Zoloft

Hi friend, if you are seeking advice, my advice would be to take the medicine as prescribed and see how you feel. If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to a professional ☺️ The 2nd half of your post feels like you might be seeking reassurance vs. advice, but it is most important to remember that all people react differently to medications. Some people may get numb to emotions at 50mg while others feel emotions intensely and some might gain a bunch of weight on 25mg while others lose weight. It’s normal to be scared when trying something new.

I am on 200mg zoloft! 100 in the morning and 100 at night. It was such a game changer for me. I have lost weight and i have A LOT of emotions haha. Just my experience t

Hi there! I've taken that medication before! I don't remember my full expereince, but I think it helped me a lot! I switched to citalopram though! I don't remember why; it might have been making me feel worse because I might have been taking it inconsistently or just at a higher dosage. I think it helped me for a while though! Everyone responds differently to medications! I think that forming your own opinion and experience is the best call to make when starting a new medication :) There can be several reasons a medication didn't work well for someone on Tik Tok!

Zoloft helped me a lot too when I first started it. I didnt gain any weight. I did experience mania for two weeks however, but it leveled out and soon I started feeling a lot better. I dont remember feeling numb on it until my second time being on it, I had tried a new medication because my OCD is very severe so it didnt help me completely. But I struggle with numbness both on and off medication so that may not have been the zoloft. Youre on a pretty small dose so its unlikely you will feel or experience anything drastic, if you do your psychiatrist will take you off the medication pretty much immediately anyway, so dont worry too much!

I was on zoloft, I gained no weight I actaully lost weight. it didn’t workout for me but it wasn’t a bad medicne!

Hey I’m on that too! I started on 25mg, then 50, then 75, now 100mg. I have GAD and OCD too but also struggle with depression and panic disorder. I was told Zoloft is good for OCD and the panic attacks. I’ve been on it since June and was moved to the 100mg at some point in early July. My issue on the lower doses was that I wasn’t able to have my compulsions reduced enough. My main one is scratching, but it used to get to the point of bleeding so even though I’m in a couple types of therapy it was important that it at least doesn’t get that bad so I’m not continuing to be injured. (I hope to be off it at some point after a lot of therapy). So my compulsion is still here, and a new one popped up recently of doing this tight blinking thing but it’s a lot better than it was. (Though the blinking is only very rarely). I still get panic attacks too but they aren’t as frequent. In terms of my emotional state, I still struggle. Stuff triggers trauma sometimes and it’s just really hard. I never became numb. But it always depends on an individual’s body whether or not they’ll get certain side effects. It’d be good to check your family’s history with ssris or other medications in general since it’s likely you’ll react similarly (if possible).

People go up to 200mg on Zoloft. It’s not really that therapeutic (feeling a change) until at least 50mg, especially with OCD which often needs higher doses anyway. I’ve been on it for years and the weight gain has been a combination for me (and I’ve only changed like 1 size and used to worry about this too). If anything it makes me want to live life more because I’m so anxiously overwhelmed by my anxiety (which in turn can create depression)