People's Opinions On Zoloft?

@olly I take Zoloft and it controls my anxiety. It does take a while for it to take effect so one day is not going to do anything. I hope this helps you.

Can one day on Zoloft heighten anxiety? I think it has for me. It is also causing my tinnitus to kick up. I am trying to find help for chronic insomnia, but when you see a Psychiatrist, it seems they think you must have some depression I have just begun 100 MLG with a pill once in the morning and once at night. I am on an insomnia blog as well here, but this question has not been posted to them yet. Thanks

Hi, @olly - I moved your post here to this existing discussion on sertraline/Zoloft so you can talk with others here about it. Glad you connected with @johnhans. Please meet @becsbuddy @cardioqueen29 @pharis022 and @parus, who also may have some input on how they felt right when they started this medication and how it went getting used to it.

Here's some information from Mayo Clinic on sertraline/Zoloft that may be useful, especially the section on side effects: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/sertraline-oral-route/description/drg-20065940

I know when I started on buproprion/ Wellbutrin (totally different medicine, but an antidepressant), I had a couple months of heightened anxiety that almost made me quit. A pharmacist I talked to, however, advised me to give it a full 2-3 months for my body to accustom to the medication. That turned out to be good advice for me, cause I levelled out and my depression improved and the anxiety went down.

How is your anxiety today?

So I'm on Zoloft at 13. I was in a hospital for about a week for my cutting addiction and suicidal thoughts. I started at 25mg. I noticed my eyes were glossy and my pupils were huge. When I got out of the hospital, I couldn't cry. It's like I lost myself. Then I got put on 50mg. I couldn't focus on anything. My grades got bad. I fell apart and I just didn't care about anything. Fast forward to now, I'm on 100mg. I try to explain to my mom that I don't want to be on this. I can't cry when I need to. I feel more violent. Like enjoying it when people die in shows and movies. I feel the need to isolate myself. I'm always tired. I can't sleep though. I don't go to bed till 3-6 every morning. I don't like to wake up in the mornings. I kinda just wanna dream. The only time I feel okay is when i'm by myself in my room, Sometimes I just feel numb. I get really sad because of my thoughts but it's like in my mind and my body won't process it. I get really dizzy. I start seeing black. I can't even have fun anymore. I don't like to go in public because I don't like people looking at me or seeing anyone I know. I couldn't get up for school. When I got home from school, I slept for hours till I got woke up. I just wanna be normal. Instead I'm out here not caring about anything and feeling way too numb.

@am3, I had to discontinue to Zoloft years ago when I was temporarily put on anti-depressants, because it was making me feel robotic. But my experience is less important to describe than it is for you to be able to communicate with your mother that you are not doing well and need to be seen by a/your psychiatrist for further evaluation, because it sounds like you have been taking the Zoloft for a while now and are experiencing no relief but significant and debilitating for you side-effects. If you are experiencing thoughts of self-harm, that's even more important to be seen, but I think you understand that, too. It's sometimes hard to get parents to listen to us, because they trust in medical advise over our own feelings, I know, but you need to have that conversation again in a calm way.

I went on Zoloft for two months. I felt MORE anxious and suicidal......went to the Psych ward for 72 hrs. NEVER AGAIN WITH SSRI’s.

Please, please go to an emergency room and tell them what you just wrote and ask them to help you! You need help! This will take time too, months for your body to heal, there will be some bad times, but it will end and your life will be normal!!!

It's kinda impossible. I'm 13. Nobody listens to me. Trust me I have tried several times to tell my therapist, my doctor, my mother, and others that I wanna be taken off this stuff. People continue to laugh in my face because they think that "I'm fine."

@am3, It is very distressing to me that you are finding nobody who will listen to you. Do you have a trusted adult family member, an aunt or uncle, who might be willing to help you get your voice heard? Have you considered approaching your school nurse, counselor or the principal to reach out?

@guener, I don't really have any family that would listen. I'm known as a troubled kid. How I feel does not matter to them and school has been cancelled for the year due to Covid-19. Nobody can really help me and I'm becoming hopeless once more. I had no option but to take the medicine and I have once more talked to my mother about an hour ago saying how I feel about it. She, as expected, did not seem to understand. I am not going to give up though. I'm on my school computer and have not really been able to contact many people because my phone being gone. I had gotten in trouble and have not really had much contact with the outside world. Once I get my phone back I may be able to talk to my grandmother and that is it. If she hasn't given up on me like other family members.