Love and Zoloft

I started taking zoloft probably 3 months ago. i loved it at first... but now I think I hate it. I feel totally emotionless toward my boyfriend, whom I know I love, and have no other reason to lose feelings for him. My sex drive is like zero unless Im drunk. I keep getting annoyed at him, and when Im around him Im just like bored and bleh. Has this happened to anyone else? I fuckin hate all these medicines... this sucks.

 

Man... I have to get off of this stuff. has anyone tried st. johns wort? Idk what to do, im so tired of living my life this way... happy, sad, happy, sad. Damn. I need to get off of this crap. Ugh, What should I do? How do I quit without wanting to kill myself?

 

get off it unless the need is extremne
all these meds tend to fduck ya up worse then ya were already
your 18, your suposed to be havin a hard toime figurin out life now..itrts called growing, mnedicating away the effects life has on u only keeps u from growing

yopu have to learn to deal with life without chemical dependencies..


im not saying if the need is extreme..life or death type thing that u shouldnt go on taking the meds to keep u goin, but, if u can stop (slowly, getting off the crap can screw u up too0 then u shjould...and find better ways to experience feelings and deal with being a more feeling person

your feelings guide u through life
bad ones teach you to make changes, good ones guide ya where you want to go..they shape who you become

not experiencing them wiull leave u in a slumber, ya drift through life wioth no guidance, no purpose..
just a never ending haze

ask yourself....do you really really need a pill to get ya through the day?
(unfortunately, side effects of alot of these pills do convincve u that u do nreeed em..they make your life worse then it was, devoide of love, devoid of emotion..ofcourse u must need a pill to get throiugh that empty hollow day...

sorry i really dont agree wioth medicating away problems unless the needs extreme
and often i find the meds make the situations 100 times worse

 

quite slowly
very..add st johns wort..
havbe help..your bf or whoever..some1 to stay with ya 24/7 if need be..


what makes u want to kill yourself?

feeling hopeless?

zoloft can be the cause of these thoughts ya know

getting off them and away from suicidal thoughts takes time and effort and care, ...and a commitment by you to get through it, detox and g\ive it a chance

but you'll want to be monitored and have suport and help

and u gotta realize while u clear yoiur mind your thoughts wont be able to be trusted..

as u step down the dosage u can expect things to be bad a few weeks while u adjust..

 

Thanks soaringeagle. I know I definitely need to get off of it. I'm thinking about doing it in the summer. Its winter here, and thats enough to bum me out. I hate this stuff.

 

I used to be on Zoloft and it didn't do a damn thing for me. I hate taking medications as well but sadly I've been medicated since 15. I'm on Prozac now and that does help but I hope to get off of that soon. Do you suffer from panic attacks as well? Because I can deal with the depression as I get off of them but I tend to go off the walls with panic attacks and that's what ends up making me go back on the meds again. But I'm sure that once you start the process you'll be just fine. Just take each day as it comes and be thankful for the small things in life.

 

I used to be on Zoloft and it didn't do a damn thing for me. I hate taking medications as well but sadly I've been medicated since 15. I'm on Prozac now and that does help but I hope to get off of that soon. Do you suffer from panic attacks as well? Because I can deal with the depression as I get off of them but I tend to go off the walls with panic attacks and that's what ends up making me go back on the meds again. But I'm sure that once you start the process you'll be just fine. Just take each day as it comes and be thankful for the small things in life.

 

I used to be on Zoloft and it made me feel that way - all emotionless. I certainly felt that way. It was a bitch to go through withdrawl off that stuff, too.

 

Zoloft, like Prozac. is a serotonin-reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and one side effect of these drugs is the decrease of the sexual drive. So I've read...
When I took Zoloft, it made me feel terribly tired when I got up in the morning, I felt like I had to go to bed instead of gettin out of bed...

 

No but I've tried rhodiola rosea which is better! All SSRIs can cause PSSRISD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_SSRI_Sexual_Dysfunction

-and-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome

The only ones I remember that don't have sexual side effects are mirtazapine and bupropion. But all carry a risk of cause tardive dyskinesia and other EPS if used medium-term or long-term.

If I was in your situation I'd start taking RR & 5-HTP and taper off the SSRI very slowly, under medical supervision.

There are good forums for SJW, RR, 5-HTP and SAM-e here:

http://sjwinfo.org/forum/

Good luck with everything.

 

I dunno the whole story, but if you've been misdiagnosed, Zoloft might fuck with you bad... I'm bipolar. My idiot neurologist (For you psych haters, it was not a psychiatrist, so there) put me on it for OCD (which I have, less now than before, but before it was waaaaaaaaaaay bad, like, washing my hands after tossing something in the garbage bad) and it turns out I'm bipolar. It drove me mad, because it threw me into a non-stop manic state... Then I started doing inhalants... That being added to the equation made me psychotic and I almost killed myself like, 30 times in one week.

 

most antidepressants do this. i've been on zoloft, paxtine and currently effexor. effexor has the least effect on sexual function but they all fuck you up to some extent. i don't feel they're really doing anything for me anymore.
lately i've been weening myself off them and i go from total lack of interest and complete inability to climax to raging sex addict with nothing but THAT on my mind.

it's a mad rollercoaster.

and the tired thing, that's a classic symptom. some of these pills screw you over so hard, all you want to do is sleep.

 

OP:
What are you on Zoloft for?
You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but I'm better giving advice if I know why you were put on it.

 

i was on zoloft and seroquel........which by the way you dont want to be on because everyone i know who has been on that combination either killed themselves or it made them worse......i know that after i got on it one night after i got my scrp filled i just downed both bottles and a glass of jack daniels......but still woke up the next morning......
I am on welbutrin now and it helps a little bit.....but now that i am a civilian again I am going back to my whole foods vegetarian diet...no stimulants, no sugar, gluten in moderation....and herbs. When I followed that regimen it is the only time in my life i felt somewhat normal.

 

I hear that from people on zoloft a lot. they say it kills sex drive. My expereince was the complete opposite. After started taking it(a year and a half go) my sex drive went through the roof and I had the hormonal impulses of a 16 year old ironic since I had virtually no sexual desire when I actually was 16).

As for feeling emotionless about your partner I've felt the same way. Zoloft is the kind of drug that makes you emotionally numb.

With me I was emotionally numb before but sometimes anymore I feel like a emotionally detached robot, especially when other people get emotional about things and I feel like I should be the same way but can't.

 

i felt really goofy happy when i first took it a while back, then i started to feel more like a robot and emotionless. and no sex drive at all. i would just get annoyed at my boyfriend and didnt care about anything, like getting a job etc. be extremely careful when you ween yourself off of Zoloft, i didnt have the money to buy more, and weened off with less than i should of, and got extremely depressed, and had the side effects of "suicidal thoughts". i couldnt even get it out of my head.

 

Before being diagnosed with ADD last year, I had taken Effexor, Paxil, Welbutrin and Lexapro. Effexor, Paxil and Lexapro made me emotionally numb and question my love for my husband and son; I didn't care much about anything. Also, Lexapro destroyed my short-term memory and the w/d was terrible... and, I had no ability to climax on those three at all. Welbutrin didn't do much and I didn't notice any sexual side effects.

I am on Adderall now and the depression is gone, but I still have issues with anxiety. I'm just dealing with it for now, but hope to find something someday that isn't habit forming.

 

as someone who grew up in mental/behavioral schools, I REALLY support you in wanting to get off of these prescription "happy pills" seriously, idk exactly how to explain it, but it changes you so much. i've seen so many kids on it.. it's just not normal.
I have an ex girlfriend who's on 11 pills a day and she has a blank stare, I can spot the stare as I like to call it..
these pills actually eventually can induce suicidal thoughts, everything just gets worse when you build up a tolerance to it, and in higher doses it just makes you stupider.

STOP TAKING THEM
wean yourself off of them.

 

I have a huge problem with depression, but these drugs scare Buh-Jesus out of me. First of all the doctors are all PIMPS for the drug companies. I don't know for a fact, but I'd bet money that they get kickbacks or some sort or reward for pushing this shit.

My first & only experience with this garbage was when I mentioned to my doc that I had depression & no sooner than the word came out of my mouth, he whipped out a sample of Lexapro and started singing its praises. Told me it was the latest greatest new depression drug. Takes the same nuerological path as St. John's Wort, totally safe, blah blah blah. As I walked out of his office, sample in hand, I noticed a jar of Lexapro pens, and other SWAG in the lobby. Seems the Lexapro sales rep had just been there.

When I took it, (only half a pill to try it) I noticed my emotions became dull and jaded. I found depression more agreeable than being a zombie. So I stopped taking it and started doing some research online & found out my doc is a lying sack of shit. Lexapro, it seems, has all the problems as all the other anti-depressants. People get numbed out and depressed and try to kill themselves! People's stories about this and other similar drugs were absolutely heartbreaking.

So, I got myself a recommendation for medical cannibas and starting using it as a depression cure and I've never looked back. I smoke a litttle 3 or more evenigs per week and, voila!, no more depression! I was dedpression-free for 2 solid years and when I decided to cut back, the depression came back. Now I'm sold more than ever on the ganja!

 

Just be careful... Zoloft and St. John's Wort are contra-indicated by most doctors and natropaths. ie you can take one or the other but not both at the same time. I'm told it can make depression worse. What you need is to be active in an earth saving cause babe.
Peace