Hi all. I’ve just started my 5th week of 50mg of Sertraline to help me overcome my GAD which also drives some OCD type tendancys. What a roller coaster ride this is, not an enjoyable one at all. Day 2 / 3 were pretty good but since then I’ve been up and down like a yo-yo. Last Friday and Saturday I felt I was in a great place but since Sunday things have just gotten worse. It’s really bad today, I’m sat here at work signing up to this forum to try and make myself feel better and that these dark times will pass. In reality I just want to be in bed until this all passes but I feel I’d be letting others down doing that so I’ll slog it out.
Like many others I am having all kinds of intrusive thoughts about anything and everything, it’s exhausting. One that pops into my head a fair bit is that things will continue as they are and never get better and I’ll be riding this roller coaster forever more. From reading other threads on here I think week 5 is quite early days when it comes to Sertraline? Also that 50mg is quite a low dose. My Doctor will reassess things during week 7 for me.
It’s on my mind a lot whether I’ll need a higher dose or is it just a case of riding this out until week 8 to 12 and seeing how things are then? I appreciate we’re all different, I just want these low times to not happen any more. I guess it is a good thing that I also have some good moments? Though they’re still dwarfed by the feel bad moments. It does give me some hope that Sertraline will end up working for me. If anyone has any tips how to get past the thoughts that’d be great to know. I’ve tried breathing, distraction etc. The other week in the gym literally my whole gym session I couldn’t shake the thought I was having, even though I was pushing myself really hard exercising. That’s never happened before, most annoying.
I’m not entirely sure what I’m actually asking here, I guess just looking for hope that things will get better….
Thank you to anyone who takes time to reply to me