help you.the doc was treating my depression.

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I took it in high school. I’ve tried more powerful antidepressants. It was good wasn’t bad. One night I ended up getting extremely drunk and after that I just quit taking it.

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I just started taking it. I really like it. However when I was taking it in the morning it made me unbelievably exhausted all day. Now I take it at night and I’m fully awake all day. So you may have to play around with what time of day you take it.

Also, I have to have a mood stabilizer with it or I will definitely go manic. I know this because I accidentally forgot my mood stabilizer for a couple days and I got so wound up I had to stop taking part of the Zoloft until I got the mood stabilizer back in my system.

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I take 2 * 25mg morning and afternoon

Low dose of it is better because high dose of it like 100mg or 200mg give you relief but detach you from real world and not in a good way,

Be patient and become well

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I took it a while ago for about 2-3 years. It does help anxiety and depression. However I did have SE between that and Saphris, not sure which or if it was the combo of the two that caused problems. Then I think I became tolerant of it and it stopped working. Moved onto Wellbutrin and Xanax for anxiety and AD.

Like I said, with Saphris, my SE were: incontinence, moaning in my sleep, sleep paralysis, sexual side effects. The urinary problems ceased when I stopped taking the combo of meds.

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