Q. I am wondering if my daughter is supersensitive to the side effects of pharmaceuticals, as I am. One of the documented side effects of Zoloft/sertraline is urinary incontinence and bladder problems. My daughter is no longer on the drug, but she still suffers these side effects four years after stopping it.

We have tried everything we can find to help her: naturopath, allopathic, chiropractic, homeopathic, and every imaging imaginable. Recently, she was prescribed antibiotics, which only exacerbated the problems.

How can we reverse the damage? She just turned 21, and she is miserable. It’s no way to live in the teen years.

A. You are correct that SSRI antidepressants can cause urinary incontinence in about 1.5% of patients (Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, June 2002). Sertraline

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