Zoloft and dreams

I have been on Zoloft since June of this yr. I was depressed, had anxiety attacks that felt like heart attacks, racing thoughts, felt unnecessary in this world, cryed alot and felt like I was going to be fired at my job all of the time.
I feel better on Zoloft. My moods are more even. I work nights now and am alone from 5p to 11p. I have had headaches alot lately. My dreams are pretty vivid and I wonder if I lived it or if I dreamed it alot now as well. I asked my doctor about this product causing weight gain and she denied that it did. In fact she blamed the steroid shot I had for allergies this winter for the hunger I have felt. Maybe so, but I was eating before that and now that I have found this site I am afraid that it is the Zoloft afterall. I am on 75 mg's. I have felt a bit dizzy at times, blamed allergies, now I am not so certain. Also, after I eat I have been feeling nausea too. Zoloft? I do not know. Is there anything a person can take or do that will remove the anxiety, racing thoughts, depression etc without feeling other horrible effects to feel better? Now I am afraid to go off of the drug. I certainly do not want to return to the way I felt, or the mean mood swings or the pains that felt like a heart attack. I also sweat alot at nights while sleeping. Thought it was menopause? Don't know. What do we do? Other than the dreams, sweats, overeating, stomach upsets, racing to the rest room etc. I feel okay. HA.

I have taken Zoloft (100 mg) on and off for about 10 years. It is very effective at reducing depression for me, but it also dramatically reduces my motivation and ability to concentrate. Hence, I am always eager to get off the drug when I feel I am in a stable situation.

My most productive and creative periods have occurred about a month after stopping the medication. I have *never* had a productive period while on Zoloft.

The most dramatic side effect for me is nightmares, which generally occur when I am ramping up or down on the med (mostly the latter). If I miss several doses, I am often treated to horrific dream in which I go on a murdering rampage, or something similarly gruesome. They are deeply disturbing dreams, unlike anything I've ever experienced without medication.

I want to say first that I have been taking 50 mg. of Zolft now for about 5 years. I take it at bedtime. I hve only forgotten to take it once or twice in five years. The times I did forget however, I would have very strange images in the black space when I close my eyes. If I could get up and take it before going to sleep, in about 20-25 minutes the images would stop and I would fall peacefully to sleep. The nights that I did not take it at all I would have very strange and disturbing dreams. Even with these minor side effects, Zoloft is still one of the best things that has ever happened to me. It has made such a change in my life that I can't say enough good about it.

Oh and also! The first two weeks really are the worst. If you're out there and freaked out because the Zoloft makes you more panicky than you were to begin with, it will decrease and go away with time! The first day I took Zoloft I had continuous yawns and I felt drugged, like the world was a haze. I don't know that the haze thing has ever really gone away though - or maybe it comes back if you miss a lot of doses like I did last week..hmm. Anyhow. Second day, I was pacing around my house and office. I felt an intense need to move - again, super weird since I'm being treated for GAD. But, as I said, those intense side effects do go away. Even the sexual ones diminish with time. The ones that I've noted that stay are the lethargy, haze, and the dreams. Good luck!!

I am 20 years old and have been on Zoloft for 2 1/2 months. I totally agree with other posts in that I have had terrible lethargy and been sleeping 12 hours a night, when I am normally sleeping 7. I have also noted the foggy feeling, which makes me think I'm sleepy even though as I said previously I sleep like 12 hours a night. It does interfere with my ability to concentrate and sometimes I get concerned while driving that I will fall asleep or not be able to continue focusing. I really hate the dreams - I feel like they interfere with my ability to get good sleep, maybe they affect the REM or something, heck if I know. I also note incredible sexual side effects, however, they seem to be subsiding with time - and I hope that trend continues. What I am most concerned about is the hopelessness feeling. I have NEVER prior to Zoloft considered suicide or self-harm, however, in the past month I have begun feeling hopeless and worthless. I can't really explain why that would be because I really felt that I was improving on Zoloft. Thus, I can only conclude that it's possible hopelessness is a serious side-effect of Zoloft, one that some of us may not be able to deal with. I am going to a new doctor next week and hopefully he won't change me up too much. Oh and - seriously amplifies the effect of alcohol. So if you're a drinker and just beginning Zoloft, watch out! I lost control of my legs the first time I drank while on Zoloft, and I didn't even have much to drink. Again, I really fear that Zoloft, when treating patients with GAD or Panic Disorders may cause symptoms of depression (lethargy, hopelessness) and then we'll end up treating two illnesses, one of which is truly just a side effect of Zoloft. Hmm.. if anyone has any suggestions, pleast let me know! Thank you! And really, good luck. I believe this medication rocks for a lot of people - you've just got to figure what side effects you're willing to deal with, since most SSRIs give the dreams too.

I started taking zoloft again after a 9 month hiatus. The first week, I felt that foggy feeling, where nothing affected me, which in a way was kind of nice because before everything affected me. However, days later, I found myself sinking again, even to the point of suicide. Fortunately, my boyfriend caught me.
I told my doctor and he increased my dosage to 100mg and is considering putting me on wellbutrin as well. I'm constantly tired, I can't hold a thought, and everything makes me nauseous. I haven't been craving carbs, but I want chocolate. And the dreams are very lucid. I don't know how I feel about adding welbutrin to the mix, but I guess it's better than trying to kill myself

Suicidal thoughts/out of body experiences/dreams and feelings. Shaking/electric shocks. on 100mg once a day at night.

Now on zero.

I stop just like that. Decided stop it completely and don't go back. Took two weeks for withdrawl symptoms to stop!

No withdrawl symptoms whatsoever after that.

Stopping a psychiatric drug is like trying to stop smoking, it isn't easy, but with sheer determination it can be done. Just decide to stop and don't give up, no matter how bad the side-effects/withdrawl symptoms get.....it's the only way to do it.

I have dreams that i cannot wake up from. THey are not especially scary or violent, just scary in the fact that i cannot wake up from them and i know that i am dreaming. i will wake up at the right time in the morning, but feel like i had been dreaming for months. sometimes in the dream i am yelling at people to leave me alone so that i can wake up from the dream, and no one believes me that i am dreaming. i hate it, and plan on talking to my physician to see if this is normal.

I have been on this dug a month an a half..
I have headaches, temors, and bleeding during intercourse,
and spotting off and on, less sexual drive and an unreachable
orgaism.. I have had a few terrorable dreams, feel sleepy on and off during the day and have trouble sleeping at night. the only thing I can say good is I don't cry at all.. I have no feelings of sorrow and nothing at all bothers me. I feel like I should go off this drug the side effects are worse than my small problems..

Hello and good day to you.

I have been on Zoloft for about 2 months now.
100mg

and I have noticed that my dreams are quite
scary... mostly of an evil nature.

for instance. yesterday was one of the scariest
I ever had.

I woke up or thought I woke up, and the room was
sorta of spinning a little, and I felt real deep despair
like as if the world was ending. so I made a prayer to
god to please protect me, I felt as if there was an evil
presence in my bedroom, after that prayer I heard a sinister
laughter.... "Ha Ha Ha, we got you now" and my closet doors
looked as if they were moving ever so slightly back and fourth
I was very freaked out. I eventually got out of bed.

I was terrified.

please give me feed back.