It's too bad that this study was not for a 90 day period of time instead of 28. This was just long enough to reach almost full SERT downregulation without the stabilization that occurs afterwards. You only got to go through the side effect period of downregulation (which is a rather disrupting period).list said:a couple of years ago i was part of a university study where zoloft was given to non-depressed people. i took the minimum dose (can't remember amount) for 28 days. it was basically to see the effects given to people who weren't depressed because docs seem to be prescribing these things without a 2nd thought. it was a blind controlled study where some people were taking a placebo, but i found out at the end i was taking the actual zoloft...
...in terms of happiness and wellbeing...i didn't really notice much difference, but in hindsight i didn't have any fights with my boyfriend over that period of time (we were fighting regularly).
i wouldn't recommend you go on a course of this unless you have been diagnosed as depressed. it's not really that exciting and you are likely to just suffer annoying side effects.
meowmix said:My friend decided to start taking Zoloft regularly for no reason. He took it for a few months. He didn't notice any difference except that he didn't have to masturbate every day. He was pretty excited about that.
Do you know off hand who funded the study? I'm interested because they may have done several other studies which would be interesting to have a look at.
Also, a week or two on prozac would not make you happy...it takes much longer for prozac and other SSRIs to start working. Apparently alot of people you know get placebo effects easily. Lucky them
This is just not true....it is very irresponsible of you to be spreading misinformation like this.Please...saying A/Ds can't get you high is if you're not depressed is like saying benzos can't relax you unless you're an anxious person.