when will zoloft stop anxiety

[teebug]

i lost my job about six weeks ago, and immediately became and anxious and started having panic attacks. i remember having panic attacks about two and a half years ago, and my doctor started me at 25 mg of zoloft and worked me up to about 150mg in three weeks time. i don't remember exactly how long it took for the anxiety to go away, i think about 5 weeks. this time she put me on 150mg of zoloft immediately. i have been taking the zoloft for six weeks now, and am not as bad as i was, but i am still feeling anxious, tightness in chest, difficulty taking a deep breath, etc. can it take this long for zoloft to work, should i be worried? it worked before, shouldn't it work again? i am still not working, so maybe that is part of what is keeping me anxious. also, would vitamins and exercise help, or would they make things worse?

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

The medication Zoloft is very effective for depression but is not a great medication for anxiety. Ask your doctor about switching you to Klonopin. Exercise will help but getting a job will help much more. Vitamins will help with your immune system but won't affect the anxiety level. Keep plugging away at getting the job, it's the best medicine.

[nana001]

i can surely answer that question take it from me  i suffer from anxiety and  depression but the good thing is that YES you can take vitamins actually  its better than the  pescriptions  meds there like pescription meds with out side effects doe i had a choices to take meds but i didnt i was to scared of the side effectsive talked to my counseler he told me to just take energy vitamins so i went to cvs asked the behind the counter dude is there any vitamin i could take for post partum depression and for anxiety he  showed  me these st.jhons wort and i dont get paid to do this ..hahaha. i dont but OH MY GOD do they work. i was so happy i havent had a panic attack or anxiety attack since i tryed them thank God  they dont have any serious side effects just when you dont eat wright you may feel nauses but they work any thing like omega 3 fish oil pills can help to with exercise just eat good sleep well  read the bible you cant do it on your own you need a helping hand build up your faith God would surely help you out talk to your doctor about these vitamins they help me and mabe just look itup in th internet st.jhons wort, b-12 vitamens and omega 3 vitamins give me an up date on how the things went