I have been on zoloft (sertaline) for 10 days now on 25 mg. During this time i have felt very irritable, then i felt fine for a few days and now i feel the same. Ive also been having really crazy intrusive thoughts and increased anxiety. I dont know if this is just me being anxious or the medication. I also dont really feel like myself. Anyone else experience this? I dont know if i should get off them or keep going
If you haven't already, call your doctor and tell him/her what's going on and that it's making you have even more anxiety. There are so many different medications available for depression and anxiety, there's no reason to be miserable. I do know that side effects eventually may go away, but not sure how long is too long to wait. Perhaps the Dr will take you off and try another. It's common to have to try several different meds before you find the right one. I'm doing the same thing right now. Had to call my psych Dr due to really bothersome side effects ftom Lexapro. She put me on a different med. To be honest, I've had the new on for about a wk and haven't started it yet. Only because my cardiologist and Chronic pain Doctors have both put me on new meds. BP med side effects are horrible. I didn't want to start 3 new meds at the same time. Will start new psych med this wknd.
So many of us have to go through this which seems to exacerbate the anxiety due to worrying about the side effects. Best place to start is letting your Dr know. I apologize if I kept repeating myself. I definitely need to start these new meds. Good luck to you. I know how bad anxiety can be.
Have you tried functional ways to deal with anxiety first?
Meds should be last resort. Don’t get me wrong I’m sure in major cases they are needed.
but the side effects are nasty ... some people don’t get it as bad, but coming off is torture.
i felt the same way.. Zoloft made me not care about anything... which made me worry and fear losing control,
do do not go on Benzodiazepines! Try not to please,,, the end game to that is he worse Anxiety ever.
if you take Xanax ... and have to 1 a week tops... but it’s likely as in most cases it is abused ... it feels great it it’s like alcohol. I’m in withdrawal and worse now than before meds