[loreak]

Hi all, so I have been on zoloft for probably 3-4 years but I have noticed changes along the way and just in general it doesnt seem to work like it used to.

I really started it because of SA and just being depressed in general, but I never went to a doctor. It seemed to really help for a while and I noticed some other positive improvements such as my temper, it really mellowed me out and it made it much more difficult to "get under my skin". I am really starting to have some of the original problems again as well as new symptoms that I am not sure what they mean.

So here are the symptoms I am trying to figure out

Anxiety - I stopped going out and end up making excuses alot so I don't have to go out, it helped for the first couple years but has since slowly deteriorated.

Concentration - I have an incredibly hard time focusing on anything, even if it is extremely interesting I find myself jumping around articles without really reading them even through I want to. I am always looking for what is next, I skim through articles but don't really read them and after i finish reading a bunch I really hardly remember what I read, at least not in any detail even when i focus on my concentration. This carrys over to tasks and how I multitask, I am always jumping around from task to task never really focusing on one and moving to the next. This is completely contrary to how I used to be, and I feel like I am not learning anything and I am in a fog.

Motivation - In general I was very ambitious before zoloft and initially, but that has subsided and I am perpetually in a steady state and have no interest in doing anything above and beyond.

So I don't know if there are common terms for some of these but I am looking for info about them and what people recommend.

 

[loreak]

I just ordered some modalert to try to help my concentration issue.

 

[loreak]

anyone?

 

[downbutnotout]

I can relate to the lack of concentration sometimes. If i am feeling depressed or anxious, i do that.

I've never really had any motivation.

And i dont go out, at all. I always made/make excuses why i shouldn't be somewhere, because i am afraid of people and making a bad impression.

When i tried medication, it didn't help me. The more i stay in, the worse my anxiety is getting. But there is no way out right now. I literally have nothing to do.

 

[loreak]

i hear ya, i do the same thing but i do force myself to go out at least once in a while but i do make excuses when i can. sometimes when im out i feel myself wanting to be at home even though i know i wont really do anything.

what medication did you try?

i'm thinkin about trying wellbutrin with my zoloft, ive heard a lot of people liking that combo.

 

[wxolue]

hypoglycemia maybe? can cause temper outbursts, anxiety, irritability, confusion, lack of brain function, and a host of other problems. Im gunna ask my doctor about it because she said the only abnormalities in my blood was low blood sugar.