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Zoloft - get out of jail free card?

bliss99e

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hey all
I'm really fucking depressed right now, I have a zoloft my friend gave me - but one question - will it lift me up, or does this type of drug only start to work once its in your system for a certain time? ive never taken one before, i just have one and am kind of hoping that its like a 'get out of jail free' card. thanks.
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"Fuck World War Two, I am an Elephant!"
-Albert Hofmann, 1943.
 
One pill won't do anything except make you feel a little nauseous and light-headed...
If you're depressed, why don't you go into social and read some of the moronic posts in there
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That forum is full of the comedy gold!
 
Go to the doc and tell him your problems. He will hook your ass up w/ some anti-depressants and you will become a happy camper w/in a couple of weeks. There is no 1 pill that you can take that will make your sorrows/depression go away for good, well then again, try OC....
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I was on Zoloft but I found that the sleepiness, impotence, weird dreams, and anxiety that it gave me didnt help much with depression.
 
SSRIs adress one of the symptoms of depression (decreased serotonin) and not the source, and in doing so cause a shitload of undesirable sideeffects and a really unnatural but technically "happy" state of mind. if you're looking for something that will lift your depression, look no further than opiates. *obvious important warnings about opiate addiction go here*. you may find that the endorphin/opiate lift is much more of a true antidepressant than some nasty little SSRI.
 
He will hook your ass up w/ some anti-depressants and you will become a happy camper w/in a couple of weeks.
huh? are you serious?? Is it that easy? wow... I thought happines was harder to achive..
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lets eat pills and live happly ever after .....lala
 
if depression is a real problem for you...go see yer doctor...you might have a legitimate problem that deserves a legitimate prescription...
and pills don't bring happiness...they merely hold down those suicidal ideations and voices in your head...thats all...
 
Here&There-Chill out ya big flamer. If somebody is depressed-my advice is to go see the doctor and he/she will pescribe the proper meds. Being a happy camper in a few weks was perhaps my comical side throwing in a few cents worth, but in all the pills and medication will help if all other routes have been exhausted. Well, from your response and defensive behavior, sounds like you should check out the doc also and see what he has to offer you in terms of anti-d's too. Next time, read my posts and understand my underlying point, don't be such a flamer....
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Therapy + Medication is usually a better solution.
Medication alone will just make you feel weird and fake.
Therapy will try to make you believe youre happier.
***this coming from a jaded person who has been in and out of therapies for over 19 years***
 
Once again i will ask you guys to NOT POST random opinions that are all disagreeing, your confusing the person and you could even cause a dangerous reaction, someone may be on something that would cause a serious reaction when taken with an ssri, or an maoi though thats rarely prescribed.
First of all , you cannot just "get hooked up with an anti depressant" that shows you know nothing about them as i expected.
Zoloft is the best of them all, the least toxic, the most effective, has the least side effects, and actually WILL make you feel actually a bit high or dopey in the first 3 days or so, i have talked to 3 other of the real drug information people on otherdrugs who are taking zoloft, and they all told me i would feel a bit high and dopey, and WHADYA KNOW. You cannot just lump all anti depressants together, first of all NONE are chemically related of the ssris, and all have very different profiles, prozac for one takes a few weeks to work, paxil as well, celexa also, wellbutrin im not as sure on that effect but its severely dangerous anyway so if your taking it, you arent educated enough to be taking anything, even if your doctor told you to take it, as it causes seizures and severe reactions when taken for the normal course of therapy, not to mention SEVERE horrible debilitating withdrawl when you abruptly stop taking it, this can include severe nausea/vomiting for days, headaches, TOTAL "shit" feeling, lack of ability to do normal things like get up and take care of yourself or eat or shower.
All in all , DO NOT TAKE WELLBUTRIN, the serious side effects, most dangerously SEIZURE, prevent it from being a very usefull drug, it is also pretty toxic.
The rest are of varying degrees of safety and efficiency, and have side effects of course but nothing like wellbutrin. One of them is MUCH worse than the rest, Paxil can cause serious psychotic episodes in the susceptable, and can make your emotions SERIOUSLY messed up, and also is pretty toxic and no little angel by far, its quite nasty, so stay away from it as well. Prozac has been used widely and is reasonably safe and pretty effetive , not too toxic, though not as selective as zoloft, and not as quick acting. Clexa is not a good one at all, it might not be as toxic, but it made me and many people i know VERY sick, is NOT quick acting by any means, not selective at all and not efficient, and has many side effects.
And we come to zoloft, by far the best of everything on the market, almost no side effects, not toxic by any means noticable, VERY VERY quick acting, VERY selective meaning it wont just activate things it doesnt need to, only the neccesary and benificial sites and a very minor few other that dont even cause any noticable effects, it also doesnt really make me or a few others i talked to sick at all, overall it seems to be the gem of them all, and i and numerous others FULLY reccomend it, im talking as far as to say you would be ignorant having known all of what i still told you and still use one of the other piece of shit drugs rather than zoloft, not to sound mean, i appologize if i do, but this is a VERY clear cut decision and it would be mindblowing to me for someone to choose paxil or even to LET there doctor put them on paxil or the others knowing what you now know.
Please be educated in what your doctor just hands out (mostly because a certain company paid them more, which is THE most FUCKED UP thing i have ever heard of, pisses me off so much, ARRHHHH). Also be careful when taking drugs that are centrally active and very much so , as they are capable of causing serious emotional and mental changes, hopefull those will be an increase in emotional wellbeing and a lift of your mood, but they can also cause anxiety and severe side effects, so watch what happens ok guys?
You can reach me on aim if you need to talk about anything.
Later
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~The Recreational Pharmacist
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FUCK plur
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whoa boy . . TripDoctor I have some serious issues with what you just wrote.
lets start where you say:
"you cannot just "get hooked up with an anti depressant" "
Umm, yeah you can. If you tell your doctor you are depressed at all, chances are they'll throw some SSRI at you before you blink. They are (over)prescribed all the time in this day and age.
then you say "Zoloft is the best of them all"
right after you had said "Once again i will ask you guys to NOT POST random opinions"
no offense, but saying that zoloft is the "best" is YOUR random opinion. You give 3 people's experiences as enough to make it a fact?
Then you go into an ubsubstantiated diatribe against wellbutrin. There are risks, like with any drug, but it doesnt flat-out cause seizures. Do you have documentation of a substantial number of wellbutrin-related seizures? Furthermore, I have been on it and know people who are on it (for either depression or smoking-cessation) and none of us have had "severe reactions" of any kind.
Also I have gone off it for days at a time and I did not suffer "SEVERE horrible debilitating withdrawl [with]. . .severe nausea/vomiting for days, headaches, TOTAL "shit" feeling" In fact, I felt NO WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS at all.
And I cant believe after you condescendingly scold us about giving opinions and being responsible you issue a blanket statement like "do not take wellbutrin"
You say that the side-effects of Wellbutrin are way worse than the SSRI's. Where the hell are you getting that? I have been on Zoloft, Celexa, and Wellbutrin at different times; and for me (and anyone Ive ever talked to) Wellbutrin had WAY LESS side-effects than the SSRI's. In fact, I have experienced literally NO side effects from Wellbutrin besides the fact that I now longer have intense cravings if I dont have a cigarrette.
With both zoloft and celexa I had similar side effects: sleepiness, sluggishness, libido diminishment, anxiety, constant yawning, disconnection, zombiness, haunting dreams. In fact, I look back to times on these drugs as WASTED MONTHS OF MY LIFE. I regret ever putting those vile SSRI's near my body.
"im talking as far as to say you would be ignorant having known all of what i still told you and still use one of the other piece of shit drugs rather than zoloft"
I dont believe what you told me and you sound conceited for making this statement. I would never, ever, recommend zoloft or celexa to anyone who wasnt very very depressed and suicidal.
If your opinions on wellbutrin are based on anything concrete and researched, I'd appreciate you pointing me in that direction. If it really is the evil drug you make it out to be, I'd like to find out . . . but Ive NEVER experienced ANY of those side effects you mentioned.
Where your assumptions based on more than your own personal experience and anecdotal evidence? If so, then don't present it as fact, especially after you scolded us for sharing our own opinions.
 
word to that^^^
this kid was asking about the effects of taking *1* (one, uno, ein, un) zoloft pill to treat what sounds like a temporary/situational depression.
He wasn't asking for everyone's individual diatribes on the various AD's currently on the market; in fact I seriously doubt if this guy is even vaguely entertaining the idea of going on a longterm medication.
The original answer I gave him is the correct one: one pill will do fuck all except make him feel a little nauseous or sweaty; and if he wants to wet himself laughing he should go read social.
 
Well, I seriously doubt ONE pill will do anything as far as aleviating depression. It takes time for a SSRI to take effect, although Zoloft works more quickly than say Prozac. I have been taking Zoloft (100mg/day) for about 6 months, for depression (caused by personal events in my life.) It really has helped me get through a hard time in my life, but I'll hopefully be off of it soon and back to normal.
 
"Well, I seriously doubt ONE pill will do anything as far as aleviating depression."
One pill of Zoloft won't alleviate depression. But the first time I ate that one pill of that wonderful phenethylamine MDMA it helped put the world in a little better perspective for me.
Note: This is just my random opinion though. Don't bother reading anything on this board ever again unless it has been medically documented and signed in triplicate by the president, surgeon general, and Dr. Laura.
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