Reviewer: D1nonlysnshn, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I have been a "highly funtioning" depressed person for many years: life of the party, witty, intelligent, charming, intelligent conversationalist, highly successful at the top of the food chain in my field, ...until I got home. Work was an escape from myself for me. If I had no weekend functions to attend I would be catatonic, only getting out of bed to use the bathroom. I had always f ... Show Full Comment

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I have been a "highly funtioning" depressed person for many years: life of the party, witty, intelligent, charming, intelligent conversationalist, highly successful at the top of the food chain in my field, ...until I got home. Work was an escape from myself for me. If I had no weekend functions to attend I would be catatonic, only getting out of bed to use the bathroom. I had always felt like an outsider, looking in on life, trying to imitate what everyone else was doing, but never getting it quite right and others sensing that I was a fake. I retired in Jan '17. Not having work as an escape anymore, in Dec my depression got again very bad. I talked to my girlfriend and she recommended sertraline as it has helped her. On 5 Jan, I saw the doctor, she prescribed 25mg as a started dose for 8 days, then 50mg, with a follow up 6 weeks later to see if the dose would need to be increased. I experienced loose stools, wake/sleep cycle issues, decreased appetite, jaw tightness and jittery feeling initially. I experimented with taking my dose at night because it seemed that immediately after taking it, I had to go back to sleep. Taking it at night then kept me up. So I went back to taking it in the morning, as I figured it was a matter of me getting used to the med. It has only been 2 weeks, but it seems like a lifetime ago. The anxiety subsided first, then my depression. I no longer think of the smallest thing as the greatest catastrophe, my thoughts are no longer chasing around in my head like a bunch of squirrels and I am off the emotional roller coaster. Thoughts from my past no longer send me into apoplexy. I no longer feel like a walking dead person-dead on the inside, waiting for physical death to catch up with me. No not suicidal-many years ago I came to the realization that I can only live once for a limited amount of time, but death is forever. Also, as long as I was alive, I always had a choice, but once I was dead, there was no coming back.
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Reviewer: THAI_PATIENT's, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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It's work for me, how ever I feel some triggers came out by medication side effect. (BTW I'm a few patient that feel sleepy after take med.)

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It's work for me, how ever I feel some triggers came out by medication side effect. (BTW I'm a few patient that feel sleepy after take med.)
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Reviewer: Matt, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I'm on only my 4th day with Sertraline, 50mg, Aurobindo branded. My first prescription and my first attempt at beating this. They helped me immediately within 30 minutes of taking my first. My outlook and spirit has lifted hugely. I feel less fear to think about and talk about my problems and begin beating them. I have some intermittent shaky vision from them, but not so much it's a conc ... Show Full Comment

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I'm on only my 4th day with Sertraline, 50mg, Aurobindo branded. My first prescription and my first attempt at beating this. They helped me immediately within 30 minutes of taking my first. My outlook and spirit has lifted hugely. I feel less fear to think about and talk about my problems and begin beating them. I have some intermittent shaky vision from them, but not so much it's a concern. Also my appetite is strange. I'm getting hungry, but quickly feel full during a meal. I take one tablet daily and the effects are lasting long enough to get me to the next tablet without any problem. I have a 28 day prescription with counselling to begin very soon. I will update if anything changes.
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Reviewer: LIFE IS FOR LIVING, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I probably was always prone to mild depression and the odd mood, but the strain of looking after my aged and ill father for about 4 years 24/7 took it's toll. As my wife said at times it was like treading on eggshells with me. I was put on 50mg of Sertraline and after a week or two I felt human and happy again. I came off the tablets last week after about 3 years (had tried after one but it ... Show Full Comment

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I probably was always prone to mild depression and the odd mood, but the strain of looking after my aged and ill father for about 4 years 24/7 took it's toll. As my wife said at times it was like treading on eggshells with me. I was put on 50mg of Sertraline and after a week or two I felt human and happy again. I came off the tablets last week after about 3 years (had tried after one but it was too soon) and feel fine. If I suffered any side effects then not sure what as some things could be put down to getting older although not too old, just coming up 59, but feeling tired at times and yawning is about as bad as it got. Maybe some colic but easily sorted with the very occasional domperidone pill. Anyway for me Sertraline was good.
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Reviewer: Jennifer, 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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There is a difference between sertraline and Zoloft (generic vs. brand name). Not all sertraline manufacturers are the same. I take the one made by aurobindo. After taking it for over a year (after a 15 yr break from name brand Zoloft which didn't give me any trouble), I started waking up with severe anxiety a few mornings/week. I feel like something terrible is going to happen and had to take ... Show Full Comment

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There is a difference between sertraline and Zoloft (generic vs. brand name). Not all sertraline manufacturers are the same. I take the one made by aurobindo. After taking it for over a year (after a 15 yr break from name brand Zoloft which didn't give me any trouble), I started waking up with severe anxiety a few mornings/week. I feel like something terrible is going to happen and had to take an inventory of what's going on for the day so I could calm down.I have breakthrough depression where I'm depressed for twenty minutes or so, then it just disappears for days. I get really tired but have trouble sleeping. I also get shooting pains through the side of my head and more "regular" headaches on top of my typical migraines. I've checked on this and there are issues with the generic. I'm going to see if I can switch to the original Zoloft or ask Walgreens to change manufacturers. Look up your manufacturer, check out other people's experiences and print it out to show your doc if you need to. We all know that some don't like to listen to patients. The first generic manufacturer was green-something. I did get an *extremely* dry mouth and eyes, but after a few months it got better.
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