Question for Zoloft users

Re: Question for Zoloft users

• cantalopes24 member

  October 2012

  I can't speak for Zoloft specifically but MH and I are both on antidepressants he's bipolar, I use it for an off use and were told to take them at night. I actually have to take mine an hour or so before bed or I wake up feeling tired and groggy.

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• Liz4444 member

  October 2012

  I take it in the morning, I've never noticed it affecting my eating or sleeping.

  

  
  

  

  
  

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• AmyH1013

  October 2012

  I take it first thing in the morning and I've never had tummy trouble. I am not sure if it makes me hungry or if it's just been part of breastfeeding. I do feel like it makes me have crazy dreams right before I wake up though.

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• thetheisens member

  October 2012

  One of the listed side effects for Zoloft is actually anorexia, so just be aware and talk to your dr if your loss of appetite and weight loss gets worse. I started taking Zoloft when I already had a pre existing eating disorder and it made it much worse, I never wanted to eat. Drugs affect different people in different ways, so give it some time and if you are still having side effects talk to your dr, another drug may be better for you.

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• DoctorWorm222 member

  October 2012

  thetheisens:

  One of the listed side effects for Zoloft is actually anorexia, so just be aware and talk to your dr if your loss of appetite and weight loss gets worse.

  I'm not sure I understand this...To me, low appetite and anorexia are totally different. Maybe they're using the term in a different sense though.

                                 
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• thetheisens member

  October 2012

  DoctorWorm222:

  thetheisens:

  One of the listed side effects for Zoloft is actually anorexia, so just be aware and talk to your dr if your loss of appetite and weight loss gets worse.

  I'm not sure I understand this...To me, low appetite and anorexia are totally different. Maybe they're using the term in a different sense though.

  Maybe they have changed the wording on the side effect since I have used it and it does seem odd, but I remember it being listed as a side effect. 

  Ok, I'm not crazy, list of side effects-

   "Up to 30% of patients taking Zoloft experience side effects. The most common side effects are:

  Gastro-intestinal side effects: loss or increased appetite, anorexia, weight loss or gain, eructation, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, dysphagia, esophagitis, gastroenteritis, stomach pain, diarrhea or constipation.

  Neurological side effects: headache, dizziness, migraine, abnormal weakness, drowsiness or sleep problems, nightmares, mood and behavior changes (apathy, irritability, aggressiveness, panic attacks, anxiety, hostility, exaggerated feeling of well-being, depressiveness, hyperactivity), memory problems, rigid muscles, loss of coordination, hypoesthesia or hyperesthesia, facial paresthesia, yawning, overactive reflexes, abnormal gait, leg cramps, myalgia and myoclonic jerking, tremor, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), abnormal accommodation, mydriasis, nystagmus

  Urogenital side effects: decreased bladder control, urinary retention, polyuria, nocturia, dysuria, decreased sex desire and impotence, persistent or painful erection (priapism), abnormal ejaculation, difficulty having an orgasm/ anorgasmia, dysmenorrhea (up to amenorrhea), leucorrhea."

  ETA- Also the term anorexia means the loss of or poor appetite, anorexia nervosa is the eating disorder. 

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• DoctorWorm222 member

  October 2012

  thetheisens:

  DoctorWorm222:

  thetheisens:

  One of the listed side effects for Zoloft is actually anorexia, so just be aware and talk to your dr if your loss of appetite and weight loss gets worse.

  I'm not sure I understand this...To me, low appetite and anorexia are totally different. Maybe they're using the term in a different sense though.

  Maybe they have changed the wording on the side effect since I have used it and it does seem odd, but I remember it being listed as a side effect. 

  Ok, I'm not crazy, list of side effects-

   "Up to 30% of patients taking Zoloft experience side effects. The most common side effects are:

  Gastro-intestinal side effects: loss or increased appetite, anorexia, weight loss or gain, eructation, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, dysphagia, esophagitis, gastroenteritis, stomach pain, diarrhea or constipation.

  Neurological side effects: headache, dizziness, migraine, abnormal weakness, drowsiness or sleep problems, nightmares, mood and behavior changes (apathy, irritability, aggressiveness, panic attacks, anxiety, hostility, exaggerated feeling of well-being, depressiveness, hyperactivity), memory problems, rigid muscles, loss of coordination, hypoesthesia or hyperesthesia, facial paresthesia, yawning, overactive reflexes, abnormal gait, leg cramps, myalgia and myoclonic jerking, tremor, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), abnormal accommodation, mydriasis, nystagmus

  Urogenital side effects: decreased bladder control, urinary retention, polyuria, nocturia, dysuria, decreased sex desire and impotence, persistent or painful erection (priapism), abnormal ejaculation, difficulty having an orgasm/ anorgasmia, dysmenorrhea (up to amenorrhea), leucorrhea."

  ETA- Also the term anorexia means the loss of or poor appetite, anorexia nervosa is the eating disorder. 

   

  Gotcha.

  Jeeze those side effect lists are long! 

                                 
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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