Allergic Reaction to Zoloft

I hated zoloft. It left me feeling very.. I don't know. I wasn't depressed, but I was content to just sit in bed all day, and do nothing. I didn't do anything at all while I was on it. I just had no desire to get out of bed. I wasn't depressed, but I was acting more depressed than when I was depressed.

Welbutrin worked for me much better, but if you think you can handle life without the meds, I recommend that route. I took myself off the welbutrin a few years ago, and never looked back.

I've had Welbutrin before at a very low dose for Migraines. They often prescribed low doses of anti-depressants to treat migraines. I remember there was an anorexic side effect to that, and I couldn't afford the loss of appetite, so I was taken off after a few months.

That was 10 or so years ago, though.

Do you have any pets? I can't remember if you do or not and tried to look through your photos to see if you did, but didn't see any. I did just scan them quickly though. If babies and children have a calming effect, then a pet could help too. Just a thought.
aww I called my grandmother Mimi too but I spelled it Meme

No pets. Lots of pet allergies in my family. Maybe one day Nic and I will have a dog - but it will be an outdoors dog. Or fish. I could go for some tropical fish. ;)

It effects people differently. Some people gain weight, others lose it. It's been 3 or 4 years since I've been on it, though- at least 2, because I stopped using it before I moved to Lansing. At the time that it was prescribed, I definitely needed it. But, when I went off it, I noticed that a lot of the manic episodes I was having stopped. I went away for a weekend and forgot my bottle, then forgot to take it for a couple nights after I got home. I took it again, and suddenly started getting VERY moody. When I realized that over the weekend, I hadn't been moody at all, I stopped again for a few days, and sure enough, it stopped again.

At that time, I opted not to go back on it, and haven't been on it sense.

I use xanax for panic attacks when it's needed. I got a prescription of 60 pills about 3 years ago, and haven't gone through even half of them yet.

I've taken Zoloft for several years and haven't had allergic reactions. But that really does sound like an allergic reaction to me. A few years ago my sister-in-law had given some medication to her toddler and he got a similar reaction. It was all over his face and neck, upper body and shoulders. I'm glad it doesn't itch for you! I hope that goes away quickly.

I used to take Paxil, but got addicted to it after awhile. I got really nasty when I would go off it, and that convinced me to stop taking that class of anti-depressants for at least a year. I haven't taken either one since last October. I'm doing fine even with the bipolar. But if I did go into another major episode, I would go back on it in a minute. The consequences are much worse than the side effects of the drugs.

My only other suggestion is to get an accountability partner. If you decide to go off the meds, at least have someone who will be honest with you and can spot signs of whatever reason you went on the medications in the first place. Someone who will not mind telling you the truth to your face.

I was diagnosed 15 years ago with bipolar, and it's taken all this time to recognize all the symptoms and to know when I'm manic and when I'm in a depressive state. Counselling helps in that, too. I highly recommend it!

Also, there are natural remedies in foods and other ways to channel anxieties. Learning about those would be a great help especially if you stay off medications. Sometimes I think we use medications too quickly and don't give ourselves a chance to learn how to cope first. We live in a great era where there is a lot of information about natural foods, alternative therapies, and so on.

I hope you can find the right balance.


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Thank you, Heather and Beverly. I do go to counseling with the VA. I have a social worker who also has Crohn's Disease, and I really took to her. I also saw the Psychiatrist, but I think I'm going to tell them I don't need anything.

I never took medicine for the anxiety other than the Ativan, and that was at a very low dose at night to help me sleep - since the anxiety was worse at night, and only since Nic left.

The other anti-depressants were all very low doses for Migraines, which I don't have a problem with much anymore unless I have a sinus allergy attack - but Benadryl clears that up pretty quick.

iam fine on it

Medicines can be sneaky in their side-effects. I finally found a pain medication (after believe me years of agony) that miraculously (I thought) made me feel so much better. Later I discovered it was ripping up my digestive tract, giving me a whole new area of problems.

Sounds similar to my husbands reaction to a similar medication (can't remember off the top of my tired head)... His happened his first day of full dosage though, and his itched like mad and felt like he had a sunburn!

Sorry it didn't work for you!

It sounds like you are having a reaction to it. I took zoloft but I didn`t like it at all. I gained to much weight from it and it made me have no emotions at all. I was just like numb. I never cried anymore, etc. I finally decided to go off of it. I had to be tapered off of it. I am so glad to be off of it. it`s much better.

We have all kinds of drug allergies at my house....just be careful with drugs that are in the same class...you'll probably be allergic to them also.

Sorry you had the allergy, but glad you weren't on it for too long.

I took Zoloft but it didn't do anything...

those darn allergies are a pain. Hope you get better soon

HOpe you are feeling better...PN

I hope your feeling better soon too. I take Ativan for anxiety also.

If you can function fine without the anti-depressants, then go without. I have been on Prozac for years. My doctor switched me to a different one because I complained about being so blah all the time. No happy times, no sad times. Just blah. Now I am on a different one (can't remember the name) and I have cut myself down to half a pill a day. I don't think I would have been able to do that without my c-pap machine. It helps me to feel a lot better.

I have tried that medicine twice, once when I was much younger and another time a couple of years ago.  I don't remeber if it worked though.  I take klonopin now though and it really seems to help out a whole lot.  Although, I still have to work with the meds to keep my anxiety down.  I am sorry that you had a reaction to this medicine.  I would think that would have been scary.

I have had allergic reactions to medications before and got a rash like that.