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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

Any experiences with Sertraline (ZOLOFT) for anxiety?

one advice....forget SSRIs....they make you feel even worse than the anxiety itself.

Its like sawing off an arm to kill an itch on the finger. A part of me seems to die when i was on SSRI. I felt souless.
 
^ werd. You can't even smile on them. You're just completely numb emotionally.
 
Tsukasa said:
^ I've gotten it the first time I used Effexor as well. Didn't use Zoloft for more than 1 day in a row. With Effexor the sudden diarrhea disappeared with the second usage. Try taking it once more and see if it still persists. It might though since i've used it again a different time and got the same thing, but their was a huge time gap between. I guess you just gotta let your body adjust
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Well, I'm still taking it and the diarrhea was gone the second day so that's good to know. I guess my body just needed time to adjust.
 
I'm craving some xanax after I ended up having a 5 day binge on them last week when it was the second time ever trying them... lol - I was going to post a trip report but cbf

Sunday - I arrive, take zannies remembering i have work on tuesday

fast forward to Saturday and I've blown 9k and woke up in some hotel with everything set up and me not knowing how it got there?? soo many more stories...

anywayyyyyy I've found 100mg of sertraline - what is it? same as xanax? what are effects people would use it for if they wanted to abuse it? how many mg would one need?

Thanksss

edit - waiting in room for reply!
 
Sertraline is not Alprazolam (Xanax). They're completely different drugs. Sertraline is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor whereas Alprazolam (Xanax) is a Benzodiazepine. Sertraline is in no way recreational whereas Alprazolam is. If you are craving Alprazolam, taking 100mg of Sertraline (a medium-high theraputic dose) will make you feel like shit. More specifically, you'll probably get some significant anxiety, some nausea and you'll probably find you feel weird mentally (zombie-like, apathetic, etc.).
 
Easily could throw your body into a manic phase. Although, zoloft is considered a softer drug compared to other ssris like paxil
 
I was prescribed it for insomnia/anxiety (weren't sure which was the cause and which was the effect) so they tried zoloft +ambien +xanax;

I was on the zoloft for a little shy of 2 months; never had any effects from it. no change in anxiety, nothing whatsoever, no feeling indifferent so I just decided to quit taking it cold turkey.
no bad withdrawals, simply no effects at all.

A recent doc suggested I could try zoloft ro a similar SSRI again, I just said no straight up.
 
I've been on 100mg for about a month. It's dulled my anxiety to the point where I've stopped crawling in my skin but I feel like the anxiety is just buried a little and waiting to surface. So far no negative side effects. Considering upping the dose to 150mg.

I've dabbled in benzos at first and a month later I'm still hearing stories about shit I did that I just don't remember. Fuck that. I love the benzos but they don't love me :(
 
Sertraline crafted my life for me; while on it I dont remember feeling anything except wanting to smoke weed. I know some kid whos on it now because his brother killed his mom and its not pretty. The kid went from having problems and looking troubled to having a blank stare; he displays no emotion but this dumb look and irrelevant laughter. It was more unreal than any other medication I'd been on and harder to get off than everything except the opiates.

Antidepressants exist to stop someone from falling into a deeper hole, not to furnish a personality for them

Do yourself a favor and dont stay on it longer than you have to
 
v4lium said:
Zoloft was the first medication I was ever prescribed. It was the year 2002 and I was 13 going on 14, in a point in my life where I was confused by the worlds mechanics and depressed about the unexciting ordinary lifestyle I was "supposed" to lead as well as suffering from severe SAD and GAD. Anyway, in taht mindset, convinced that everything made no sense and wasn't worth a second of my time, I subconciouslly told myself no zombie medication was strong enough to reverse my perception of things or my general mood on a day to day basis. And unsurprisingly the stuff did absolutely nothing but make me sweaty and hungry all the time. By the end of the 4 month zoloft trial I was so suicidal and blamed the zoloft, flushed it down the toilet and within a week my mood was better and I stopped pigging out and watching shitty sitcoms.

I've tried every anti-d and anti anxiety med approved for medical use... except lexapro. None have done anything but break my wallet and piss me off.

You have to believe anti-d's will work or they won't work, thats just how THEY work. It's almost placebo, almost, not quite, the mind is more powerful than some shitty overpriced drug that dulls your senses and makes you twice as likely to kill yourself.

It's better just to let time fix your problem, I have been suffering from anxiety since about 11 years old, I'm 21 now and still suffer from it, but I'm older, wiser and as you learn more about the world and how it works things will frighten and bug you less.

This will have either helped you or made you lose hope, but the truth must be told.
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I started taking Zoloft a few weeks after I turned 11 because my parents decided that I was depressed & had to be on antidepressant medication. I did everything I could to fight them about it for years & years afterwards, because I was SO SO SO against the idea of psychiatric medication for a number of different reasons... The LAST thing I EVER wanted, or thought possible, was for Zoloft to actually have any effects that helped or benefited me. Hell, two years after that my parents & my therapist made me start taking Wellbutrin & I severly sleep deprived myself for months in order to be able to pretend that Wellbutrin was causing me bad side effets that could be observed by other people as well... That should show just HOW MUCH I didn't want to take any medications like that.

I started realizing around the time I was 16 & 17, & was by then old enough to view things in a more objective, mature, & retrospective on a larger scale sort of way -- plus I'd had by then a couple experiences with going off Zoloft for 1-4 months, & then ultimately going back on it again -- that Zoloft really HAD helped me a TON. I'm now 21, & I'm still taking Zoloft (I feel it does me much more harm than good, but I don't feel it effects me too much one way or another at this point), & when I look back at how horribly I was doing before my parents started making me take Zoloft when I was 11 & all that, I feel there's a pretty good chance that Zoloft may have saved my life.

So, no, it's not placebo, & in the long-term, whether or not you want a medication to help you will have absolutely no impact on whether or not it actually does help you.

However, if you've decided Anti-Depressants are just placebos & won't ever help you, then by believing THAT you're not really giving Antidepressants an opportunity to help you...

... Of course, from everything you said above, I doubt any depression medication would help you very much no matter what... However, don't let your experience with psychiatric meds determine your beliefs about how effective or not effective they are for people on the whole. You seem like way too thoughtful & intelligent a person for such a narrow viewpoint...
 
I touched base with my doc for some minor situational anxiety issues. I wanted to just control the peaks and large hills in my anxiety levels. He tried to put me on Zoloft but i wasn't having it.

I've read too many things about decreased sexual desire and difficulties reaching orgasm. The statistics seemed way too high. My sex drive has always been high but I take pretty long to 'finish' so I was certain that I didn't want to take a hit in this area. Some gals love your ability to go the distance but taking forever to ejac has indeed put a strain on some relations.

We opted for xanax. It works great to curb my anxiety because I can almost always anticipate when I'll get put in an uncomfortable situation.

I haven't been on it long though. Most days, I wont take it.... and I think it will continue to work effectively this way.
 
WhoahMan said:
Please post your experiences with Zoloft for anxiety purposes please?
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Zoloft or any SSRI can indeed work. Ive tried them all and stopped each SSRI within one week after starting.

I then got on Klonopin, and took 1-2mg daily for 4 years. I can tell you Klonopin or benzos arent the answer… I took them just to make blow comedowns easily bearable..

If you actually try Zoloft for 3 months and get the dosage right it can be amazing.

I was having intrusive thoughts and late night outbursts, mostly via text, where I’d go on rants and lose friends, as well as my gf.

I have been on zoloft for 6 months and havent had one outburst or intrusive/delusional thought in 4 months.

It may make it harder to cum and blunt your emotional side a bit but you can lower your dosage and in the end, I chose having a girlfriend (yes, I got her back after she dumped me 5 times for my psychotic rants), and becoming calm and rational again over being a maniac, emotional, super creative person with zero stability.

For anyone who says “I wont take a pharma pill” and thinks that is the government or big business/pharma controlling them… well, you are insane.

I was doing cocaine (still do) daily and drinking daily and thinking I am against pharma.. SNORTING MANMADE DRUGS THAT IDIOTS MAKES IN THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE IS ALSO CHEMICAL BASED AND WAY WORSE THAN ANYTHING PFIZER HAS EVER MADE, EVER. Lol.


I am 35 and have done every drug and every pharma pill ever made. I have lived in 57 different countries. I can tell you- SSRI’s are crucial for some people. You dont have to take them forever, maybe just a year or so until you regain your balance.

Cheers everyone.
 
TheFDA said:
I started taking Zoloft a few weeks after I turned 11 because my parents decided that I was depressed & had to be on antidepressant medication. I did everything I could to fight them about it for years & years afterwards, because I was SO SO SO against the idea of psychiatric medication for a number of different reasons... The LAST thing I EVER wanted, or thought possible, was for Zoloft to actually have any effects that helped or benefited me. Hell, two years after that my parents & my therapist made me start taking Wellbutrin & I severly sleep deprived myself for months in order to be able to pretend that Wellbutrin was causing me bad side effets that could be observed by other people as well... That should show just HOW MUCH I didn't want to take any medications like that.

I started realizing around the time I was 16 & 17, & was by then old enough to view things in a more objective, mature, & retrospective on a larger scale sort of way -- plus I'd had by then a couple experiences with going off Zoloft for 1-4 months, & then ultimately going back on it again -- that Zoloft really HAD helped me a TON. I'm now 21, & I'm still taking Zoloft (I feel it does me much more harm than good, but I don't feel it effects me too much one way or another at this point), & when I look back at how horribly I was doing before my parents started making me take Zoloft when I was 11 & all that, I feel there's a pretty good chance that Zoloft may have saved my life.

So, no, it's not placebo, & in the long-term, whether or not you want a medication to help you will have absolutely no impact on whether or not it actually does help you.

However, if you've decided Anti-Depressants are just placebos & won't ever help you, then by believing THAT you're not really giving Antidepressants an opportunity to help you...

... Of course, from everything you said above, I doubt any depression medication would help you very much no matter what... However, don't let your experience with psychiatric meds determine your beliefs about how effective or not effective they are for people on the whole. You seem like way too thoughtful & intelligent a person for such a narrow viewpoint...
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Brilliantly said
 
mgrady3 said:
this thread is nearly 2 months old...
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it’s 13 years and in future that’s fine

also we don’t say UTFS any-more

BillBreezy said:
I was doing cocaine (still do) daily and drinking daily and thinking I am against pharma.. SNORTING MANMADE DRUGS THAT IDIOTS MAKES IN THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE IS ALSO CHEMICAL BASED AND WAY WORSE THAN ANYTHING PFIZER HAS EVER MADE, EVER. Lol.


I am 35 and have done every drug and every pharma pill ever made. I have lived in 57 different countries. I can tell you- SSRI’s are crucial for some people. You dont have to take them forever, maybe just a year or so until you regain your balance.

Cheers everyone.
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Nice try pfizer xD
 
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