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Old Nov 24, 2018, 05:58 PM
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My brief period (6 months) on Sertraline has been that it sapped my creativity and basically made me not want to do anything, not feel anything. I just sit at the computer and watch videos and occasionally walk around, or eat, or go to the bathroom. I just don't have any drive to really do very much of anything, except what is needed for continued survival. I don't even want to watch movies and series!

Is that normal?

It's a good anxiolytic (?), but I wonder if its anxiolytic effect derives from the fact that I don't care anymore...

It was good though in relieving my psychosomatic ailments.

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Old Nov 25, 2018, 12:20 PM
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Hello Hasnan: I can't comment with regard to the effects of Sertraline. Hopefully there will be other PC members who can. However I noticed this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral. I hope you find PC to be of benefit.

One thing you might consider doing, if you're planning to continue posting here on PC, is to introduce yourself to the general membership over on our new member introductions forum. Here's a link:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/new-...introductions/
Thanks for this!
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Old Nov 25, 2018, 12:23 PM
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Hi Hasnan,

I have taken sertraline (we call it Zoloft in the US), and I didn't have the side effects you are experiencing. But meds affect different people differently. If you think it's doing more harm than good, talk to your doctor about it. I don't recommend going off it without talking to your doctor.
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Old Nov 25, 2018, 12:24 PM
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Hello Hasnan: I can't comment with regard to the effects of Sertraline. Hopefully there will be other PC members who can. However I noticed this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral. I hope you find PC to be of benefit.

One thing you might consider doing, if you're planning to continue posting here on PC, is to introduce yourself to the general membership over on our new member introductions forum. Here's a link:
Thanks.
I will do that.

Regarding the topic: I can't get my *** up on SSRIs. It's just all "blahhh"...
(I've been diagnosed with Depression and SAD)
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Old Nov 25, 2018, 12:34 PM
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I can't get my *** up on SSRIs. It's just all "blahhh"...
(I've been diagnosed with Depression and SAD)
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Old Nov 25, 2018, 02:23 PM
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I noticed that asking my PDOC to reduce the dosage helped. It was making me feel too emotionally flat, interfering with sex. Plus she wrote the prescription to take 1/2 pill in the morning and 1/2 in the evening saying take the other half after sex but I just take the 1/2 pill in the morning only.

So ask for something else or reduce how much you are taking. Being tired and unproductive sounds unacceptable....
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Old Nov 26, 2018, 12:10 AM
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zoloft...aka: soul-off...is notorious for numbing emotions, even compared to other ssri drugs (they're all pretty bad w/ apathy, amotivational syndrome, etc.).

switch to wellbutrin, maybe? non-drug treatments? benzodiazepines or lyrica, gabapentin instead of an antidepressant?
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Old Nov 26, 2018, 08:05 PM
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zoloft...aka: soul-off...is notorious for numbing emotions, even compared to other ssri drugs (they're all pretty bad w/ apathy, amotivational syndrome, etc.).

switch to wellbutrin, maybe? non-drug treatments? benzodiazepines or lyrica, gabapentin instead of an antidepressant?
Soul-off... good one

I thought about adding a noradrenergic drug with 5HT2-antagonism... e.g. Nortriptyline, Mirtazapine...

Bupropion is problematic, because I have Social Anxiety Disorder and my BMI is 19.

Maybe Amitriptyline? It isn't as serotonergic as Sertraline and isn't zombifying as SSRIs.

Pregabalin is very interesing, I have read countless positive reports regarding Anxiety Disorders. I would like to try it.
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 11:05 AM
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I noticed that asking my PDOC to reduce the dosage helped. It was making me feel too emotionally flat, interfering with sex. Plus she wrote the prescription to take 1/2 pill in the morning and 1/2 in the evening saying take the other half after sex but I just take the 1/2 pill in the morning only.

So ask for something else or reduce how much you are taking. Being tired and unproductive sounds unacceptable....
I am already on the lowest therapeutic dose (50mg). It's definitely better than being on 100mg, but nonetheless the problem still remains...
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Old Dec 01, 2018, 06:23 PM
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Shall I taper off that ***** Reuptake inhibitor? Not sure... my next appointment is in 3 months and I don't want to wait.
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Old Dec 01, 2018, 06:23 PM
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zoloft...aka: soul-off...is notorious for numbing emotions, even compared to other ssri drugs (they're all pretty bad w/ apathy, amotivational syndrome, etc.).
Yes, I have read about it.
Strange, considering that it has some DRI properties...
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