Zoloft & Sertraline Side Effects - Going On & Coming Off
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Zoloft (aka Sertraline) is an SSRI (Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitor) well known for helping curb anxiety. I was on Zoloft for roughly 2 years before successfully coming off of the medication. I shared my experience previously in "Why I love Zoloft" and now I am here to answer more frequently asked questions about weight gain side effects, sex life side effects, and other physical side effects. I hope this can provide some light on your experience. Let's learn, grow and evolve together. ❤️
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*Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. I am not a doctor and I am only sharing my experiences and practices that have helped me. Consult your doctor and do your research before making any decisions with your medication.
What side effects have you experienced? Was this video useful to you? ❤️
Just want to say your videos have been such an amazing resource for me over the last few years. Glad to hear you worked through your stuff successfully
Ahh I’m so glad you’ve found some value in these Max and I really appreciate you sharing that with me. It’s a journey I’m still on, we’re growing together man. ♥️
thanks for making this video!! very informative!!
of course! glad you found value in it !!
Oh thank you!, My doctor said I'd be taking it for a year or more, and I haven't found anyone else on RUclips saying he's\she's no longer taking it before you, I was afraid I'd take it forever, so thank you ❤❤
so happy I could bring you some value :) thanks for the comment!
you might enjoy some of the other vids I share about tools for anxiety and healing :) much love sutan!
I love learning and growing!
you and I both Kor!
Thank you for this!
So glad it could provide you some value.
If anxiety led you to Zoloft, I just created a small walk through on healing anxiety from the inside out based on my journey.
I felt called to share with you, so if you’re interested you could drop into it right through here:
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Interesting how SSRI's work differently for different people. I know people like yourself who said Zoloft helped a lot. It didn't for me. Lexapro was the one for me. Very little side effects. I am currently weaning off. I was at 20, now I'm at 10. eventually want to be at 5 then off. I will say it was a life saver, it helped me. I was SO afraid to start. Thought I was going to die, 6-8 weeks later I was grateful I tried it. I used to bash SSRI's. Now I see them much differently! I am with you, I also don't want to be dependent on it forever.
Yess! It's fascinating how each drug effects people differently. It's great that you were mindful of what was working for you and what wasnt. I'm glad you are feeling better now. It takes time and work and yet it is so rewarding! ❤️
It has been changing my life for the better, I just got switched from Prozac to Zoloft and the change is so positive ❤️ hello from Austin. I am new here 💞
hello esmo :) Happy to hear you've found something that's working for you. What other tools are you using while taking the Zoloft?
hello from Mexico :)
@@evolvewithmarcello hi! I’m also attending therapy/ counseling weekly and support groups that help with grief and loss as well as anonymous children of alcoholics groups!
@@esmo915 that's beautiful esmo! thank you for sharing this with me and us. I hope others come across our message and can see and learn from the tools you are using also!
@jonmb93 I got off Zoloft within 30 days. I feel like it gave me the boost I needed. Therapy has helped with not needing them again. Got active. Adopted a puppy and life is better.
Zoloft was the most commonly prescribed antidepressant in the USA in 2018 with over 38 million prescriptions.
Yes it was
Yo. Can I get a smart, introspective, enlightened, and beautiful man like him please?? Thank you for all the work you do in guiding and teaching others about how to navigate their minds and approach health holistically. I’ve been on Zoloft for almost a year and can attest to the wonderful impact it has had on my life - alongside proper psychotherapy and a healthy lifestyle of course. Thank you for your openness and wisdom :)
ahahah thank you Adeline for the warm words. 🙏🏽❤️
It's beautiful to hear you have created a healthy lifestyle for yourself and have done some work to experience a happier wholesome life! Thank you for dropping in.
If you ever do meet a guy like that, he's probably gay
@@johnacord6224 shit ur right
@@adelineh5176 I think there are many good men out there who are in touch with themselves who aren't gay. Our society is shifting from a place where men were criticized for expressing themselves/their feelings and therefore becoming more intune with themselves. Now that is shifting and more men are intune with themselves so you can probably find some good guys out there that aren't gay. Thinking only good men are gay is a limiting belief.
Excellent AD stops anxiety and is safe
What is AD?
@@evolvewithmarcello Antidepressant
I got on Sertraline due to work burnout/nervous breakdown as well as constant rumination, excessive guilt, overwhelm, procrastination, avoidance, brain fog etc. It definitely helped. It doesn’t make you happy, but after a while you notice your symptoms have lessened significantly. I was able to focus on getting a different job, which was a God send. I started being more productive. I was able to be more present with my kids and wife. Rumination was curbed significantly and doesn’t cut as deep. Surprisingly I’ve had little to no desire to drink alcohol. Side effects are headache, dry mouth, trouble climaxing, lower libido. I’m thinking about trying to come off because my sleep has been terrible recently but feel I should find a psychiatrist as opposed to just relying on my GP.
I am happy to hear you've had a pleasant and beneficial experience so far. This is what it did for me as well, it took the pressure off and lessened the anxiety so that I could go about my normal day with more ease.
If you have interest in getting off I have just released a video on this titled, "If you're on Zoloft/Sertraline don't forget this too." The video gives more detail as to how I actually came off my medication.
I was prescribed Zoloft but this is why im hesitant to start. I see so so many comments about trouble climaxing, low libido, ED and stuff. I just can’t seem to shake that fear and take it
@@yugo1690 It seems you have to try different antidepressants to find what works best for you. There’s also a (blood?) test that helps docs figure it out. I haven’t gotten there yet.
@@liamlynch2115 yeah i heard about that. But the problem is it’s not covered by health insurance so only some private polyclinics offer it and it’s super expensive. I’m just a student so I barely have any money as it is. I really am stuck in limbo with these mental illnesses
My symptoms to a T! Just started 25mg zoloft today.....
Thank you for the video !
Tried Stresnil benzo for my anxiety but it made my anxiety worse ! Tried Lexapro 10mg for 1 month & it made my anxiety more worse & made me extremely suicidal ! I stopped abruptly becoz of horribel anxiety & withdrawal symptoms were omg brutal man brutal !
Iam thinking of giving zooloft a go !
Not giving up & fighting for good life despite of the pain and horror is what defines a strong person !
Oreno, I am sending you so much love as you go through this journey. It’s a challenging one and that fact that you are here and writing this comment shows how much you are showing up for yourself. That is the first step. You honoring your own healing and having the mindset that life works for you not against you will bring you exactly where you want to go. ♥️
I’m glad you liked this video, you might like some others on my page as well. It’s best to pair medication with some other active healing modality like meditation and so on.
Yep, don't give up. I'm probably going to start one of these, myself and I expect my dr to prescribe the wrong med at least 3 times. Doctors don't know everything, all they do is practice medicine. I'd almost rather have a guy off the street tell me what worked for him.
Just bite the bullet and they will soon work
My Doctor prescribed me 50 mg zoloft for social anxiety, it seemed too much because from the first day i had emotional numbing. It was just too weird. So i lowered the dose to 25 mg and now i take 12,5mg for 10 days. My Anxiety has disappeared almost at all, and got some feelings back but still cant feel a lot of happyness. I hope my feelings come back without the anxiety
This is another side effect of Zoloft for sure. It’s great that you mentioned these challenges to your doctor so that you can work through them.
You may be interested in my other videos where I talk about how to heal anxiety without medication or while you’re on medication so that you don’t have to be on it for a long time.
Wish you the best 🙏🏽♥️
@@evolvewithmarcello Great i already started watching some of your videos, really appreciate your content and the help you give to people with anxiety God bless you ❤
@@trifon8891 Thank you ❤️🙏🏽 your feedback means so much!
So Zoloft did help with your social anxiety?
What were your eating times like? Were you eating small meals spread throughout the day or did you practice intermittent fasting? Did you have sleeping problems and how did you deal with them?
Great questions!
As far as eating goes, everyone’s body is different so you have to feel what works for you. I eat a lot of fruit in the morning with a piece of toast and avocado and then a light lunch and a medium size dinner.
I don’t eat until after I practice my yoga & meditation.
I didn’t have sleeping problems too much while I was on medication but other times when I have had challenges with sleeping I would make sure that I’m finished eating three hours before bed, having absolutely no phone or screen time up to an hour before bed and doing some stretching, journaling or deep breathing.
I hope this is informative for you. 🙏🏽
Hello. I am Korean and have been taking sultraline for 3 weeks. After taking I felt more depressed, unmotivated, and very uneasy. When I told the doctor, he told me to go to see a friend or find a job without worrying about it. What should I do? Will these side effects disappear? I'm scared to do them because of this feeling.
anyway There was no RUclips channel like this in Korea, but it's very encouraging to come here. thx
Hello, I am glad you can find some encouragement here. In this case, it can be very helpful to have a therapist as support to work with you through the emotions and your time on the medication.
Otherwise, it's difficult for me to share what to do because I have very little information on you. I highly recommend watching some of my other videos as they may give you some more answers on where to go from here.
Sending you love. ❤️
The side effects I noticed after 8 weeks of starting to take 50mg of Sertraline was that I stopped being able to feel romantic attraction and any kind of romantic emotion in general and my libido disappeared from the face of the universe :(
I hope it all goes back to normal after I stop taking it because I am now taking a small dose (25mg) for 3 months and I still notice no difference in these adverse effects 😥.
Did it come back? Do you have a partner? How do they feel?
You most definitely can bring these experiences back to your life perhaps on this low dose or once you have come off again. It's been found that emotions are a bit suppressed when on Zoloft and I found this with myself also, so you are not alone. It's of course important to share these things with your doctor and find solutions.
Take this time to start healing through the reasons you went on Zoloft and as you heal there much of the rest of your life will begin to blossom as well. Its a uncomfortable road but one worth walking for sure.
Thank you for the video! Did you reduce from 12.5 to 0 when you were weaning off? Or did you split the 12.5 in half?
I’m so happy it was of value to you. I split the 25mg pill in half + took that 12.5 for quite sometime. I never split the 12.5 in half though.
Sending you much love!
@@evolvewithmarcello Got it, thank you! You as well
Did your libido return after quitting Zoloft? I have just started (6 days) for severe anxiety and depression going on 5 years. I have lost libido but already feel slightly more mellowed out.
It did indeed return 🙏🏽🔥
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New here, instant sub! Thank you for talking about your experience, esp on the other side. That and with your comments below, you answered a bunch of questions I had.
I was on 50 mg the first month. If I were to guess, I have more depression than anxiety. Because I def felt less anxious, almost apathetic, about things. But I still struggle with motivation. The second month I was prescribed 100mg, and the first week I just slept alll the time, so I decided to break them in half and try 50 again and just ride it out.. To give it time and I'm glad I did. I'm almost to month 3, still hoping motivation comes creeping back any day now,I'm still struggling.
I did extensive research before, and found that DLPA really helps! (DL-phenylalanine). I've taken it in the past, it helps with energy and mood, it's amino acid for dopamine etc levels in your brain, a natural supplement, and it worked miracles for me before but I've been broke lately, so I haven't had it for awhile. It's helped sooo much, and others I've told about it! (research it) I'm going to try to get some soon and that's what I'm still struggling with. Motivation and mood elevation. But anxiety is gone!
I def don't want to take zoloft for very long.. But I'll give it a few more months to see if it kicks in, and then I'll wean off.
Thank you again ❤️🔥sorry for the long comment, going to watch more of your videos 🤟🏽
Heather! No worries on long comments, I deeply appreciate you sharing yourself here. We are a community, healing together. ♥️
Thank you for your patience in my response and I hope to hear more from you!
So, did zoloft help, was it worth a try ,I think I'm hearing a yes,, it helped, wsaent the end all be all
Exactly, not something I wanted to be on. Just used it temporarily to uncover my own inner strength. 🔥
I am on 50mg of Zoloft what amount where you on when it was working good ?
just about the same, i fluctuated between 50 and 75mg for a bit but mainly 50
Hello can you take this medication as needed?
I don’t believe it works that way, but that is a question for a doctor, not me
How were you able to cut the pill to 12.5?
I just split it in half 🧡
Zoloft 50s and 25s are scored which means you can split them in half with your fingers.
My daughter has just started using this zoloft for depression, her periods make her go silent for days is it safe
Up to you and herself , friend , but my doctor said it’s useful as a last resort when all else fails to help the issues . Me personally I’m not against them but I wish I wasn’t on them so young and for so long . I felt less anxiety but on autopilot and can’t rember all of my teens exactly . It’s good but it has massive cost . The question is it worth it ? We don’t know how much it alters the brain over years (a year within four months off them weened you’ll be back to normal ) . Is numbness t solution ? But maybe it effects your kid different . For me this drug is a robot human maker . Like that show iRobot . I do think kids should wait til at least 16 .
I do not know the specific side effects on the female body, but my thoughts are maybe treating the source of the depression will alleviate the a lot of her challenges.
In other words, getting support in a professional way that’s more than medication.. like therapy or such.
Zolof fonctionne pour anxiété sociale ???
I believe so yes. It would be best to ask your doctor this question.
Marcello, how you coped with the premature ejaculation on sex after you came off Zoloft?
all SSRI's prolong the time of ejaculation while on intercourse... Did you face ANYTHING LIKE THIS?
I currently practice Mantak Chia’s, a sexual energy practitioner, method that involves working with sexual energy in a controlled, meditative way.
I don’t have a problem with the pieces that you mentioned, however I did have more trouble with climax during the time frame that I was on SSRI’s, as mentioned here.
When taking this medication after 5 days I’ve experienced my pupils being huge, is this normal?
I can’t say I remembered having big pupils. If I did it went unnoticed.
Yeah man, that happened to me also!
Happened to me aswell
@@copycatthemime6600 Many funky side effects can appear as you typically hear at the end of all the pharmaceutical commercials. I have some more videos coming out soon on how to reduce your time on medication.
@@evolvewithmarcello Im at like day 9, I hope it works out, just upped to 50mg a day or two ago.