Hello, the dr. prescribe me 50mg of Sertraline which I am taking every evening. I am only going through the day 4 and I know everyone will say to keep going, but the anxiety I feel and the depressive thoughts are much much worse than before Sertraline. I am barely coping not to show off at work, my teeth are grinding all the time. It makes me look like I am not moving my face when talking. Apart from that, I had nausea on the day 1 which has stopped on the day 2. I have been waking up 10 times a night, which has subsided to once a night now and makes me feel like I am ready to wake up. My hands are trembling, but less than on the first day, so makes me think that will subside. Strange sensation when yawning, and overall lack of control. Please anyone advise is this hyper anxiety "normal"? How did you go through that ?
Quick answer is absolutely normal, in fact I had every single side effect you just mentioned and I was on 50mg. All my side effects went away somewhere around the 3-4 week point and I’m still on 50mg at 2 months and I’m feeling some much better with my anxiety. I’m so glad I didn’t quit and that I pushed through the side effects. Hang in there cause this will pass and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Good luck and god bless
OOops sorry joe ... I see your answer now here on this post !!! You give me fairh!!!
Thank you so much for answering Joe41529, I was thinking I am getting insane. Can you please tell me when did you go back to your old condition before the Sertraline? I am just hoping to at least go back to the zero point before taking it because at the moment I am only feeling worse.
No worries at all, that’s why I’m here!! Anytime you need to chat give me a holla! God bless
Sure Maria no problem at all, and believe me your not going insane your just going through the horrible side effects of most anti depressants. I think I started getting back to myself somewhere around the 5-6 week and now at my 8 th week I feel almost 100% like my old self. Sleep still needs to improve but my anxiety has improved greatly. Hope this is what you meant by your question. Hang in there because it sucks in the beginning but it sure does get a bunch better in the long run!
Thank you . I wish you all the best
Why you taking that at night? Thats for the day... Second... I have been on 50 mg for three days and im with headache all the time but I did two weeks 25 mg and it was freaking hell... Its been three days i feel more better than bad, so o will get better jist take ot hour by hour minute by minute, trust me, I never thought I was going to be ok again but i statted to know the difference
I stopped at 13 days as my depression was soooo bad but thinking about starting again soon as I didn’t give it long enough
Hi Paulette, I got a headache on the day 3 which disappeared on the day 4. I hope it will be the same for you. Did you have increased anxiety?
Many people say to try another one if one didn’t work. Maybe you can try that. Good luck
Acutely you can take sertraline at night or day it works the same either way. It even says that in the paper you get from the pharmacy.
Yes and that combined with my period was the cherry to the worse month of this year
I was just the same when I first started on Sert (50mg).
I promise you it does get better, but it took about 4-5wks for the worst of the side effects to fade away ...
Please try to stick it out - hoping for you x
When you say the worse pass around 4 or 5 weeks, do you mean from the beginning or from the last increased???
Cause Im 4 weeks in total...one at 25 and 3 at 50... still having dizxiness, shaking, nervousness, anxiety and fatigue...and feel a bit space... I really hope it passes!!@
Its funny how different doctor or pharmacy dont tell the same thing about the time to take it!
A few years ago, when I took it (and it worked) I was told to take it in morning.
This time, it says to take around dinner.
Yeah it doesn’t at all matter what time of day you take it, it’s really just personal preference. Some like mornings some like evenings. But I do know whichever time of day or night you take it try to always take it at roughly the same time daily.
That’s about how long my major side effects took to go away as well, and on 50mg.
Hi Maria i do not want to upset you or offend or other people who are giving you advice , because that is all i am doing, i am no professional but i talk from experience, over 40yrs, you see i have so many illnesses i could write a book! , starting fom the age of 14 , i am now 54, i have depression, anxiety, panic attacks, severe migraines, ibs, ocd, bdd, dpd, eating disorder, and in remission from brain tumour, so i think i know a bit about drugs, and doctors and how you might feel on them, as you read other people advice on this drug they tell you how brilliant they are doing and you have to hang in there , well there are not wrong for them , and that is because it works for them but sorry to tell you it does not always work for everyone, reason being we are all individuals, what works for one does not always work for others as it did not for me, i was put on one antidepressant, did not work my doctor put me on this drug, 50mg to start after 4/5 weeks no change up it to 100mg, my god i felt terrible after a week i was dizzy , nausea, and could not do a thing, so it told me to back down to 50mg, still nothing more depressed then normal so i decided to come of them, and because i am a massive believer in natural healing i went down that root, calming medicines, herbal teas, talking therapies, counselling, and i am glad to say its fantastic, i have had first counselling session yesterday brilliant, i have homework eek, only joking, and i feel really positive, but what i am trying to say what works for joe is great and helps him , what works for me helps me, but what you need to understand is the antidepressants are only a stop gap and once you come off them you can be ok but some people who are not stronger enough go back where they started, but on the good side a friend of mine is on a low dose and is on them for life she is 89, bless her and she lives a healthy and happy life, so sorry this is a very long email, but you do what is best and works for you, try these if they work great, if not go another root, good health and happiness to all on this forum X 
Did you do 25mg before trying 50mg?