Did anybody felt better when taking zoloft?

Yes yes yes!!! No joke it took almost all of my ocd away

My brain also feels less cloudy and I feel more alive. I can focus and think better

I’ve been on it over a month and it has helped a lot. It doesn’t make the thoughts, compulsions go away, at least for me, but it has helped me have the energy to get out from the depresssion and do things I enjoy. It has also helped me to be motivated to do treatment. Also helps me to have a “who cares” attitude which sounds awful but is very helpful for ocd sufferers but we tend to analyze everything and care way too much. It’s helped me to think “ok maybe my ocd mind is trying to tell me this but you know what I don’t care and I’m going to live my life the way I want to live it”. I highly recommend it. If your doc only prescribed 10 mg you might want to talk to your doctor about the international ocd foundation recommendations for ocd medication dosages. Some ocd sufferers need up to 200mg for it to be effective. This is not uncommon and does not come with very many side effects. That being said, any SSRI can come with weight gain and sexual dysfunction. I’ve found the weight gain can be solved by simply eating healthier and keeping up an exercise routine. Sexual dysfunction- PLEASE try and be open with your doctor about this. I experienced this on lexapro but have not experienced this on 50mg of zoloft. My psychiatric nurse practitioner told me if it does happen to let her know and they can simply play around with the dosages to suit your needs. Best wishes to you and hope you feel better!

Wow that's my problem now is OCD and anxiety is making my brain cloudy and I can't focus and my memory is taking a hit. My Doctor Prescribed me with 10MG of Zoloft a month ago but I've been so afraid to take it.

Thank you so much Carly! I really appreciate I feel optimistic now on taking zoloft ? and @christina do you feel like it helped?

I was terrified to take it too, but the worst thing that happened was I was really tired for like 2 days and after that I was totally okay. It takes about 4 weeks to completely kick in, but I’m on 50 mg and for me it worked SO WELL. I still get the thoughts sometimes but a million times less frequent and when I do I don’t really care because I know it’s just my ocd ? I recommend it!! It also really helped my brother too!

I just started taking zoloft 2 weeks ago

Its nice to read from people it helped

I am phobic of taking medication myself

Zoloft is very safe! As long as you follow the directions of the prescriber you’re golden! ? make sure you don’t skip doses, don’t abruptly stop taking it and don’t take more or less than they prescribed! (Sorry I’m in nursing school hahahahah)

Are you guys all in the USA? Just wondering if this can be prescribed in U.K.

Thank you for the info! And yes I am from the USA.

I’m on 40mg Prozac and feel no different. Maybe I just need a higher dose?

Zoloft really helped me initially, I stopped taking it after about 9 months just because I had felt like it at first drained me of any feeling and then I slowly gained it back but I didn’t want to rely on it. Thinking about getting back on it if I simply can’t manage on my own

@alex it maybe too soon for me to tell it's only been 2weeks for me and I'm also on mirtazipine (remeron) at night doctors want me to go up to 50mg eventually I'm super nervous about increase I've had an extremely hard time with finding right medication