Zoloft and anxiety panic

I started on 50mg just over a month ago for anxiety / panic attacks. I don't feel so anxious any more and haven't had a panic attack since I started :D. At first I kept yawning all the time but I'd expected this and it went away. But recently (for a couple of weeks now) I've had persistant jaw tension. That's the only side effect I notice now. It gets better and worse but it's really bothersome. Does anyone know if that will go away or if I should try lowering my dose?

weight gain started almost immediately i gained 20 kgs during both pregnancies on zoloft. Although my anxiety/panic and outbursts of uncontrollable anger, and irrational thought patterns all stabilized remarkably on zoloft I have NO interest in sex, and uncontrollable urge to drink alcohol and I cannot stop until i pass out. Also, void of emotion ...haven't cried in years despite traumatic events that have included the deaths of grandparents, a divorce in the family and a miscarriage. Each time I try to go off this stuff I end up experiencing amplified symptoms of my original problems as well as severe depression and paranoia so I get scared and go back on it.

I have been on Zoloft for about 2.5 months. This is due to increased anxiety/panic attacks that I would have. The first month was torture. Three weeks in I thought I needed a white coat with silver buckles on the back. After the 5th week things finally started to level out. I sleep 110% better. I do have the diarrhea issues - as long as 3 weeks at one time. I've had about a 10-15lb weigh LOSS. Overall I'm very pleased with how it's worked out for me

I was first put on Lexapro for anxiety/panic attacks and that was way to strong for me-I felt very tired and had bad abdomen pains. So my doc switched me to Zoloft. Bad idea. On Zoloft, at first i felt very bad brain fog and had a panic attack every day for at least the first two weeks of being on it and after that went away, i got a pins and needles feeling in my lips and face and hands sometimes too. I panicked about nothing and it gave me really bad moodswings. I would be slap-happy one minute and in tears the next. Or I was just a real B*tch sometimes too. I was very moody. All that went away about a month later and then I got HORRIBLE headaches, so she switched me from 25mg to 50mg. SO MUCH WORSE FOR ME! I had horrible horrible migraines every day i even had to call off work twice it was so bad. She switched me back to 25mg and the headaches still continued. I was on it for a month and a half or 2 months and i gained 10 lbs. at least. I went back to her and she finally took me off the medicine. I have been off it now for almost a week and feel terrible. I have brain fog very bad, feel dizzy and loopy when walking around, sever stomach pains, still eating more and gaining weight, i just feel REALLY out of it! I can not concentrate at my job! BUT MY HEADACHES HAVE VANISHED AND THE DREAMS/NIGHTMARES AT NIGHT ARE GETTING LESS SCARY AND LESS OFTEN!! I hope to lose all side effects within 2 weeks!!!!

I just started zoloft for anxiety/panic attacks/depression I can't sit still and I am always drowsy and fogged up. When I exercise I cannot get motivated and give up. I run Cross Country for High School and im not sure If i should stay on the zoloft im scared it is going to affect my running.
Does anybody know if it affects running?

Hi my name is beverley. I have had problems since i was a small child,i have suffered with my nerves,OCD,anxiety,panic attacks etc etc.I was put on stelazine(triflouperazine) at the age of 7 and was left on it with no help or review till last year i have been on sertraline(lustral for around 5 years now and am getting increasingly more ill. I am constantly foggy,confused,forgetful and feeling like there is a brick wall in front of me. I have awful dreams and thoughts,i am suffering from unexplained bruising,slight incontinence,No sex drive,headaches(migraines) and also am producing breast milk.My GP just shrugs and says oh well its something and nothing.after looking at this site im wondering if anyone can give me advice from experience.AS i feel alone and have even begged for help but feel constantly dismissed.Thanks

I had been on Zoloft three years ago for anxiety/panic attacks
I must say that it had helped me tremendously. For three years, until a major stress triggered my anxiety again, I was doing quite well. Let me just say this, as with any medication, whether it be OTC Tylenol, Advil, Fleet enemas, etc. all medication do not agree with everyone's system. We have people who are allergic to Penicillin, but does that mean we ban it or take it off the market...NO, we find something that works for us. So please do not think that it's the medication you are taking, it may just be that this particular medication does not work with you or your symptoms. Try asking your doctor to switch you to another medication. Remember not all bad medications are prescriptions.