Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 6:09am

Hello Everyone,
I am wondering if anyone can help me. I tried reading through the 
positings, but i am having terrible problems with my vision. 
Does anyone know if Zoloft can cause problems with your vision ? 
Sometimes i have tunnel vision, but generally i just can't focus on 
anything, lights have halos around them, and i have terrible 
headaches. I went to my eye doctor two days ago and he said i have a 
slight astigmatism with 20/20 vision. But two months ago i didn't 
have any of these problems. it all started about the time i had my 
zoloft elevated to 200mg. 

Please help me!!! i can barely function!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jon

Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 6:42am

Response:
Hi Jon, my husband has had eye problems ever since last summer when 
he tried paxil, I do think they do things to your vision as well as 
the whole body, you will get lots of good advice here, great people, 
good luck,

Joey

Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 10:32am

Response2:
IT's THE ZOLOFT!!!! Your dose is too high. All that serotonin causes visual 
problems -- and guess what, sometimes it doesn't go away. The same thing 
happened to me with Paxil -- certain lights made me feel like I was going to 
have a seizure, I couldn't focus my eyes, had no peripheral vision. People 
with head trauma also experience this -- but taking an SSRI is similar to 
having a head injury.

Trisha 

Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 3:58pm

Response3:
Welcome Jon, well I can almost bet it is the zoloft, 
alot of people complain of this, I still have eye
problems expecially lights, and I have not taken a
SSRI for 7 months alomst, remember all the SSRI's are
pretty much the same, paxil, zoloft, prozac etc....
the side effects are the same, how are you doing
otherwise, no panic or anxity ? Maybe talk to your
doctor about lowering the dose, but if you do do it
really really slow,  go to the files section on this
group and you can read alot of good stuff, (if your
eyes will let you), anyway let us know if you have any 
other problems, even if you dont think its the zoloft, 
it probably is, take care,

Cynthia