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Posted by jeaniebeanie832 on May 22, 2002, at 21:51:27
I've been on Zoloft for about a year and I feel as if maybe I would be better off without it. I've noticed that I have been experiencing memoryloss, weight gain, and headaches in the last year. Let me put it to you this way - I'm 31, I know that the memoryloss is not due to my age! And, the weight gain...let me tell you...30 lbs in 1 year! And, the headaches...its more like electrical surge! I've read about the weight gain and headaches...but memoryloss? Does anyone know if Zoloft can cause memoryloss or memory problems???? HELP!!!
Posted by JonW on May 22, 2002, at 22:31:59
In reply to HELP!!! Can Zoloft Cause Memoryloss???, posted by jeaniebeanie832 on May 22, 2002, at 21:51:27
I found this post in the Tips. I'll paste it below:
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From: RMRich1@aol.com (Roberta M. Richardson, M.D.)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 22:39:30 -0400
Subject: Memory difficulties from sertraline
(http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Word-finding-difficulties-.html)
I treated a woman in her fifties who developed memory problems significant enough to impair her on the job, on sertraline. It reversed completely when sertraline was stopped.This was not a word-finding or apathy problem. She complained of neither of those. It was forgetting things that she had been told or even things she had done.
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Posted by rainbowlight on May 22, 2002, at 23:32:08
In reply to HELP!!! Can Zoloft Cause Memoryloss???, posted by jeaniebeanie832 on May 22, 2002, at 21:51:27
I am experiencing the exact symptoms you are having, I started Zoloft a month and a half ago. I have the short term memory problems too. It stops once you stop the med though, for me anyway. Boy these Zoloft headaches are bad huh? Feels like my head is going to explode. I am hoping they go away in time. I hope you feel better soon.
Posted by lrw on May 24, 2002, at 19:18:26
In reply to Re: HELP!!! Can Zoloft Cause Memoryloss???, posted by rainbowlight on May 22, 2002, at 23:32:08
I was trying to order something over the phone today and the woman on the other end asked me if my order was in numbers or letters, I couldn't tell her. I was looking at AZZ and couldn't tell her if they were numbers or letters. What's up with that? I find that I do this quite often. It happened with Paxil and it went away when I got off of it.
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