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Sertraline Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most Popular Types: Zoloft, Apo-Sertraline, Eleva (Show all)

Generic Name: Sertraline

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121 patient evaluations for Sertraline

prickly hedgehog

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

Bipolar I

Depression: 2

Mania: 2

Emotional: 2

Anxiety: 2

Compulsion: 1

External Stress: Moderate

Rx

53 F

Function: Moderate

Distress: Moderate
by prickly hedgehog
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**Purpose:** Bipolar Disorder *(Started Jul 18, 2007)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 11, 2010	100 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all
Jul 18, 2010	100 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Not at all

Date: Aug 11, 2010
Advice & Tips: decreases libido

Date: Jul 18, 2010
Advice & Tips: no problems

0 helpful marks

klmom

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

ALS: 12 yrs

Bi-Pap Wheelchair Feeding tube

Bulbar: moderate

Arms: severe

Chest: moderate

Legs: severe
by klmom
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**Purpose:** Depressed mood *(Started Oct 31, 2001)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 20, 2010	100 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

GameTime

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

Major Depressive Disorder

Depression: 1

Mania: 0

Emotional: 1

Anxiety: 2

Compulsion: 1

External Stress: Severe

26 M

Function: Moderate

Distress: Low
by GameTime
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**Purposes:** Depressed mood and Anxious mood *(Started Mar 02, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Depressed mood Perceived effectiveness	Anxious mood Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 05, 2010	50 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Mild	Always	Not at all
Mar 28, 2010	50 mg Daily	Moderate	Slight	Mild	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Dry mouth (xerostomia)

Date: Jul 05, 2010
Advice & Tips: Play around with it to figure out the best time to take it (morning vs night). Impact: I was still depressed, but didn't have any severe depressive episodes anymore. I was slightly happy for a few days, too.
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

Charlie Tango

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

GAD

Depression: 1

Mania: 0

Emotional: 1

Anxiety: 0

Compulsion: 0

External Stress: Severe

Rx Therapy

33 F

Function: High

Distress: Low
by Charlie Tango
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**Purpose:** Depressed mood *(Started Mar 01, 2002)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 01, 2010	75 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Somewhat
Nov 03, 2009	75 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Nov 03, 2009
Advice & Tips: Higher doses made me feel weird... sort of fuzzy or removed, hard to describe.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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wysiwyg

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

MS: 25 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate
by wysiwyg
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**Purpose:** Depressed mood *(Started Mar 12, 1997)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jun 25, 2010	25 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all
Jan 19, 2009	25 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Dry mouth (xerostomia)

Date: Jun 25, 2010
Advice & Tips: Take it every morning. Seems to help a lot...although sometimes I still get depressed. Who wouldn't with economy and ecology the way it is right now!

Date: Jan 19, 2009
Advice & Tips: Seems to keep my emotions on an "even keel"

0 helpful marks

Skeater

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 32 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by Skeater
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**Purposes:** Mood swings and Depression with suicidal thoughts *(Started Mar 27, 2002)*
Date	Dosage	Mood swings Perceived effectiveness	Depression with suicidal thoughts Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jun 16, 2010	100 mg Daily	?Can't tell	?Can't tell	None	Usually	A little

Date: Jun 16, 2010
Advice & Tips: Stopped all meds to see what was still needed.
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

tru2wrd75

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 16 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by tru2wrd75
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**Purpose:** Depression with anxiety *(Started Jan 05, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 11, 2010	50 mg Daily	Slight	Mild	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

lady-carissa

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Most

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: Little

function: Little

external_stress: Some

Stickman: most
Description:F39y
CFS:?y
FM:4y Dx
by lady-carissa
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**Purpose:** Fibromyalgia *(Started Feb 09, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 03, 2010	100 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

danellis

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

ALS: 4 yrs

Wheelchair

Bulbar: moderate

Arms: severe

Chest: none

Legs: moderate
by danellis
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**Purpose:** ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) *(Started Feb 17, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 03, 2010	50 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Sometimes	Not at all

Date: May 03, 2010
Advice & Tips: while zoloft definitely helps my speech to be more clear, there is a side effect which men would not like. it seems to inhibit the ability to have an orgasm. i have spoken to my dr about this.

1 helpful mark

lala2500

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

MS: 11 yrs

Mentor

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by lala2500
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**Purpose:** Anxious mood *(Started Mar 05, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 17, 2010	100 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Usually	Not at all
Apr 14, 2009	25 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all
Apr 07, 2009	50 mg Daily	Slight	Moderate	Always	Not at all
Apr 02, 2009	50 mg Daily	Slight	Mild	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Weight gain, Emotional withdrawal, Depersonalization-derealization, Fatigue, Fatigue, Dry mouth (xerostomia), Dry mouth (xerostomia)

0 helpful marks

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