About to start taking Zoloft, what should I expect?

About to start taking Zoloft, what should I expect?

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I'm seeing a phyciayist for the first time next month. I would also like to know the answer to this.

it just levels you out, its not really anything special like Xanax or adderal

Zoloft gave me the worst side effects of the several anti depressants i have been on over the years.

Okay, have no fucking idea what my phone auto corrected to... but I meant psychiatrist.

Seriously though, cant cum for shit anymore dude ur arm gon get jacked

To never cum again

expect to never ejaculate again.

Get ready to not have any highs or lows in life feeling "neutral" all the time and get ready for your speech filter to be obliterated(not giving a fuck about what you say out loud) and get ready to protect your anus cause I'm coming for u OP ^_^ teeheehee

What do I say to get xanax? I really am anxious as fuck and have a history of mental and physical abuse.

totally kills sex drive. forget sex, even jerking off is more out of habit

That's fucking ibuprofen you dumb nig

Killed my sex drive and I felt nothing, no emotion. Like if I was a walking zombie.

limp biskit

Tell your physician or psychiatrist that you have "breakthrough panic attacks". Boom. Done.

it's great! it stopped working for me and i moved to lexapro, but zoloft worked for a long time.

no notable side effects in the long term, but for about a month it made me tired and yawn-y as fuck. and your dreams get really fucking vivid its cool actually.

i never experienced any weight gain, or sexual impotence, or anything like that.

it just sort of makes everything alright. you get less 'really happy' moments and less 'really sad moments'. instead, everything is just alright. i still get happy about shit and still get sad about shit, but its not like i lose my mind about an event coming up, and i'm not wracked with sadness if a girl shuts me down. everything is just cool.

Other than that I was fine on it, until it stopped working for me. And it wasnt even limp, it just took fooorreeevvveeerrrr. If I had a girlfriend she might have enjoyed that.

True, but it took all my anger away.

I suggest reading up on SSRI:s in general before you stay on any of them for a significant time.

Even if I'm not on any other medication. This will be my first visit and I want to skip the bullshit. I've had a shit life and it's really starting to fuck with me.

Zoloft gave me the shits

this, ask for some Viagra. Zoloft gonna give you a limp dick. It's fucking terrible.

you don't want to take benzos, really. they work great at what they do but man once you start them you'll never stop. promise you. i've had several friends in my time that just stay in a haze every day because of xanax. it fucking really sucks, because it just empties them. its sort of hard to explain what i mean unless you've seen it first hand, but you'd regret going down the benzo pathway, trust me on that. there are better solutions.

Expect to keep taking Zoloft for the rest of your life.

Like a good neutered doggie.
Did it cross your mind that you might have a reason to be angry?

Thanks, dude. That's why I'm just as afraid of benzos as antidepressants...but I'm at the point where if my body is going to depend on something I would rather feel a benzo than the dull effect of an antidepressant. I am afraid of getting addicted to something either way, but I'm sort of desperate.

Nothing special. It works. For depression that is.

What the fuck is Zoloft even?

Why are you people taking prescription medication like they are candies?

Nothing

Well thats my experience nothing worked untill i started lexapro


Oh yeah prob wont be able to cum

well, you're an adult. at the end of the day you are the only one that has to deal with your decisions. if you go with benzos, i promise you, 5 years down the road you'll look back and say "i wish i never started, but it's not like i'm going to stop now."

Are you going to your GP or an actual psychiatrist?

I get what you are saying. Thank you.Psychiatrist. I got referred by my primary after explaining my symptoms.

Depends on the user. I've been on benzos for 6 years. I take less now than I did when I first got them. I literally have thousands of Klonopin & Xanax, hundreds of Valium and others and probably a few thousand Ambien in my safe as well as other pills. Just in case.

OP here, this shit sounds worse than suicide

Person asking about benzos here...shit, I would love some of those ambien. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in months.

Are you having panic attacks or just general anxiety?

I would recommend benzos for the short term, but in the meantime, find a therapist who is certified in DBT. I promise you that no pill will work as well as the skills you learn in DBT. It is faster acting than a pill and will reduce your suffering more than a pill in the long term.

>certified in DBT

DBT?

I have general anxiety that sometimes peaks into a panic attack. I wake up with pain in my chest, or will just randomly get pains in my chest. I throw up because of it a lot. I also shake, get dizzy and get cold sweats when it is really bad. I will look into DBT. I don't want to rely on pills, but I am tired and bitter so I sort of feel like fuck it all, let drugs do the work...but I know that is just going to hurt me more in the long run.

I was on generic Zoloft for a year. Intense sweating, increased sex drive (I hear it usually has the opposite effect,) boosted mood, feelings of almost invincibility. I'm a grill so that may come into play with what side effects you get. Its an upper, remember. I was taking a really high dosage, more than I needed. It was like slow release cocaine.

Ambien are extremely easy to get. They are very effective. However, make sure you take them right before you go to bed. Don't try to stay up. You'll black out and do really weird shit. So, unless you have someone to babysit you, use them responsibly and you will get good sleep.

I don't take them as often as I used to because you will build a tolerance pretty quick. When I do, I take them at 8:00 and I'm out by 8:45 and sleep incredibly well without feeling like shit the next day.

Dialectical behavior therapy

CBT

Coming off was a nightmare and I wanted to get back on really badly. I was taking it for anxiety and depression, and the depression actually went away completely after I came off, but the anxiety got way worse for several months after I came off.

I've had a hard time getting them. Doctors here seem to have super high grips on any effective medicine of that kind. I have talked about my awful insomnia with doctors multiple times and even asked one doctor if I could have a trial of ambien. No dice. They only give me "prescription strength" antihistamines.

It might make you suicidal, just switch pills if it does

the brain zaps boi

That's no way to live, bro. Try to get a fast acting benzo like Ativan or Xanax and a slower releasing, longer acting one like Klonopin. They also make Xanax XR, which is a mixture of both.

I used to have panic attacks all the time and was borderline suicidal. I was taking a lot of benzos to avoid it. Now, I take one Klonopin in the morning and 2 Ambien at night and I'm good. You have to utilize therapy to get you to the point where you don't need the meds as much. These days, I just take pills with me as a security blanket. Just knowing I have them is enough to curb a panic attack.

everything is ight. there aren't massive highs, but at the same time there arent massive lows. It didn't fuck with my sex drive at all. didn't gain weight. It took a solid six months before everything finally adjusted so don't be in a huge rush. if it stops being effective don't switch, increase the dose.