Originally Posted by L-Pink

I lost one of the best friend/lovers I've ever had to Zoloft.

First ... a non-Psychiatric related doctor prescribed the antidepressant following minor heart surgery, she later told me.
(why? what other treatment was to follow? how was her original problem to be overcome? when is enough enough? getting OFF Zoloft can cause severe depression)

Second ... She started to gain weight. This is a recognized side effect. 30 lbs the first six months. An additional 50-60 over the next year. Behavior and outlook on life started to change.

Result ... A model beautiful, well dressed, MBA with a great job, out-going 29 year old turned into a depressed because she's fat, chain-smoker to curb appetite, heavy drinker because she's depressed, slut to prove she is still desirable, lost her job and is now under employed due to her frumpy looks and unsociability.

At this time we haven't talked in almost two years, she makes up stories to mutual friends, has seen a string of losers go thru her, has never seen a qualified member in the Psychiatric field. Why her general practitioner prescribed Zoloft in the first place is unknown, her dumb-ass father told me it was for a heart problem and to leave her alone. I do.

I also think about her at least once a day, in the same way you think about someone close that has died.

Cowboy-up motherfucker, face your problem head-on, fuck Zoloft and related drugs.