Hi, all

New poster here...

My wife is an un-diagnosed (by a MD, only) ADD person. Her symptoms had been pretty mild until a few years ago. For a number of other reasons, she was put on ZOLOFT for panic disorder and depression.

I have noticed during the time she has been on ZOLOFT that her symptoms have gotten worse by orders of magnitude.

She's not taking any ADD-specific meds, and is pretty resistant to the concept.

Has anybody noticed this?

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I tried Zoloft and I felt like a monster half the time. It completely cancelled out my ADHD meds and I was always really angry when I was on it. Has she been dx'd with ADHD or evaluated for ADHD or Bipolar? I have read that sometimes a bad reaction to ZOloft alone can be an indicitor of bipolar which as some similar symptoms to ADHD. I personally hated Zoloft and went off it within a few weeks.

Started on zoloft and stayed with it for 2 years and it stopped working. Went to effexor, wellbutrin, and paxil(big mistake) after 5 years I am back on zoloft. No problems and I take adderall for add:)

I take Zoloft (high dose) and Adderall and Ritalin (tiny doses) as well as Risperdal for anxiety, Trazidone for insomnia (from the others), and Requip for the really bad side effects of muscle cramping.

I'm very OCD plus ADHD (or is it ADD? not sure in my case). The doctor says there's a difference between "hyperfocusing" because of ADD and "obsessing" because of OCD. The first is supposed to be fun, and the second not fun.
All I know is that the Adderall undoes the anti-obsessive meds (by causing me to focus) while the Zoloft makes it really hard for me to focus.

So, in answer to your question, yes.

I take Zoloft (high dose) and Adderall and Ritalin (tiny doses) as well as Risperdal for anxiety, Trazidone for insomnia (from the others), and Requip for the really bad side effects of muscle cramping.
It seems like your taking a lot of medications. Did you ever try to quit or lower your doses for any of them? I also get agitation from the zoloft. Do you know anything I can do for it? Thanks.

Sometimes I skip them. The only one that's a real problem when I miss it is the Risperdal. I get weepy and irritable. And if I take the others and skip the Requip I get terrible, painful, muscle spasms. I haven't been on any of them for a year yet.

What exactly do you mean by "agitation"?
Do you mean jiggling a foot or do you mean being easily upset?

What exactly do you mean by "agitation"?
Do you mean (a) jiggling a foot or do you mean (b) being easily upset?
:( I mean that I may go from being calm to a more angry state. Sometimes, I'm speaking to my mom in a normal voice and than she'll say something and all of a sudden I will just start yelling at her for no reason at all. :(

:( I don't think that is right. I want help but don't know where to start. :(

This may sound like something out of a 12-step program, but recognizing that you have a problem is a great beginning.

I had been to a variety of psychologists and a couple of psychiatrists over the years, but didn't even begin to discover the answer to my problems until I told one psychologist that I was depressed over my job, but that if it wasn't the job, it would be about something else.

In other words, all the other sessions and therapy had been bandaids.
Sometimes very useful bandaids.
But this time the goal is to discover what makes me behave in ways I didn't/don't want to be behaving, and why am I feeling so bad all the time.
The mystery has yet to be totally solved, but at least I feel like I'm on the right case.

Ever since I was a child I've thought my brain worked differently than most other people's. Many years ago, a friend in a senior-level college class remarked about my comments during the class that she liked the way my brain works. Unfortunately, many people find it rather annoying.

It's possible that what feels like anxiety to me, feels like anger to you. It could be a function of age or gender differences.
And it seems my anxiety and depression and OCD are separate from the ADHD, but that they complicate each other.

I have a doctor who is both a psychologist and a psychiatrist, which works for me (and my insurance coverage!).

I hope you find someone to help you find a way to gain a greater measure of control over your thought life and actions.
Otherwise, it feels like being in a prison, which is depressing, and which might even lead to a real prision with physical walls.