Posted by Adam on August 20, 2001, at 16:26:53
In reply to dating someone on zoloft, posted by vicki on August 20, 2001, at 12:24:40
I took Zoloft for quite a while.
"Behavior"? I'm not sure what you mean. If your new companion has an anxiety disorder, the "behaviors" he might display would be indicative of someone with abnormally high anxiety. If he has an obsessive-compulsive disorder, he might exhibit ritulized behaviors used to cope with obsessive thoughts. If he has an affective disorder, he might behave like someone who is deeply unhappy, someone who has trouble feeling joy even when good things happen, and perhaps reacts with hightened sensitivity to adversity.
Zoloft is prescribed for a variety of psychiatric disorders. I think his behaviors, if untreated, might have been simply more intense or more ideosyncratic than the day to day behaviors you would expect any "normal" person to display. I don't think you need to be afraid of who he "really" is off of the drug. You might not even be able to tell the difference unless you knew him well before.
As for regular dosing, drugs like this typically are slow to take effect, and if stopped, are relatively slow to lose effect. If he missed a dose on occasion, I would imagine nothing at all would come of it. If did not adhere reasonably well to his prescribed dosing schedule, then he would probably derive no benefit from the medication, and hence you wouldn't see any great change, whether he tood the drug on occasion or not.
> i just started dating a guy who has been on zoloft for 2 and a half years. What type of behavior does zoloft help? What type of behavior can i expect if he doesn't take the daily dose?
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