https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:36:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft/page/2#post-2886165 Fri, 31 May 2019 11:51:52 +0000 Sams Mom 2886165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I tried Celexa for a bit, it just made me soooooo tired; where Zoloft didn't do much to me. I would definitely talk to someone about trying a different med because your side effects sound pretty extreme. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2886151 Fri, 31 May 2019 09:56:08 +0000 gotkimchi 2886151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: Effexor is a popular one and Wellbutrin doesn’t have the sexual side effects so that might be worth a try </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2886144 Fri, 31 May 2019 09:05:58 +0000 pachamama 2886144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: I don't have a psychiatrist, technically my midwife wrote the latest rx. My therapist guides me on this stuff and has been talking about Effexor, Wellbutrin and Celexa but they sound even more problematic than Zoloft... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2886143 Fri, 31 May 2019 08:39:30 +0000 gotkimchi 2886143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: can you get in with a psychiatrist who can prescribe something else? Maybe your therapist can recommend someone? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2886138 Fri, 31 May 2019 08:30:13 +0000 pachamama 2886138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update. It's been about two and a half weeks of taking Sertraline and I'm way worse than I was before. I started at 25, went to 50 and couldn't orgasm so I went back to 25. My anxiety, depression and restlessness has spiked and it's almost uncontrollable. I feel super trapped. I'm in contact with my therapist who's monitoring me but I really feel like this is not normal. I cannot do six more weeks of this or however long it takes to work.<br /> Not sleeping well, decreased appetite, anxiety, despondency, agitation, forgetfulness are my main symptoms and they are increasing in severity.<br /> My OB prescribed and she's no expert so I feel like it's pointless to call her.<br /> Is this really how it is these early weeks? I read this is normal but it seems very extreme and I'm not functioning well at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884576 Wed, 15 May 2019 08:09:56 +0000 Pollywog 2884576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I'm so glad you started. I really hope that they will help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884564 Wed, 15 May 2019 05:41:38 +0000 pachamama 2884564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: wow. I have thought that every day since like 2015 when I started getting depressed TTC.</p> <p>I was up from 2-5 😥</p> <p>You know i must have needed it bc my therapist texted me at 8pm to see if I actually started the meds 🤣 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884557 Tue, 14 May 2019 23:12:03 +0000 peaches1038 2884557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just saw a post on Instagram that of course I can’t find now, that said something along the lines of </p> <p>“Women don’t know that they are depressed or anxious. They just think they need to try harder.” </p> <p>That really resonated with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884544 Tue, 14 May 2019 20:52:00 +0000 wrkbrk 2884544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cereal: This. I didn’t know what I felt before lexapro wasn’t what everyone felt all the time. It wasn’t. Really really wasn’t. And I can see that now!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884543 Tue, 14 May 2019 20:51:16 +0000 wrkbrk 2884543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: GL mama! I join the club of those saying they should have started sooner. I hope it helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884535 Tue, 14 May 2019 19:21:00 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 2884535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: it took about a month for me to feel real effects and it’s made a huge difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884534 Tue, 14 May 2019 19:11:38 +0000 pachamama 2884534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cereal: I wish I would feel nothing, honestly. Everything upsets me, I can't watch the news, can't read most books. I'm emotionally fragile to the point of breaking daily. But I do see what you're saying. I'm EBF my 4 month old which I feel super guilty about, but I'm sick of fake smiling and hiding in my room as soon as my husband gets home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884530 Tue, 14 May 2019 18:23:20 +0000 Mrs. Cereal 2884530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started zoloft about a year after my second child was born. Honestly for me, I thought that maybe I was just weak minded and that a medication was unnecessary, I just needed to try harder. But when I did go on the medication, once I had evened out, I saw significant changes. I realize now that I had a constant level of anxiety for most of my life and the medication allows me to relax from that. My mind isn't always racing and trying to prevent doom, which means I can spend my time doing other things. </p> <p>I did gain quite a bit of weight since starting it, but I think that is a combo of my age and the meds. I recently switched from zoloft to lexapro and I think it was a good switch because I am able to feel more emotions than I had been experiencing on zoloft. I didn't even realize that I had missed laughing, it just never occurred to me that the medication, while helping me immensely, was also suppressing some of the good emotional stuff. So keep that in mind, you don't want to feel nothing, you want to be more even in your emotions and responses to things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884528 Tue, 14 May 2019 17:59:31 +0000 pachamama 2884528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: my side effects started 2 hours in. Diarrhea, racing heart and fatigue. But I will definitely stay on it for 8 or 10 weeks. I'm taking the generic Sertraline or whatever, I wonder if there's that much difference....? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884508 Tue, 14 May 2019 15:58:52 +0000 jhd 2884508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: lots of love to you. :heart: I have been on it for a month (started at 25mg for a few days then moved to 50) and I feel soooo much better. Like I should have done this a long time ago. I didn’t have many side effects besides extreme sleepiness at first. Anyway I hope it works for you and you feel better soon.</p> <p> I didn’t comment before but reading this thread helped me make the decision to give Zoloft a try. @Silva: your comments and perspective was especially helpful so thank you for that. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884501 Tue, 14 May 2019 15:20:52 +0000 DillonLion 2884501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any side effects I had wore off within the first few weeks! Keep us posted on how you are doing with it. It changed my life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2884497 Tue, 14 May 2019 15:05:35 +0000 pachamama 2884497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welp, after hitting mental rock bottom because if PPD/ unwarranted anxiety over my kids health, I decided to start on Zoloft today. 25mg for a week then 50. I already have stomach issues, my heart is racing and I'm dreading the insomnia I'm sure I'll have for a while but I owe it to my family to give it a try.<br /> Thank you all for your perspective. It helped a lot. Fingers crossed I can get some joy back in my life and stop worrying every single second of every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876616 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:09:34 +0000 pachamama 2876616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamabolt: my libido is below zero anyway so 🤷<br /> @Pollywog: I really should just try it. And I can't stop gaining weight currently so honestly it can't get much worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876609 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:33:05 +0000 Pollywog 2876609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My vote is to try it for a month. If it doesn't help after you've given it a solid try, then quit.</p> <p>. While I haven't taken it, my mom has moderate anxiety and chooses not to medicate. Having grown up in that household, I would encourage meds. I see how it manifests when she visits and it really causes so much unnecessary stress. It makes the house so much more intense and J feeds off of the energy. He's so much harder to deal with when my mom is bad compared to when her anxiety is under control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876529 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 11:49:53 +0000 annem1990 2876529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something to keep in mind - you can so easily get off of this drug. They may wean you a bit to reduce side effects, but most likely you'd be just fine. If you feel like it may help, it can't hurt to try. If it doesn't work for you, you can just stop! Obviously talk to your Doctor, but this doesn't have to be a forever thing. People go on and off all the time as life changes and I'm sure your Doctor could reassure you how normal that is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876527 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 11:34:58 +0000 mamabolt 2876527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: This is so me too.</p> <p>Have been on varying doses of Zoloft for 4 years now (currently 50 mgs). It has been a huge help (along with therapy) in making me better able to handle the ups and downs of daily life without having my thoughts spiral into total panic/anxiety mode. I BF two kids on it and took it all through my second pregnancy. I do have some sexual side effects, little harder to reach O, and decreased libido (but I think some of that is also Mirena and 2 small kids). </p> <p>Good luck figuring out what's best for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876513 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:46:32 +0000 pachamama 2876513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: ugh that is EXACTLY me. 100%. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876442 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 22:49:07 +0000 DesertDreams88 2876442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: Honestly the asshole comment has crossed my mind multiple times in relation to myself. Basically the zoloft help me not feel a like I was close to losing my shit all the time and being aggravated by everyone around me. A lot of my anxiety centers around things not being optimal/the way they should be, things out of my control, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876431 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:13:13 +0000 wrkbrk 2876431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Iced Tea: YES this. The thoughts still arise but they don’t get any traction. Does that make sense?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876430 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:12:16 +0000 wrkbrk 2876430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: So I am on lexapro not Zoloft so take with a grain of salt. But my experience has been life changing. On it I feel 100% normal. Take it away and it does downhill fast. On the orgasm front my doctor told me, if you can still do it great, even if your desire to start is less. If you CANT do it no matter what we should adjust your meds. FWIW. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876423 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:19:28 +0000 Iced Tea 2876423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have severe anxiety and some tendency towards depressive episodes. I do therapy and have tried multiple kinds of SSRIs. I started on Zoloft, finding it very helpful, but not enough. Only side effects were brain fog and headaches when starting, stopping, or adjusting dosage (no sexual effects on this drug for me). I then tried two others, which were more helpful for my symptoms but caused a semi serious reaction where my blood didn't clot properly. So I returned to the Zoloft and just did a higher dose, which was somewhat helpful. </p> <p>I did breastfeed on all these and didn't note any effect. </p> <p>This is how it affects me: I still have most of the same anxious thoughts, but my body doesn't have an anxious response. That part disappeared. The thoughts still cross my mind, but I can view them in a more matter-of-fact way since they aren't often making my heart race, chest tighten, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876416 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:05:38 +0000 Portboston 2876416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: you still deserve a high five! I had zero sex drive even for myself!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876405 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:24:40 +0000 pachamama 2876405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: oh God. Not sex. No no. None of that. These are self-created orgasms 😉<br /> @Sams Mom: asshole-er yassss lol.</p> <p>Ugh I'm so curious to see how it would help me but I'm SUCH a freak about having unwanted side effects and sleep and weight gain really scare me. More than being anxious which most days is very tolerable (some days are bad). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876375 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:09:22 +0000 Sams Mom 2876375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I'm an asshole, but PPA/PPD and day to day anxiety made me an asshole-er 🤦🏼‍♀️</p> <p>It made a world of difference when honestly I thought I wasn't that bad. I don't think it effected my libido anymore than pp in general though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-zoloft#post-2876373 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:59:54 +0000 Portboston 2876373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally felt like an asshole when I was going through PPD. Especially towards my husband. Being on Zoloft has made certain things way more tolerable and affected me less, in turn I’m less of an asshole. </p> <p>I wouldn’t judge the sexual side effects until you know for sure. I know they’re common but I have not had an issue with that. (Also 8 weeks pp!!!....gurl I didn’t even have sex until I weaned at 11 months!!! High five to you!) </p>