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Consumer Review: Zoloft Is Helping My Anxiety, But Not My Depression.
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I have been taking Zoloft for a month and a half now for panic disorder. The anxiety seems to have gone away but with this disorder also carries depression. I have not felt very uplifted by this drug. I was never really super down but I thought this might be more uplifting. The only side effects I have experienced is a twitching in my eye all the time and I am tired a lot. Does any one else experience any of this?
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Response #1
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I had the same problem...and Xanax relieved both the anxiety, the irregular heartbeat, and the accompanying depression. I also saw a panic anxiety specialist at the time and used as little of the drug as possible. But it really helped me regain control of my life.
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Response #2
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I am 22 and have been dealing with anxiety and depression for 3 years. I will make this brief, but I just want to tell you that Paxil is one of the best medications out there to help fight your battle against anxiety and depression. Please take my advice. I was so bad after I had my son I thought that there was no point anymore. My mom told me never to go on medication, but I just could not take it anymore. I finally went on Paxil, and after 3 months I feel better than I think I ever did in my whole life. Put it this way...I am me again.
Please don't listen to those people who talk bad stuff about Paxil. Yeah, there are side effects at first, but you do get over them. See if maybe you could get your medicine changed. I promise you won't be sorry. Remember this saying, "This tpo soon shall pass." All anxiety and depression does pass. I am living proof you just got to play the game right and keep the fight going. Good luck and please take my advice or look into other options. Nobody should have to live with this stuff. It is not what God intended for us.
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Response #3
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Gosh, this is the first I have checked on the web regarding Zoloft. I have been taking Pamelor (an anti-depressant) for years. I was told I had a chemical imbalance and would most likely need it the rest of my life. In the last year or more, I was having trouble just "coping"; not about anything in particular, it just seemed at times I was very frazzled and just couldn't handle any more of any thing. My new doctor said he understood and has added Zoloft to my Pamelor. I also take Xanax as needed for anxiety or sleep (usually 1, maybe 2 a day).
It seems in the last few weeks I am having a hard time just maintaining my control, my emotions; you name it. I have become very tired all the time and tonight my heart seems to be racing like crazy. That is one of the reasons I turned to the web. I have a lot going on in my life now and thought that was my problem. My daughter found a lump in her breast the same day my 44 year old neighbor died from breast cancer. (My daughter is 34 and just got married for the first time in June. She is my only child.) I travel 7 hours each direction once a month to spend a week with my 80 year old father since my Mom passed away 3 years ago. Dad has never written checks, so all his bills come to me to pay, along with my own. It seems like I could go on with my "problems," but I just don't know if it is that I have so much going on in my life or if starting to take Zoloft had some bearing on all of this.
I really don't have anyone I can just sit down with and really talk to. My boyfriend of 12 years and I just don't talk anymore. We are hardly ever in the same room at the same time. My three dogs who I'm home with all day have really started to drive me crazy, and my daughter lives three hours away and is a very busy professional woman. Unfortunately, I have never developed friendships with other women. Gosh, I did it again. I "pour my soul out" to anyone who slows down long enough for me to talk to, or as here, you are a captured audience...well, you can just delete me away...I don't mind. I'm ignored at home anyway. At least here I won't know that you did it.
One lonely lady
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Response #1 to Response #3
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I began taking Zoloft only yesterday, so I am not in a position to make judgement yet. Will try to keep posting (if I have the energy). Also started on Prempro.
My husband of 17 years attended his HS reunion and apparently reunited with an old flame. Nothing has been revealed, but it is something I am certain of. We continue to have a friendly relationship, but no longer do will he speak of our future plans. For most of my life, I have suffered from lack of energy and what I feel was depression. Over the years, I have gone to doctors to find out why I was always so tired, only to be told there was nothing physically wrong and that this too shall pass. Because my husband was my best friend and business partner, I really did not need or have the energy to pursue other friendships. Being saddled with depression and fatigue, I believe he lost respect for me. A situation that has brought this marriage to its current crisis.
I have a daughter, 33 years old who will be married soon. Her first marriage. I have a son who passed onto his Heavenly Father at the age of 18. I pray that this medicine will be the miracle to a positive future and, with God's help, all will be made new again.
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