I Am Upset

I am worried Zoloft permanently messed up my bladder. I went on it last year and ended up on a high dose. After a year I had terrible urination problems, always feeling like I needed to go, going and having barely anything come out, then immediately having to go again and not feeling any relief. It began keeping me up at night. Awful.

When I quit Zoloft it calmed down a LOT but was still present. I was off it for 6 months and my bladder issues still had not completely gone away, only reduced. I tried going on other ADs that weren't Zoloft but their side effects were even worse. So I am back on Zoloft, now on a much lower dose, but it is still aggravating the hell out of my bladder. I am worried that it has caused irreversible damage which is why it didn't go away even when I had been off it a long time. I did not have urinary issues before taking Zoloft. A lot of other people online have mentioned they had the same issue. This sucks and I don't know what to do about it.

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SW-User

Bladder control and pain is a known side effect. Talk to your doctor about it

Ananke · 26-30, F

@Nunos50: I have and she is not helpful and had never even heard of that side effect before. She just tells me to reduce my dose, so I do, the issues get better but the dose is too small to do anything for my symptoms. So eventually I go back on the therapeutic dose and bam, bladder issues again. Then she tells me to reduce my dose again. It's a dumb cycle.

SW-User

[quote]nighttime urination, unable to urinate, increase in urination, increase in frequency of urination, problem urinating,[/quote]

From uk medicine agency patient info leaflet... rare sife effects... your doctor sounds ill informed

Ananke · 26-30, F

@Nunos50 she only seems to know basic information about the medication. I've had this issue with her before as well.

I'm moving soon and will have a new prescriber then so I'll see what they say.