Posted by catcrazycarmen on March 4, 2004, at 8:35:13
In reply to Re: Lexapro vs. Zoloft (sexual side effects) » SPhobia, posted by theo on March 3, 2004, at 23:12:08
Hey S Phobia and others, your right about Zoloft working well on anxiety. At least for me it's true. That's one of the reasons I am so reluctant to switch. Zoloft is a great drug for me in so many ways. No mood swings,no PMS,no anxiety. I just function so much better on it. I have been off and on antidepressants for the last 15 yrs. and as you can imagine, I've tried too many to count. I've been on Z for about 3 yrs. now (and twice in yrs past)and it just always does the trick for me. All the other drugs I've tried either didn't work or had side effects that were just unbearable. Also, a little note to anyone new to the antidepressant experience; I hear a lot of people talking about trying a particular drug for only a short time and then switching because of an undesired side effect. The truth is (and I'm speaking from lots of experience) that most of the drugs are going to have some unpleasant side effects at least in the beginning. BUT you really need to stick it out for at least a month or two to give your body a chance to adjust. Most of the time the most annoying side effects like insomnia, tremors, headaches, diarrhea, dry mouth and others will go away. And once they do you may really like the drug. The first time I got on Zoloft yrs ago it gave me all of the above symptoms plus loss of appetite for about a month. The diarrhea and insomnia were particularly bothersome. But now I'm really glad I didn't give up too easily because I would have passed up a really good thing. That's not to say that some SE's don't go away. I've had that experience too. Like with the Wellbutrin, I was so irritable and that never went away. Then with Effexor, it worked great on anxiety and I liked the way it made me feel but it just made me SOOO sleepy! I was on it for about 3 months hoping that the sleepiness would subside but it never did. It also gave me really bad headaches but those went away after about 3 weeks. Someone else was talking about how the same drug affects each person differently and that is SO TRUE! Each person's body reacts differently. Unfortunately, with AD's you just have to keep trying until you find the one that works best for YOU. But don't give up.
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