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Gee.
I took Zoloft, and it pretty much took my entire sex drive away - as well as a lot of my emotion. I become a highly functional and cold blooded Vulcan.
These things work differently though, for different people, at different doses (and most antidepressants reduce sex drive apparently). But I think that Zoloft has a relatively bad record on sex drive, based on the data that I've been able to find.
In terms of the side effects. Most people seem to agree that with anti-dressants, the side effects start right away. The positive effects take much longer. In fact, with Zolof, I felt shit for the first few days - then emotionally I was very negative for a week. After that I came good (except for the sex drive as I say).
My advice is this... if you got the prescription from a regular doc, chat to them about alternatives. There are alternative drugs. If it's a regular doc, you might want to research the drugs first. GPs seem a little vague on this stuff and the suburban GP is used to fairly uneducated patients it seems. When I raised the side effect thing, I was forwarded to a specialist - who was much more useful in terms of knowing relative effects.
(Of course, they charge more).
On the other hand... you might be wired different to begin with... Take care of yourself during the first few weeks though. That'll pass. Also... a little tip. These things reduce salivation, which is bad for your teeth (partial fact here, and partial option/speculation on my behalf). You might want to take extra care with oral hygiene and diet - to save yourself big money on dentists later.
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