Autism, Zoloft, and social interaction

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For those of you on Zoloft, has it helped at all with social interaction?

I started taking it back in 2004, after a week or so the 'good' feeling wore off, and I became suicidal.

The doctor who prescribed it made me keep taking it for about five or six months, in spite of the fact that I told him time and time again how bad it made me feel.

Zoloft is poison, avoid it.

I was a zombie on Zoloft too.
I didn't even notice that other people existed.
That would be a big "no" to the social interaction question.

I was on it briefly and I don't think it's a good drug if an anxiety-based disorder is the primary issue you struggle with, vis-a-vis social interactions.

Just a thought but, if were autistic aren't these medications and things designed for NTs and our brains are different meaning that perhaps they could possibly be damaging or so?

It's always made me wonder.

I'm on Zoloft and its helped me not so much socially but I feel a lot better than I did before I took it.

I'm on Zoloft right now, have been for about four months, and I've found it helping with over all anxiety. (That's why I started taking it originally) It kind of helps with social interaction, in the sense that I'm not so tense, and so I enjoy the social interaction more.

I've tried like 60 different prescription medications over the years including 12 different antidepressants. The only drug that ever helped my social skills was Adderall XR, it vanquished my social anxiety and gave me the ability to talk (sometimes too much) within an hour of taking the drug. My executive functioning vastly improved as well, and my grades went from 60s to low 90s. Unfortunately I couldn't tolerate the side effects and quit the medication(loss of appetite, rollercoasting mood, taste alteration, feeling jittery/wired, insomnia). None of the other stimulants helped my social skills, not Dexedrine, Vyvanse nor any Methylphenidate concoction.

At least I got the opportunity to experience what it was like to have social skills and live without social anxiety.

It made it much easier to just say what people want to hear. Also much easier to be universally docile and compliant. At 37.5 mg, I didn't care about anything any more.

Too bad it also made me so tired that the day was over and my energy was totally spent by the time I managed to pick up the house, cook a single meal, and wash the dishes.