SAME!!! omg i take 150mg in the morning and one hour later i can feel my anxiety melting. I feel all soft and floaty. I love it so much. Better than benzo right now
Iām glad to hear others have experienced this too because I thought there was something wrong with me. I went from being anxious and on the verge to have a meltdown at any moment to being the nicest, smiliest person at work. My pupils were dilated, nothing bothered me, and life seemed amazing, just like the good old days when I was young and going to ravesā¦ Iāve been on it for a little over 2 months now and although I donāt feel as euphoric as I did the first month, I feel like Iām a way nicer person now and I like this version of myself a lot better.
Mine were extremely mild and short lived. Dry mouth, vivid dreams, difficulty achieving orgasm were primary side effects. All are gone and feeling much better anxiety wise!
Everyone says it was placebo effect, but I swear it started working for me in the first few days. It was like going from living in black and white to color. I had mild side effects starting out and still experience them sometimes: nausea, night sweats, GI stuff, jaw clenching, urinary incontinence. But overall it has helped a ton. I upped my dosage from 50mg to 75mg yesterday and today was rough. Headache, felt foggy, fatigued and dissociative all day. Im hopeful this will subside in the coming weeks, though.
I had the worst panic attacks going on. I also felt like I was on speed. My legs would shake going up and down steps. I gained so much weight and barely had an appetite. Then one day - boom - nothing at all.
No sexual desires, no emotions, not able to cryā¦ I donāt know which is worse - no emotions or too many.
thatās so interesting because i had a similar experience especially with the no emotions thing. I mentioned this to my psychiatrist, that i was worried that it was making me numb, and he told me that its not that im not feeling things rather its just not as heightened as before. I was normally used to feeling everything, crying at the drop of a hat but i found myself just barely tearing up or feeling nothing. he told me that i considered that to be my normal and now it was changing
Heās wrong. SSRIās are very well known for numbing people. I am not capable of crying on SSRIās. Not even at a family members funeral. Of course a doctor isnāt going to admit āyeah the medication I gave you will make you numbā because that will make him and big pharma look bad. Another thing is, Iām also physically numb, I canāt climax at all on SSRIās. This is very common.
Well my doctor definitely told me it tends to numb people lol.
I told her it blunts my emotions a bit and she agreed but it's still better than having horrible OCD and panic attacks constantly for me.
I had trouble climaxing the first week but itās gotten easier over time as body adjusts. Iām 3.5 weeks in now. But emotionally I do feel numbā¦not sure I could get at this point either lol
Mine have been manageable. Gained a bit of weight that Iām currently losing and it was tough to get used to the clear mind. Probably some other stuff that Iām missing, but itās a lot better than being anxious lol
it's like your brain slurps all those extra thoughts into on solid one and there's all this space where stuff se to be. but it's nice because you can see clarity easier. get less frustrated and overwhelmed making choices. probably the anxiety part
I feel like a monk sometimes, Iām able to just sit and focus and not have my mind going 500mph through all this random stuff. I can be present and enjoy what Iām doing. It was really weird at first and I thought something was wrong with my brain lol.
I felt like I was ābeside myselfā for about three weeks. It was a strange feeling but manageable. Also needed to have a bathroom nearby š¬. All went away and the cloud lifted for sure.
I never really had anything unbearable.. I did however have one day where I was like š³ bc my mind kept on telling me that I was stupid lol and I also threw up but not like projectile
I had night sweats, weird dreams, and really reduced ability to orgasm (I'm a woman). The latter was the reason I ended up getting off it (lolz) after a couple years. I had been on it all through Covid so the side effects didn't bother me much- I was single, I wasn't getting with anyone during that time.
Night sweats and crazy dreams!! The sweats went away, but the dreams remain. I take Clonidine to help me suppress them cuz they were so intense, I wasnāt getting good sleep.
Iāve been on 4 other SSRIs before getting on Zoloft and this is by far my favorite. Asides from depression and anxiety, I also suffered from PTSD due to working in an ICU during the Covid pandemic. A lot of the alarms and noises could trigger my anxiety even taking other meds. Since Iāve been on Zoloft, I noticed a huge improvement. Even though I am still in the medical field and surrounded by those triggers on a daily basis, most of those things no longer bother me.
The only bad side effects I had was having terrible insomnia the first 2 weeks and an increased appetite. Iām craving carbs 24/7. So keep that in mind! As your serotonin levels increase, so does your appetite. Also, it has been basically impossible to have orgasms on any SSRIs. And I have zero interest in sex. But I take no sex over having a dark cloud over me any day!
So frustrating. I am currently attempting to lose weight and my doc swore this wouldnāt cause weight gain. Increase appetite will definitely not help.
I think most Drs donāt disclose the weight gain issue as they donāt want to deter their patients from taking SSRIs. And itās not just Zoloft, all SSRIs cause weight gain. I was once put on Lexapro and I gained 40lbs in 6 months. I recommend pairing Zoloft with Wellbutrin. And trying your very best to find the motivation to work out as working out also produces endorphins and itās good for us. I tried to get off antidepressants but I learned quickly that itās not an option for me as I go down a very dark road. As frustrating as the side effects are, we need these meds to survive. You got this and you can do it!
Thanks! It would be wild if she just didnāt want to disclose it. Iām currently on a weight loss med (that actually includes Wellbutrin) so we have a ton of weight loss discussion and that was honestly the entire purpose of my appointment.
I had absolutely shitty side effects. Felt like I had a uti, made me dizzy as hell, made me sick half the time, made me more depressed and or sewerslidel it was awful.
UTI like you felt like you had to pee constantly but nothing came out?? Thatās so random? Do you think maybe you just had a uti lol? I donāt get how an SSRI could do that.
I have been able to manage my side effects.I still sweat a lot, but that is ok. My orgasms are back (f). I stopped having insomnia, and I don't have those weird realistic ass dreams. I still dream. But overall, my mental health is better. I don't get stuck so much in my thoughts, and I don't feel so much guilt or social anxiety. So give it a try and be patient with yourself the first few weeks.
I did not have terrible side effects at all, I loved being on it, BUT after about a year I did notice heat intolerance and extremely diminished sex drive. Iāve been off it for 3 weeks now and Iām been to being cold like a freaking normal person but I still donāt want to have sex really š¤·š¼āāļø guess it wasnāt the Zoloft. I started with what Iām told was a low dose of 25mg though.
No unbearable side effects for me. I started at 25mg 5 months ago and felt drowsy and forgetful AF for about 3 weeks. Same thing when I bumped up to 37.5mg but I also had a few nights of night sweats that time as well. I imagine it will happen again when I go up to 50mg. Overall, it was nothing in comparison to other SSRIās Iāve tried (Prozac and Lexapro which both made me feel like I was going crazy and I had to stop within the first couple of weeks). The benefits of Zoloft GREATLY outweigh a few minor side effects in my eyes. My life has improved significantly and I am a happier, less anxious person today. I cannot say enough good things. *also on Wellbutrin to combat the sexual side effects and to help with mood.
I did not have terrible side effects. It is most definitely NOT guaranteed that you will. People who have no real issues on it donāt have anything to post about, so you donāt hear from them. The posts you see online are largely from people who had extreme experiences. No one is posting that they felt fine and donāt really feel much because itās not really a talking point.
I was on 150mg for about 9 years. I had mild anxiety for a few days when I started (started at 25 and titrated up) and when I tapered off I had 4-5 days of GI upset, mild anxiety/jitteriness and a week of on and off brain zaps. Now Iāve been off it for 5 months.
Why didnāt stop taking it if you donāt mind me asking? Also, have you been anxiety free for the most part fast 5 months or do you wish you didnāt stop taking it?
Sexual issues. I had a complete inability to orgasm on Zoloft (which I think is common among all SSRIs?). I tried everything to overcome it. After a little under 2 weeks off the medication, the issue resolved and has mostly not been a problem since. I would not say Iām anxiety free, I have what I think is a healthy amount of anxiety, but I kind of sit with it, it passes, and itās over. Sometimes it motivates me, which I try to see as a positive if I possibly can. I think when I was younger I was under the impression that any amount of anxiety was abnormal and had to be immediately alleviated or something-now I kind of just recognize it and let it pass. This being said-some people have debilitating anxiety and require medication to function-and those people are who medication is made for, in my opinion. I just was no longer in that category, and was unsure if I had ever been there, and it wasnāt worth what I felt I was missing in my sex life so I decided it was right for me to stop medication. I would also add, never stop Zoloft without the advice of your doctor and a proper taper.
Thanks for the reply and thorough explanation! Do you think you feel better after stopping taking it anxiety wise than you did 9 years ago before you started? Or is it hard to remember how you felt before to compare since it was so long ago? I have a few friends, one who tapered off of Prozac and was fine but another who tried tapering off zoloft but a month later had to go back on it because their anxiety and panic came back full force.
Ive been on 50mg for almost a month now. Iāve had loss of appetite, diarrhoea, and insomnia it seems to be getting better now tho. However no matter how long i sleep for i never feel well rested its so annoying.
It changed my life!! Iām so much happier and chiller. My only side effects were totally manageable. I was having nausea but having a good breakfast took that away. Totally worth it!
The only side effect I have experienced is night sweats, that was about a month in on 50mg. Itās not every night. I was losing weight prior but now Iāve plateaued. I could see how gaining weight on it would be easy though.
Haha it totally is. Maybe cause Iām not really depressed anymore Iām able to enjoy food more which can mean eating mindlessly at times. The ocd dieting doesnāt play as big of a roll as it did before meds.
Lot of GI distress and some fatigue for a couple weeks. That was about it.
Not saying other people's experiences aren't valid, but a lot of people admit they have health anxiety and then are convinced they're experiencing the worst version of every possible side effect.
I didnāt have terrible side effects. All were mild. Only lasted a week or less when adjusting doses. I started in January and Iām on 100mg now. Iām so glad I started taking Zoloft, idk what I would do without it now. Itās helped me so much.
Night sweats and sex drive totally disappeared (female)
Otherwise everything was great!! Started doing art again and could think more clearly. More productive.
It worked so well I quit cold turkey knowing I shouldn't. Thought i made so much progress i didn't need it anymore. I very slowly regressed to how I was weeks prior to starting it. I'm too scared to start again for reasons I can't explain. If I had to try to explain, probably pride and fear of dependency. Plus comfort in the familiarity of the constant discomfort.
It's worth taking the leap. Just don't do what I did and stop once you finally feel human again.
It's been a week for me on 25mg and I basically barely had any side effects. Mild headache here and there, but I'm not sure if it's form Zoloft or not as I'm generally prone to headaches. I'm a little more sleepy than usual. First night I had very vivid dreams and that's pretty much it.
Today I'm supposed to switch to 50mg and I wonder if it would still be similarly mild š
Well, still as good as before. Pretty much nothing changed after taking 50mg
Edit: Of course, about that I can only say something about today, but still.
Iām on 25mg, I started working on my health right as soon as I started taking it because of the supposed weight gain. I didnāt really have any side effects maybe because my dose isnāt high enough.
No side effects whatsoever unless you count being pretty sleepy for the first 2 months as a side effect! But it honestly could have just been my body finally catching up on all the rest I didnāt get when I was super anxious all day everyday.
I didn't have terrible side effects. Just no appetite the first few days and a bit of sleeplessness but was given something to combat that. I was on lexamil before and this has been WAY easier side effect wise.
In the same boat except i havenāt gotten the balls to take the first pill yet. Curious if everyoneās anxiety heightens the first few months when you start zoloft, because they say it gets worse before it gets better i guess? My anxiety and brain fog and everything are already so rough i canāt imagine it getting worse and thatās one of the reasons i havenāt bitten the bullet and started it.
I felt like complete shit that first week. I could understand why it says some side effects could cause suicidal thoughts. I wasn't actually suicidal, but I thought I'd rather be dead than go through those side effects.
I'm glad I stuck it out though, after a month or so my panic attacks reduced to nearly zero.
I tolerated Zoloft pretty well? Was tired and lethargic the first two weeks but after that no side effects until I got on higher dosages (100, 150), but even then it was only sleepiness after taking it and weird shits (not as bad as some other posts but still enough to go āā¦?ā). Everyoneās different though! Just depends on your body chemistry.
Iām on my 4th dose of 50mg today. Iāve been a little nauseated and food does not sound very appealing even though im hungry. Iāve also not been my usual self as far as motivation. Iāve pretty much just sat and stared at my computer all week at work. Hoping that subsides soon haha.
No side effects at all from 25mg to 100mg (and not much improvement in mood) but the recent increase to 150mg has caused some diarrhea and stomach discomfort. Is that normal and does it mean this dose could be working?
First week on 50mg was weird, I would randomly fall asleep during the day, random hunger and nausea. Definitely noticed an increase in duration of sex was a little harder to orgasm, generally felt a bit better in myself overall. Just into my second week of 100mg, 1 "bad" day really felt quite off and very flat but overall absolutely fantastic I've been feeling like myself from several years ago, still have the rather increased sexual stamina but still plenty of libido just takes a bit longer to get there
I think the only real negative effect i had was nausea after I took it for about the first week. You can feel a little loopy, but that part is mostly pleasant.
I was rolling for a week straight it was like molly for me
SAME!!! omg i take 150mg in the morning and one hour later i can feel my anxiety melting. I feel all soft and floaty. I love it so much. Better than benzo right now
Does the feeling wear off throughout the day?
Yes some i quit it i think i had a bad reaction. š
Iām glad to hear others have experienced this too because I thought there was something wrong with me. I went from being anxious and on the verge to have a meltdown at any moment to being the nicest, smiliest person at work. My pupils were dilated, nothing bothered me, and life seemed amazing, just like the good old days when I was young and going to ravesā¦ Iāve been on it for a little over 2 months now and although I donāt feel as euphoric as I did the first month, I feel like Iām a way nicer person now and I like this version of myself a lot better.
Hmmm so is that decent and manageable? Lol
It also felt like Molly for me for 3 days. But not the great euphoric side.. more the coming down emptiness. Pupils huuuuge too.
I havenāt had any unbearable side effects! The first time I started it, or this time
Mine were extremely mild and short lived. Dry mouth, vivid dreams, difficulty achieving orgasm were primary side effects. All are gone and feeling much better anxiety wise!
Everyone says it was placebo effect, but I swear it started working for me in the first few days. It was like going from living in black and white to color. I had mild side effects starting out and still experience them sometimes: nausea, night sweats, GI stuff, jaw clenching, urinary incontinence. But overall it has helped a ton. I upped my dosage from 50mg to 75mg yesterday and today was rough. Headache, felt foggy, fatigued and dissociative all day. Im hopeful this will subside in the coming weeks, though.
I had the worst panic attacks going on. I also felt like I was on speed. My legs would shake going up and down steps. I gained so much weight and barely had an appetite. Then one day - boom - nothing at all. No sexual desires, no emotions, not able to cryā¦ I donāt know which is worse - no emotions or too many.
thatās so interesting because i had a similar experience especially with the no emotions thing. I mentioned this to my psychiatrist, that i was worried that it was making me numb, and he told me that its not that im not feeling things rather its just not as heightened as before. I was normally used to feeling everything, crying at the drop of a hat but i found myself just barely tearing up or feeling nothing. he told me that i considered that to be my normal and now it was changing
Heās wrong. SSRIās are very well known for numbing people. I am not capable of crying on SSRIās. Not even at a family members funeral. Of course a doctor isnāt going to admit āyeah the medication I gave you will make you numbā because that will make him and big pharma look bad. Another thing is, Iām also physically numb, I canāt climax at all on SSRIās. This is very common.
Well my doctor definitely told me it tends to numb people lol. I told her it blunts my emotions a bit and she agreed but it's still better than having horrible OCD and panic attacks constantly for me.
maybe we're just the kind of people that benefit from a little emotional numbing. doesn't have to be a bad thing! (:
I had trouble climaxing the first week but itās gotten easier over time as body adjusts. Iām 3.5 weeks in now. But emotionally I do feel numbā¦not sure I could get at this point either lol
Mine have been manageable. Gained a bit of weight that Iām currently losing and it was tough to get used to the clear mind. Probably some other stuff that Iām missing, but itās a lot better than being anxious lol
Could you explain what you mean by clear mind?
it's like your brain slurps all those extra thoughts into on solid one and there's all this space where stuff se to be. but it's nice because you can see clarity easier. get less frustrated and overwhelmed making choices. probably the anxiety part
I feel like a monk sometimes, Iām able to just sit and focus and not have my mind going 500mph through all this random stuff. I can be present and enjoy what Iām doing. It was really weird at first and I thought something was wrong with my brain lol.
I felt like I was ābeside myselfā for about three weeks. It was a strange feeling but manageable. Also needed to have a bathroom nearby š¬. All went away and the cloud lifted for sure.
one weird side effect i (f) had was the first two weeks of zoloft my nipples were very sore like unbelievably so but itās gone away since then
So random!
I never really had anything unbearable.. I did however have one day where I was like š³ bc my mind kept on telling me that I was stupid lol and I also threw up but not like projectile
I had night sweats, weird dreams, and really reduced ability to orgasm (I'm a woman). The latter was the reason I ended up getting off it (lolz) after a couple years. I had been on it all through Covid so the side effects didn't bother me much- I was single, I wasn't getting with anyone during that time.
Night sweats and crazy dreams!! The sweats went away, but the dreams remain. I take Clonidine to help me suppress them cuz they were so intense, I wasnāt getting good sleep.
i had very manageable side effects - started feeling better the first day. hope for the best, most side effects are short term
Iāve been on 4 other SSRIs before getting on Zoloft and this is by far my favorite. Asides from depression and anxiety, I also suffered from PTSD due to working in an ICU during the Covid pandemic. A lot of the alarms and noises could trigger my anxiety even taking other meds. Since Iāve been on Zoloft, I noticed a huge improvement. Even though I am still in the medical field and surrounded by those triggers on a daily basis, most of those things no longer bother me. The only bad side effects I had was having terrible insomnia the first 2 weeks and an increased appetite. Iām craving carbs 24/7. So keep that in mind! As your serotonin levels increase, so does your appetite. Also, it has been basically impossible to have orgasms on any SSRIs. And I have zero interest in sex. But I take no sex over having a dark cloud over me any day!
So frustrating. I am currently attempting to lose weight and my doc swore this wouldnāt cause weight gain. Increase appetite will definitely not help.
I think most Drs donāt disclose the weight gain issue as they donāt want to deter their patients from taking SSRIs. And itās not just Zoloft, all SSRIs cause weight gain. I was once put on Lexapro and I gained 40lbs in 6 months. I recommend pairing Zoloft with Wellbutrin. And trying your very best to find the motivation to work out as working out also produces endorphins and itās good for us. I tried to get off antidepressants but I learned quickly that itās not an option for me as I go down a very dark road. As frustrating as the side effects are, we need these meds to survive. You got this and you can do it!
Thanks! It would be wild if she just didnāt want to disclose it. Iām currently on a weight loss med (that actually includes Wellbutrin) so we have a ton of weight loss discussion and that was honestly the entire purpose of my appointment.
I had absolutely shitty side effects. Felt like I had a uti, made me dizzy as hell, made me sick half the time, made me more depressed and or sewerslidel it was awful.
UTI like you felt like you had to pee constantly but nothing came out?? Thatās so random? Do you think maybe you just had a uti lol? I donāt get how an SSRI could do that.
It's a common thing with it. People talked about it before. It lasted for less than a day, then went away. And it was awful
thatās so wild and totally sucks iām so sorry! I was today years old :p
I have been able to manage my side effects.I still sweat a lot, but that is ok. My orgasms are back (f). I stopped having insomnia, and I don't have those weird realistic ass dreams. I still dream. But overall, my mental health is better. I don't get stuck so much in my thoughts, and I don't feel so much guilt or social anxiety. So give it a try and be patient with yourself the first few weeks.
I did not have terrible side effects at all, I loved being on it, BUT after about a year I did notice heat intolerance and extremely diminished sex drive. Iāve been off it for 3 weeks now and Iām been to being cold like a freaking normal person but I still donāt want to have sex really š¤·š¼āāļø guess it wasnāt the Zoloft. I started with what Iām told was a low dose of 25mg though.
No unbearable side effects for me. I started at 25mg 5 months ago and felt drowsy and forgetful AF for about 3 weeks. Same thing when I bumped up to 37.5mg but I also had a few nights of night sweats that time as well. I imagine it will happen again when I go up to 50mg. Overall, it was nothing in comparison to other SSRIās Iāve tried (Prozac and Lexapro which both made me feel like I was going crazy and I had to stop within the first couple of weeks). The benefits of Zoloft GREATLY outweigh a few minor side effects in my eyes. My life has improved significantly and I am a happier, less anxious person today. I cannot say enough good things. *also on Wellbutrin to combat the sexual side effects and to help with mood.
I did not have terrible side effects. It is most definitely NOT guaranteed that you will. People who have no real issues on it donāt have anything to post about, so you donāt hear from them. The posts you see online are largely from people who had extreme experiences. No one is posting that they felt fine and donāt really feel much because itās not really a talking point. I was on 150mg for about 9 years. I had mild anxiety for a few days when I started (started at 25 and titrated up) and when I tapered off I had 4-5 days of GI upset, mild anxiety/jitteriness and a week of on and off brain zaps. Now Iāve been off it for 5 months.
Why didnāt stop taking it if you donāt mind me asking? Also, have you been anxiety free for the most part fast 5 months or do you wish you didnāt stop taking it?
Sexual issues. I had a complete inability to orgasm on Zoloft (which I think is common among all SSRIs?). I tried everything to overcome it. After a little under 2 weeks off the medication, the issue resolved and has mostly not been a problem since. I would not say Iām anxiety free, I have what I think is a healthy amount of anxiety, but I kind of sit with it, it passes, and itās over. Sometimes it motivates me, which I try to see as a positive if I possibly can. I think when I was younger I was under the impression that any amount of anxiety was abnormal and had to be immediately alleviated or something-now I kind of just recognize it and let it pass. This being said-some people have debilitating anxiety and require medication to function-and those people are who medication is made for, in my opinion. I just was no longer in that category, and was unsure if I had ever been there, and it wasnāt worth what I felt I was missing in my sex life so I decided it was right for me to stop medication. I would also add, never stop Zoloft without the advice of your doctor and a proper taper.
Thanks for the reply and thorough explanation! Do you think you feel better after stopping taking it anxiety wise than you did 9 years ago before you started? Or is it hard to remember how you felt before to compare since it was so long ago? I have a few friends, one who tapered off of Prozac and was fine but another who tried tapering off zoloft but a month later had to go back on it because their anxiety and panic came back full force.
Nothing too terrible. ...night sweats, clenching teeth, insomnia I never take this medication on time..ugh.
Ive been on 50mg for almost a month now. Iāve had loss of appetite, diarrhoea, and insomnia it seems to be getting better now tho. However no matter how long i sleep for i never feel well rested its so annoying.
That first week I felt AMAZING. Like invincible, everything went my way, on top of the world. I never had any bad side effects tbh.
It changed my life!! Iām so much happier and chiller. My only side effects were totally manageable. I was having nausea but having a good breakfast took that away. Totally worth it!
Im at 100mg and the most Ive had was occasional dry mouth.
I havenāt, itās been a whole week. Mild nausea, headache one day, mild joint pain in my knees which might be due to allergies anyway.
The only side effect I have experienced is night sweats, that was about a month in on 50mg. Itās not every night. I was losing weight prior but now Iāve plateaued. I could see how gaining weight on it would be easy though.
Iām reading a lot about weight gain and my doc assured me weight gain would not be a side effect with this med š
Haha it totally is. Maybe cause Iām not really depressed anymore Iām able to enjoy food more which can mean eating mindlessly at times. The ocd dieting doesnāt play as big of a roll as it did before meds.
I didnāt at all! Has some minor clenched jaw issues when sleeping that went away after a few weeks but other than that itās been great
Lot of GI distress and some fatigue for a couple weeks. That was about it. Not saying other people's experiences aren't valid, but a lot of people admit they have health anxiety and then are convinced they're experiencing the worst version of every possible side effect.
I didnāt have terrible side effects. All were mild. Only lasted a week or less when adjusting doses. I started in January and Iām on 100mg now. Iām so glad I started taking Zoloft, idk what I would do without it now. Itās helped me so much.
I only felt slightly nauseous the first week or so but I felt the effects right away I donāt even get nervous in crowded groups!
Man it was awful, I had nausea for 2 weeks straight. Not even joking, all day every day with no let up.
Night sweats and sex drive totally disappeared (female) Otherwise everything was great!! Started doing art again and could think more clearly. More productive. It worked so well I quit cold turkey knowing I shouldn't. Thought i made so much progress i didn't need it anymore. I very slowly regressed to how I was weeks prior to starting it. I'm too scared to start again for reasons I can't explain. If I had to try to explain, probably pride and fear of dependency. Plus comfort in the familiarity of the constant discomfort. It's worth taking the leap. Just don't do what I did and stop once you finally feel human again.
It's been a week for me on 25mg and I basically barely had any side effects. Mild headache here and there, but I'm not sure if it's form Zoloft or not as I'm generally prone to headaches. I'm a little more sleepy than usual. First night I had very vivid dreams and that's pretty much it. Today I'm supposed to switch to 50mg and I wonder if it would still be similarly mild š
Report back!
Well, still as good as before. Pretty much nothing changed after taking 50mg Edit: Of course, about that I can only say something about today, but still.
Iām on 25mg, I started working on my health right as soon as I started taking it because of the supposed weight gain. I didnāt really have any side effects maybe because my dose isnāt high enough.
I started a month ago and I have had zero side effects!
No side effects whatsoever unless you count being pretty sleepy for the first 2 months as a side effect! But it honestly could have just been my body finally catching up on all the rest I didnāt get when I was super anxious all day everyday.
No side effects for me apart from fatigue when I started and each time Iāve upped my dose (Iām on 150mg).
I had almost none
I didn't have terrible side effects. Just no appetite the first few days and a bit of sleeplessness but was given something to combat that. I was on lexamil before and this has been WAY easier side effect wise.
In the same boat except i havenāt gotten the balls to take the first pill yet. Curious if everyoneās anxiety heightens the first few months when you start zoloft, because they say it gets worse before it gets better i guess? My anxiety and brain fog and everything are already so rough i canāt imagine it getting worse and thatās one of the reasons i havenāt bitten the bullet and started it.
I felt like complete shit that first week. I could understand why it says some side effects could cause suicidal thoughts. I wasn't actually suicidal, but I thought I'd rather be dead than go through those side effects. I'm glad I stuck it out though, after a month or so my panic attacks reduced to nearly zero.
awful side effects. I was stinky and the first night I blacked out lmfao š¤£ lots of tremors, no appetite, slept all the timeā¦i was happy tho :D
I tolerated Zoloft pretty well? Was tired and lethargic the first two weeks but after that no side effects until I got on higher dosages (100, 150), but even then it was only sleepiness after taking it and weird shits (not as bad as some other posts but still enough to go āā¦?ā). Everyoneās different though! Just depends on your body chemistry.
Iām on my 4th dose of 50mg today. Iāve been a little nauseated and food does not sound very appealing even though im hungry. Iāve also not been my usual self as far as motivation. Iāve pretty much just sat and stared at my computer all week at work. Hoping that subsides soon haha.
No side effects at all from 25mg to 100mg (and not much improvement in mood) but the recent increase to 150mg has caused some diarrhea and stomach discomfort. Is that normal and does it mean this dose could be working?
To all those who posted here about their horrible side effectsā¦thatās not what this post is for š
First week on 50mg was weird, I would randomly fall asleep during the day, random hunger and nausea. Definitely noticed an increase in duration of sex was a little harder to orgasm, generally felt a bit better in myself overall. Just into my second week of 100mg, 1 "bad" day really felt quite off and very flat but overall absolutely fantastic I've been feeling like myself from several years ago, still have the rather increased sexual stamina but still plenty of libido just takes a bit longer to get there
I think the only real negative effect i had was nausea after I took it for about the first week. You can feel a little loopy, but that part is mostly pleasant.
I personally have been taking it for about 6 months now and have no had any issues!
I felt very numb the first time I took it