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Anyone take zoloft?

kes77kes77
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Do you like it?  My OB prescribed 25 mg for me and I start taking it tonight.  
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  • nikll34nikll34

    My first dose I took last night. I ended up being wide awake and couldn't fall asleep until 3am :/ I'm not sure if it was from the zoloft or the other issues I have going on with some of my extended family members that made me stay awake. However, it's different for everyone. Someone I know took it and she said it made her extremely tired.

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  • BlairWaldorfBlairWaldorf member

    I love it.

    I feel more awake on it than I did on Celexa & it hasn't altered my sex drive or appetite like Celexa did.

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  • MommaEmMommaEm member
    I don't have PPD but years and years of depression and axiety and I like zoloft but it makes me very restless!
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  • jkelly41jkelly41 member
    I've been on it for about a month now.  No issues from it and it's working very well for me.  I haven't had a crying fit since a week after I started it (I know it takes some time to work).  I'm also less likely to get angry, which is another problem I was having.  I still get irritated but quite as much.  DH is surprised how much patience I have now. I'm on 50 mg.
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  • ked77ked77 member
    I like it and think it's working very well for me (I'm on 100mg), but when I first starting taking it I was pretty restless and had a hard time sleeping, even taking it in the morning I would be awake until midnight/1am.  That's gotten better though and I have no other complaints
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  • jenny1980jenny1980 member

    It's working well for me. I've been on 100 mg since spring (I went up from 25 mg to 100 mg over about 6 weeks). I had increased anxiety the first week or so and felt a little weird/off every time I upped a dose, but it was worth going through the adjustment.

    I've gained weight since starting (not sure how much of that is the zoloft, though) and I still get night sweats quite a bit. For a while, I had pretty bad insomnia but that has gone away.

    No drug is perfect, but I consider the side effects pretty minimal compared to how much better I'm feeling.

    Don't get discouraged if it takes a while, though. It often takes a month or more and a higher dosage to really notice a significant difference.

     

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  • sinisterkat01sinisterkat01

    I just started taking it yesterday, and I was wondering if it was keeping me awake.  I crashed last night because of the sheer exhaustion, but I couldn't take some much needed naps this afternoon.

    Is it worth it?  To feel better even if you can't sleep?  It seems like sleep deprivation would be a mental health issue too, right?

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