Zoloft is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitorsZoloft is used to treat symptoms of major depressive illness (including bipolar disorder or manic depression). Major depression is a serious medical illness causing mood and physiological changes that significantly interfere with a person's daily functioning. A persistent sad or empty mood accompanies changes in appetite, sleep, and activity level; loss of interest in usual activities, decrease in sexual desire, difficulty concentrating and remembering, slowed thinking and movement, feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and guilt; and sometimes suicidal thoughts and actions.Usually several of these symptoms must be present for at least two weeks for a diagnosis of depression to be made. Zoloft has also been shown effective in relieving anxiety, insomnia, and psychomotor agitation that sometimes accompany depression
Zoloft is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitorsZoloft is used to treat symptoms of major depressive illness (including bipolar disorder or manic depression). Major depression is a serious medical illness causing mood and physiological changes that significantly interfere with a person's daily functioning. A persistent sad or empty mood accompanies changes in appetite, sleep, and activity level; loss of interest in usual activities, decrease in sexual desire, difficulty concentrating and remembering, slowed thinking and movement, feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and guilt; and sometimes suicidal thoughts and actions.Usually several of these symptoms must be present for at least two weeks for a diagnosis of depression to be made. Zoloft has also been shown effective in relieving anxiety, insomnia, and psychomotor agitation that sometimes accompany depression