I just been prescribed Zoloft for the second time in my life. The first time i took zoloft was 6 years ago, it was the first and only antidepressant that worked for me. It felt like a miracle, it took away my anxiety and depression, and worked slightly for my OCD. I was on 50mg. But after two years, i fell into relapse and had a new set of obsessions, and mental hell followed thereafter. It felt like zoloft stopped working. My psychiatrist then raised the dose to 100mg. Still nothing worked. I never took anything over a 100 of zoloft.
By then i started a seeing a new psych and they switched me to celexa, didnt worked. then i took prozac, no improvement. after that, it was luvox, viibryd, and anafranil and then a combination of luvox and anafranil, nothing worked. So now im back on zoloft for the second time, only this time im taking it with luvox. And im wondering will it work? Please help.
Will Zoloft work the 2nd time for me??
Question posted by empire5sb on 29 Dec 2012
Last updated on 29 December 2012 by Anonymous
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hello empire5sb, i'm danielle. i read your post & will soon find out if zoloft will work as well for me now as it did 12 years ago when i took it for about 2 years. like you, this was the 1st anti-d i was ever prescribed or had taken. i felt a lot of overall improvement in myself during the time i took zoloft - OCD wasn't an issue for me 12 years ago but depression & anxiety were. you said it helped with your OCD a little bit, but not a lot? I am wondering if there is something else that can be prescribed along with the zoloft, for the OCD symptoms? Let me know if you find anything out and good luck with your new combo of zoloft and luvox
Hello empire5sb. Yes. It can work. Being off of any given drug for some time and restarting on it often is what helps the drug to be effective once again. Your body has been Zoloft free and hopefully will accept the drug as it once did. The addition of the luvox will also help. Chances are high that your system will respond. Best of wishes, pledge
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