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Difficulty In Getting Sleep, Restless Legs. Taking Zoloft. Can I Start Taking Zoloft At Night?
I take the generic form of zoloft and often have trouble falling asleep at night. Not sure if the zoloft is the reason or not because I also think I have restless legs. Anyhow I was wondering if I changed from taking the zoloft in the morning to taking it in the evening if it would help? Seems I am tired during the day and even in the evening but when I go to bed I just toss and turn and find it difficult to fall asleep.
Mon, 25 Mar 2013
Hi there, thanks for asking. Zoloft is a very good medication, but it can cause restless legs especially for people who have a positive family history of restless legs. There are good medications that can control restless legs like some medications from the class of benzodiazepines or some ergo medications which act on the dopamine system. It is also good to check your iron level to see if you have anemia to treat it. It can cause or aggravate restless legs and also tossing and turning in bed. i wish you a good health.
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Zoloft is sertaline. It is a drug of SSRI class. It is a very good antidepressant and anti anxiety drug. It has variable effect on sleep. In some persons it causes sedation while in others it may have no effect on sleep or it may cause insomnia. So over all action in unpredictable. If you want to take it in evening you can do it in consultation of your psychiatrist.
And if sleep is really a problem then other drugs like zolpidem, zopiclone can be taken for some time. Please visit your psychiatrist for opinion.
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Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi
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Zoloft is sertaline. It is a drug of SSRI class. It is a very good antidepressant and anti anxiety drug. It has variable effect on sleep. In some persons it causes sedation while in others it may have no effect on sleep or it may cause insomnia. So over all action in unpredictable. If you want to take it in evening you can do it in consultation of your psychiatrist.
And if sleep is really a problem then other drugs like zolpidem, zopiclone can be taken for some time. Please visit your psychiatrist for opinion.
thanks
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi
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