Zoloft and memory issues

Posted by robertpierre89 @robertpierre89, Jul 14 4:26pm

Hey i was on Zoloft 25mg for 2months and my memory and critical thinking have deteriorated i stop taking it and my memory is not the same does anybody know what i can do to help bring it back im only 35 and this is ruining my life.

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dycana | @dycana | Jul 15 1:26pm

Hi. I’m on Zoloft and I’m finding the same issue but I don’t have a choice because I’m get severely sick off of the soooo many other one's I’ve tried. I thought I was getting dementia.
If you find an answer please share it with me. Grateful for your post.

lakesofdelray | @lakesofdelray | Jul 16 9:35am

In reply to @dycana "Hi. I’m on Zoloft and I’m finding the same issue but I don’t have a choice..." + (show)

Zoloft made me feel the same way.

klh1979 | @klh1979 | Jul 17 11:31am

Thank you for this! I am having the same issues and also on Aricept! I asked my provider if I could go off of both of them and agreed to break them in half instead of going “cold turkey” (And they were both full prescriptions so I didn’t want to waste them!) I was also on Vitamin B12 & Folic acid…which were low. Now they are both sky high and I’m cutting them down to once a week instead of daily…I feel like often providers are so busy that they don’t always look at the whole picture…and I get it, they are overworked and busy!! BUT shouldn’t they have someone review them for Red Flags!! Not everyone can be their own advocate! Healthcare cost a so high it’s ridiculous!

pamelaz | @pamelaz | Jul 17 4:29pm

In reply to @lakesofdelray "Zoloft made me feel the same way." + (show)

Zoloft is another bad medicine for me. It caused memory problems and neuropathy. It has made me sick and my muscles hurts everywhere like fire, pins and needles, dizziness, vertigo and headaches almost every day. I can’t sleep anymore because of the pain throughout my body. My psychiatrist, pcp and neurologist said the anxiety and depression medicines cannot cause these problems but I know better but it’s too late for me. The doctors just up my medicines.

klh1979 | @klh1979 | Jul 18 8:08am

In reply to @pamelaz "Zoloft is another bad medicine for me. It caused memory problems and neuropathy. It has made..." + (show)

Find a Dr. that will listen to you! We know our bodies better than they do. It’s horrible to feel like if they follow the protocol the same for everyone and some people just don’t respond to what the drug says it does, that we have to go through the side affects that make us miserable! There needs to be a better system!!