Hi there. My family doctor recently put me on the generic version of Zoloft for anxiety and OCD. I read that it had a chance of causing gastro issues and, boy, did it ever. I took my first pill last night, and I was up about 5 times throughout the night with diarrhea. Is there any alternative that you guys would suggest? Lexapro? Others? Please, and thank you!
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Dear Intestines posted:Hi there. My family doctor recently put me on the generic version of Zoloft for anxiety and OCD. I read that it had a chance of causing gastro issues and, boy, did it ever. I took my first pill last night, and I was up about 5 times throughout the night with diarrhea. Is there any alternative that you guys would suggest? Lexapro? Others? Please, and thank you!
I never took Zoloft before right now I'm on 0.5 mg of Ativan twice a day and 20mg of lexapro once a day I think their working I've been on both for a month now I never ever taken these kinda meds in my life I'm 41 the strongest pill I ever taken was Tylenol but since my takedown I developed anxiety unfortunately and lack of sleep so maybe try lexapro it does take 3-6 weeks to get into your system.. Good luck
I've just started Zoloft (started half tablet/25mg) and had a reaction within 4 hours. So, here I am, doing a search for information. I'm going to persevere to see if I can build up a resistance to the side effect but I also took a pseudoephedrine based drug last night to stop the excessive reaction. (I found many years ago that pseudoephedrine will immediately help with reducing output...however, on the rare occasion, there can be a rebound effect)
Anyway, do you have an update on your post? Did you continue the Zoloft or did you go onto something else?
cheers
Liz
I thought Zoloft was going to rip my pouch apart after one dose. ativan (or Xanax) is my go to happy pill. Lexapro could have been one of the reasons for my serious hair loss after step one.
I take 50 MG of Zoloft and 1 MG of Ativan at night. And man has my body become dependent on them.
If I miss my Zoloft dose, I get these weird dizzy headaches (never got these odd type of headaches until I started taking antidepressants about five years ago)
If I miss my Ativan dose, I can't fall asleep.
I don't think neither seem to affect my digestive system but they sure affect other stuff.
It gets frustrating taking these pills. I got this surgery so I could get off the meds (Asacol, Prednisone, Remicade, etc), but now I gotta take these stupid pills (Zoloft and Ativan).
I guess you can't have your cake and it eat it too.