Zoloft for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder User Reviews (Page 5)

• dendoc
• September 15, 2011

"Have had a long history of having "racing" thoughts. Finally after many years and missed diagnoses with accompanying different medicines, my current Psych Doctor said that I might have a touch of obsessive compulsive disorder. He placed me on 25mg per day for a week, then 50 mg per day. Finally, I feel much better and my mind is finally more at rest. I was supposed to increase the dose to 75 mg after one week, which I tried for one day, but I had some weird side-effects that I attributed to the 75 mg dose. Back at 50mg and am happy with the results. Time will tell."

• Mary
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 12, 2022

"I had a mental breakdown, which I attribute either to late onset OCD or my OCD rearing its head. I couldn’t stop thinking and believing I had cheated on a homework in university 5 years ago, and wanted to get myself expelled from university. I had multiple people including a professor and academic advisor tell me it wasn’t cheating but I couldn’t stop thinking this. I had panic attacks daily until I went on Zoloft. I started on 25 mg of Zoloft and then went to 50 mg. Now if those obsessive thoughts start crawling into my mind, I can just brush them away. This medication probably saved my life, because I was getting to the point of considering suicide. I had zero side effects with this drug."

• Skitt...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 13, 2012

"I suffer from moderate to severe OCD (with mild depression due to it) and I was prescribed Zoloft. It helped me to control my obsessive thoughts, I was able to get fully-rested sleeps and I was more social and outgoing. Unfortunately, I stayed on it for only 6 months before weaning myself off of it due to weight gain (20 lbs) in a short amount of time and my lifestyle was a lot more active when I started taking it too, I also had very vivid and detailed dreams, which wasn't horrible, but it was nice to be able to fall asleep easier."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 4, 2012

"I am 14, female, and I am diagnosed with an anxiety disorder NOS, moderate depression, and dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking). I have been on 200mg for a few months now. I am much, much happier and more stable. My side effects have been dizziness, I haven't had weight gain. If I miss a day, I can feel a little depressed towards the end of that day. I have had NO relief from my skin picking. It may have gotten worse. I tried to add Wellbutrin, 150mg to my Zoloft. I took it two days and I felt AWFUL so I've stopped that. Looking into a treatment center, OCD specialist, or dermatillomania-specialized doctor."

• snowr...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 29, 2015

"in the year 1997 I was suffering form severe depression. Was put on 100mg of Zoloft and Busperone. I am taking zoloft now for eighteen years. Busperone for fifteen years. I am now off Busperone. Afraid to go off zoloft, don't ever want to go through what I went through for many years. I was on zoloft for 18 years, I have now droped down to 50mg. Plan to go on 25mg soon."

• cwilson
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 29, 2020

"I know for some this drug has done wonders. But in my experience it did nothing but make me worse. I had horrible IBS problems on it to where I had to go to a GI doctor. It made me unable to sleep, eat and enjoy life. I had no energy on it, at times it would make me have such bad anxiety that I would get hot flashes on my neck. I do not like SSRI's they do nothing but make someone fat and sick. but that is my experience. Did not do anything for my OCD issues or BDD issues."

• life...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 8, 2023

"As a 13-year-old, I was having severe panic attacks and anxiety, and intrusive thoughts about suicide. This led me to become so depressed I thought I would never be happy again. The medicine took a few months to work, but I remember one day just looking around and realizing how life felt livable again and not like a chore. I was on it until age 20 when I thought my life was better and I could 'get back to my normal self.' STAY ON YOUR MEDS!! Six months into being off of them, the panic attacks were back, and the intrusive thoughts were so debilitating that I had to leave college and move back home to be with my parents. I was scared of myself and thought I could never find a way out. I've been back on Zoloft for 2.5 weeks now and am already starting to see a change. Zoloft has saved my life twice, and it's absolutely worth feeling a little bit numb every once in a while because I'm also able to function as a human and be myself again. It's so worth it!"

• jonn...
• July 23, 2010

"I've been taking 50 mg of Zoloft for OCD now for 9 days. I stayed off medicine and dealt with the OCD for a long time until I could not take it anymore. Since I have been on it I've been improving everyday although I still do the same routines I seem to have let some go, and the constant worrying all day to the point where you are making yourself sick has improved so much. I'm finally able to joke with my friends and not have worry about something so irrational. So far I'm very happy I started taking the Zoloft, the side effects that I get are sometimes randomly during the day I can't stop yawning along with being very tired but I heard the sleepiness goes away after a few weeks. I've had a few headaches, dry bloodshot eyes when I wake up."

• menta...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 6, 2015

"for a long time I've struggled with OCD, trichotillomania, depression, anxiety, and adhd. now I take vyvance for adhd but for the rest I take Zoloft and I take 150mg everyday. btw I'm a 15 year old female. it's really helped with the anxiety and depression and my trichotillomania has gotten better with the use of the drug lamictal at night which is a mood stabilizer(50mg)"

• MsAno...
• April 17, 2013

"I have been taking Zoloft for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Obsessive Compulsive disorder. It has been seven months since I began taking it. I have been taking 50mg on weekdays, as it does not seem to change the effect of the medication despite what my psychiatrist has said. I feel as if it does significantly improves my anxiety, although I do have bad days. It has not seemed to significantly improve anything else; my Depression and OCD may have actually gotten worse."

• kelly...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 10, 2018

"While Zoloft did alleviate some OCD symptoms, it made me very hypomanic. It was not fun-- my thoughts were racing so badly and I said very inappropriate things at work. This drug will probably not do that to everyone, but even without me having bipolar, I had this reaction that I don't get with other drugs. It's not a bad drug for most-- just a warning that it may happen to others, bipolar or not!"

• jhunt...
• February 7, 2010

"I have had great success with Zoloft after only taking it for 1 week. I suffer from OCD and mainly intrusive and compulsive thoughts....I dealt with them for a long time (I'm only 18) but I'm feeling the effects of Zoloft and already it's great. I had side effects after the 1st pill (upset stomach, headache) but that was only for 24 hours after that and still to this day the only side effects I'm having is excessive yawning and a weird jaw feeling, which feels kinda cool."

• Bron
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 9, 2024

"I'm 21, started taking Zoloft a month ago for anxiety and OCD. I was obsessing 24/7 about food so much that I couldn't eat and was severely underweight. I had heavy feelings of anxiety in my chest daily over everything. I was being unfairly suspicious and accusing my partner. I had no joy in doing the things I love. After 2 weeks on 25mg and 2 weeks on 50mg, I'm already a totally different person. My appetite is back completely, although I still haven't managed to gain any weight. I'm sure it will come with consistency. I'm no longer being unfairly suspicious of my partner and feel quite comfortable in our relationship. I am spending so much more time reading, painting, and going out to do things because I'm not feeling burdened by obsessive thoughts surrounding the housework and what I'm going to eat or what my partner is up to. What's going to be will be. Anxiety is still there, but it's easier to calm myself."

• OCDan...
• February 9, 2021

"I've been taking Zoloft/Sertraline for 8 months. It didn't start working until I increased my dosage to the highest amount (200mg per day). For the first 8 months everything was great, I didn't have any OCD thoughts or obsessions and it felt like my life was back on track. Unfortunately, the drug stopped working in December 2020. I'm not sure why it suddenly stopped working but I just woke up one morning with my mind scrambled with OCD. I thought it might go away on its own but it hasn't. I'm really depressed and distraught. I don't think I'll be recommending this drug to anyone if it has a propensity to randomly stop working!"

• Anonymous
• January 25, 2010

"It really helped me years ago when I took it for about 16 months. It was a nice break from my OCD which is pretty moderate. I had to take 200mg a day for it to be fully effective. I did gain a few pounds and takes longer to orgasm. But it all worked fine. The sad part is you do have a trade off when you take these things. The good news is you can stop taking it for a couple days and then orgasm is normal as it has a short half life. Then go right back to normal on dosage. It quit working for me after about 16 months and nothing else worked so decided to just be without it. I would try it if you need to."

• Anonymous
• June 23, 2011

"The obsessive compulsive disorder didn't diminish much for the first few months or so. However, it made me a less tense person, thus much more relaxed and joyful. Side effects were very mild, however all colors became more pronounced, greener grass, bluer sky, etc. Quite nice... Some hand tremor as well as occasional postural dizziness."

• Peter
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 21, 2019

"Very nice however very poor for flashbacks in my subjective experience. It helped regain my life back from all irrational fears and troubles, it is a pretty good SSRI, but i needed an add on Antipsychotic to combat the other few issues Zoloft did not fix."

• GLO
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 15, 2020

"I started taking Zoloft 25mg with food for anxiety, well my stomach got really bad, burping to excess, bloating horrible finally I took it without food and still bad stomach. Then I started having panic attacks worrying anxiety even a little depression when I never get depressed. Now they switched me to escitalopram 5mg 1 pill 2 times a day ..some of these medicine are not good for older adults like 65 years and over..."

• Anonymous
• March 10, 2012

"I have obsessive compulsive disorder that seems to be increasing under the influence of Zoloft. If I miss a dose I have a really bad day, so I try not to. The Zoloft has helped my depression significantly though, so that is some relief. It is not the right medicine for me. "

• Chris...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 13, 2019

"I have suffered from OCD and clinical depression for 30 years. Everyone I know who also suffer with depression.; that took Zoloft have more problems with 'flat lining' we call it, which is when you have no feelings at all, no empathy, no crying or feeling when watching a movie . It's not worth prescribing"

• TMata
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 5, 2016

"Setraline has worked great for me! I have been on it for 3 months and take it for anxiety, OCD, and depression. The first 2-3 weeks were very hard as I feel I got every side effect listed. Headaches, more anxiety, the works! This is the second medication I have tried. I took Lexapro for 3 months prior to Setraline, but it didn't help me much (actually caused more depression). It took about 3-4 weeks for me to fully see the benefits of this drug, however it causes bluntness to my good feelings and extreme fatigue. It is very hard for me to function like this as I am a mother of 3 and need that energy/motivation to get around and not just want to lay in bed all day. I would rate it 7 with my OCD, 9 for anxiety and depression."

• fireash
• July 23, 2016

"I was initially scared to go on Zoloft, as I had been on it when I was 12 for depression and I was told I was a despondent zombie. I'm 18 now and have probably taken 10 different antidepressants. Two months ago I began having horrible intrusive thoughts, and this was the first drug recommended. I agreed to try it after some pushing from my doctor and more experimentation. The first two weeks was hell; I couldn't keep anything down. I lost 18 pounds in two weeks. My OCD is better but it's still not great. I had periods of derealization when switching doses and some of it has stayed. I'm currently on 100mg and probably going to up my dose."

• curtis
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 12, 2022

"I have been taking sertraline 50mg for 2.5 weeks with no effect other than heightened anxiety my dose has been upped to 100mg has anyone recovered from somatic OCD using sertraline. The only downside is having to wait another 3 weeks for it to work . Any comments that will help me would be greatly appreciated."

• Sad...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 10, 2016

"I'm a 28 year old female and took generic Setraline (APO-Setraline) prescribed by my doctor for treatment of my OCD for about a year. It worked pretty well and my obsessive thoughts were less intrusive and I felt at peace and happier. It also caused my metabolism to spike so I was losing weight. However after about 2 months, I started developing painful cystic acne. For a long time, I didn't link it to the Setraline I was taking as it wasn't a listed side effect. However, after trial and error of eliminating other causes, I finally decided to stop my Setraline to see if there could possibly be a link. Unfortunately, it really was the cause. By then, my face has been scarred so badly I really regret taking this med. :'("

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 12, 2023

"I have suffered from panic attacks and OCD for years 15 years. My OCD was recently diagnosed and now makes sense as to why the treatment methods and therapy I had tried were not effective for the panic attacks- as they are due to my intrusive thoughts. I was checking my pulse 100 times a day, going to the ER multiple times a week, and having multiple panic attacks a day. I am on 100 mg Zoloft after slow titration from 25 mg up. I did have gastrointestinal side effects and increased anxiety in the beginning (being that I have health anxiety, I get afraid of meds), but I have zero side effects now beyond slightly diminished sexual interest which is slowly coming back. I will add I do exposure therapy with a therapist and have a talk therapist and a meditation practice. I believe you need a multi-disciplinary approach to getting better. My intention has never been to make my symptoms go away, but Zoloft helped turn the volume down on the severity of my mental health condition. I recommend!"