Sertraline

Sertraline (brand name: Zoloft) is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Sertraline affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Zoloft is among the most commonly prescribed antidepressant medications. It is used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, PMDD, and PTSD. The history of this drug starts with tametraline. Tametraline is the parent of a series

oxalate, Forest Labs) have been compared with respect to antidepressant efficacy, effects on sexual functioning, and safety in 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Wellbutrin SR® (bupropion HCl) Sustained-Release Tablets and Zoloft® (sertraline hydrochloride, Pfizer) have been proven comparably effective in treating depression and accompanying symptoms of anxiety in 3 double-blind, randomized,

When you begin a prescription of Sertraline, or Zoloft, as it’s marketed, you may be told to imagine the dopamine receptors being scrubbed, washed, and rinsed. This is supposed to allow you to have a better understanding of what the hell is happening to you. I started Zoloft when I was 13 after a series of activities that my suburban, Texas-born parents were not excited about. I was lucky, really, that they didn’t just put me in a program for troubled youth like they had promised, or told me to

the past, but most of them were label used off, that is, they were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA. The current first-line FDA approved drug treatment are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRI: the medications sertraline, Zoloft and paroxetine, Paxil. These drugs are antidepressants that can help symptoms of depression and anxiety(Berger, Mendlowicz, Marques, Kinrys, Fontenelle,

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is caused by traumatic events such as wars and physical abuse. Patients with this disorder must undergo a variety of treatments to control its symptoms. Each culture is affected differently since people are raised based on their own culture’s beliefs. Gender also plays a big role in how the patients react to the disorder showing how the cultural view of gender changes the perspective of PTSD, there are different types of therapy that help to control it, desensitization

Antidepressants are psychiatric medications that are given to patients with depressive disorders to alleviate symptoms (1). Examples include bupropion (Wellbutrin), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), and sertraline (Zoloft) (2). They can help fix chemical imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain which cause changes in mood and behaviour. Antidepressants can be used for a wide range of psychiatric conditions, some examples include: social anxiety disorder, anxiety disorders, and dysthymia

Psychogenic amnesia, also known as dissociative amnesia, is a type of memory disorder differentiated by abrupt retrograde memory loss that can last as short as a few hours to as long as years. Individuals with this disorder block out specific information generally related to a traumatic or stressful event, which in turn makes him or her unable to remember any relevant information. It is not to be confused with general amnesia. The memories of the event are in the brain but the person is unable to

Somatization Hunter Boumans Central Louisiana Technical Community College • DEFINITION- Also called Briquet 's syndrome, it’s a psychiatric disorder in which the patient conveys mental distress with physical (somatic) symptoms. This is an unconscious phenomenon and is not similar to other disorders such as malingering. There is no cause for the physical symptoms with this disorder. For example, someone with anxiety may have reoccurring headaches with no cause. • POSSIBLE CAUSE- The exact

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD; what is it, what are the symptoms, how is it diagnosed, can it be treated, what affects does it have on the family? As I have personally seen PTSD; these are some of the questions I asked myself on weekly bases. Now that I have reoccurring thoughts about my personal situations, I find myself asking some of the same questions after each deployment. I wonder I am going to come back the man I was or come back an unrecognizable void. I have done extensive research

First, one possible solution is taking certain medications that can be given from your doctor. Antidepressant medicines like serotonin medications including fluoxetine, paroxetine and sertraline which help you feel less stressed and sad. Second, many soldiers go to counseling to ease their stress and depression. Counseling helps the soldier to understand thoughts and cope with feelings from the war so they can get back to their normal activities