Hello, its my firs ttime posting on here after reading many messages on the forum already. I started Sertraline around 5 !/2 weeks ago. I started with the horrible side effects of insomnia, heightened anxiety etc...both have subsided but am not yet feeling any real benefit. My sleep and appetite have improved somewhat both of which were quite impacted before I started the medication (symptoms of depression).
I guess I am just looing for reassurance that it is going to work. I felt like I was losing the plot a while back - highly anxious negative thoughts and a really low depressed mood. I started at 50mg, moved up to 75 and now at 87.5mg.
Thank you for feedback
C
Hi Chris thanks for reply I ask myself ... Do they really work ? As 3 half weeks and never felt so crap and worse than when started .. Just don't know no more
i never took a tablet today and I had my energy back and a little smile felt like weight lifted as tablets made me feel like a walking zombie ... Not nice feeling
hi,been on sert 50mg for 6.5 wks.Having a really bad spell after a week of feeling great (even went to wk)I cannot function at all at the moment -lasted 5 days so far.Anx returned,i shake,sick,insomnia again,slimey poo-how long is this rough spell going to last i ask myself.A previous rough spell lasted 3 days.How long were u on 50?How did ur doc increase your dose ?
im sitting thinking to myself what are these tablets all about as im trying to perservere but how much can u take of them making u feel worse and feeling like ur not in the real world .
My doctor is amazing she takes me through step by step of each tablet and what to expect while taking meds. She sits and listens and as a fully qualified doctor shes also a qualified psychiatrist. She explained to me she went through anxiety and depression herself at my age mid to late 20s. She tried sertraline and many more. She explained to me that sertraline never started to work untill 7 to 8 weeks and was progressive in nature, more and more better days so dont give up to soon. She has explained to me that some people need a higher dose or lower dose so its working closely with your doctor that needs to be something for you. I will tell you that after being on 50mg for 4 weeks and 4 days myself im really starting to see things for the better. After 8 weeks you still feel rough or its not working then a higher dose or change of meds needs to be discussed. I know how you feel though into a fire and into another. Dont give up
Yours is whats called a poop or a blip at the 6 to 7 weeks mark she explained to me that with all medication that when things settle into your system that some people feel rough for 1 to 2 weeks and this is nothing to worry about its called realizations when serotonin is messed up for so long it takes time to adjust to normal. Its like stopping smoking for 3 weeks you get your energy back and then it crashes and you start the healing process and all that tar and rubbish starts to come off your chest and you feel rough for a few weeks.
Hi Scott it's great to find someone who knows a bit ! So when am i gonna feel normal/stop these aide effects do u reckon?At 4 wks I felt great then fom then on ups + downs.It's 7 weeks on tues at 50mg.Do i increase or sit it out + wait?
ok thankyou for the reasurance maybe i will carry them on but go back to just taking 25mg not the 50 as i have a child aswell and being knocked out all the time is not good and where i have social phobia it hightens it even more so im like a hermit !
Any medication i start i get the whole story not just the oh youll be fine in a few weeks ect what some doctors say. What your experiencing sounds to me your dose needs to be adjusted maybe bump it up to 75mg but ask your doctor and if it was me id wait till 8 weeks in that week still no change definitely talk to the doctor. Im going to up my dose myself at 8 weeks but only to 75mgs and that is only if im just feeling ok. We all want to feel amazing. Id also like to ask you do you drink coffee tea whats your diet like do you smoke ect
Yes totally agree, 25mgs is supposed to be a great start for social anxiety so take what your happy with. But if the 25mg is doing nothing to you then a higher dose will be needed for leveling you out
when u up ur dose do u go back to square one with all the horrible symptons again ? this is my 3rd week of 25mg but no better than when i started them to be honest just worser cos everything is more hightened and sleepy spaced out ....hard to keep taking em !
hi -one cup of tea a day,dont drink,dont smoke,try + eat (difficult) ,drink 3 cans of fanta a day to ward off hunger
Can i just ask what your taking them for and will explain to you
Sugar is more addictive than cocaine, i know this very well as i cant stop drinking coke. When i stop drinking coke i get withdrawal symptoms like everyone else, mood swings,heart flutters,weak stomach,acid reflux the list is endless. You need to wean off fizzy pop but do this slowly. Maybe 2 cans a day then week 2. 1 can a day. These all add to anxious symptoms when your loaded on sugar and when you crash you feel awfull headaches tired mood swings ect. Maybe why you might feel rough as im the excact same my friend
hi scott i have bad social phobia one of the symptons is fear of blushing , i drink coffee is that bad then on tablets ?
You say u wld wait til 8 wks b4 increasing by25mg-why is that?
Why not next week at 7 wk point?Will increase of 25mg at whatever time increase side effects or not really due to me taking sert for 7 wks?
Caffeine will make you very anxious it gives me tremors and shaking fits so makes me anxious around people. Fizzy pop does the same as its loaded sugar. I can already tell you what you need along with sertraline and i can garentee it will stop your physical symtoms. Its a little red pill called propanalol and its what i take. Its probably why i never had side effects from sertraline. It lowers heart rate and is used to treat anxiety symptoms but its main function is to help people with heart attacks or angina ect. Its commonly prescribed to people with anxiety. It doesnt help with depression as it works on your adrenaline not your mind. Ask the doctor for 40mgs of that and after a week i promise youll be doing better
i have ashma though so cant take it ...its beta blocker aint it ?