Did it take the full 6-8 weeks to start working for you. I am 4 weeks into Zoloft 50mg for depression/anxiety and am still feeling little relief. I just feel "blah". Is it worth waiting it out? Ive considered asking to switch meds.
I've been taking 200mg of sertraline for over 4 years now. I have always had intrusive somatic worries like being acutely aware of my blinking and swallowing and having panic attacks. I developed social anxiety and depression in highschool and in university started having suicidal thoughts and almost failed out of nursing school. I got put on wellbutrin and zoloft and ill never forget the feeling of it actually starting to work, the dark brain fog and haze I had been experiencing seemed to slowely lift and I found I could look people in the face without being horrified that they thought I was stupid and grotesque. I dont cry as much (still a normal amount because before i used to cry waaay too much), my sex drive stayed the same and i cant really think of any weird side effects. I have the ability to sit in a crowded room and have a calm mind not over-run by anxieties and worries. It was magic for me and I attribute it with saving my life. im a psych nurse now, want to keep the recovery going and help others in their darkest moments. good luck everyone
hello tyler i been on zlolof 4 months started at 50 now 100 its been 6 weeks i still dont fill good dose it take more time i wake up with anxity every morning
hello tyler i been on zlolof 4 months started at 50 now 100 its been 6 weeks i still dont fill good dose it take more time i wake up with anxity every morning
i am so happy to see that other people are where i am. i really need all the positive encouragement i can get right now. 11 weeks in, after a few dose changes and i'm also struggling. please let me know it gets better!
so good to hear a success story! can it take months to settle? i'm on week 11 and trying to hang on in there
Hi Taylor, I'm from Fiji and I suffer from anxiety and depression. I came across this site accidently. I was first diagnosed in 2003. It was a real struggle, but somehow I pulled through. Ever since then, I've been on and off my zoloft, had a few bouts of anxiety and depression then but not as bad as now. I had a health scare and that triggered my anxiety again. Been on my zoloft 50mg now for 3 and a half weeks, and I feel my anxiety has gotten worse. I'm losing weight, having sleep disturbances, and just anxious and sometimes panicky....just not my old happy self. My anxiety is like almost through out the whole day, and evenings. So stressed right now. Hoping and praying to get back to my happy self. Thank you for your story
i have been on sertaline for years for pain attacks and anxiety. i was in 150 for years and was perfect but after having my son i was feeling bad again. they raised my dose to 200 and i was great again fast forward 4 years feeling great so decided to try to go back to 150 biggest mistake of my life after 7 days i was feeling shitty again so decided to go back to the 200 again and its been 21 days and still not back to normal yet. just so worried i wont get there but loved how zoloft gave me my life back for so long just hoping i get back there soon
me too the morning are the worst for me too we can pray together for the morning when we wake up feeling like our old self
for me this medication always worked till i tried lowering my dose from 200 to 150 for seven days started feeling bad again so went back up to the 200 but its been 21 days and still not 100 percent myself yet. but hopeful i will cause this medication changed my life for the better in the past. give it time to work is what i keep telling myself. every night i say tonight will be the dose that makes me feel normal again. so when i pray for myself tonight ill pray for u too
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Hi Taylor, been on zoloft 50mg since 2003 on and off for depression and anxiety. I came out ok, but in between had a few bouts of it again. Last month I had a health scare, and my anxiety came on full force, meanwhile I was still on zoloft. Saw a GP and put me on Ativan, but helped a bit. Saw a mental health doctor and she took me off my zoloft and put me on risperidone, which helped on the first night with my sleep, but the days after was worse. Called another mental health doctor and she put me back on zoloft 25mg. After a week was still not ok, panic attacks sleep disturbances, the whole works. So she upped my dosage to 50mg. Been on it now for 3 and a half weeks. Anxiety still there, sleep still not all there, and appetite not that good. Trying so hard to hang in there...praying that we all get back to being our happy selves again. God bless
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Hi, I was put on sertraline about 2 years ago for dreadful health anxiety. It has helped me so much. And in all sorts of ways. Initially, I was on 25 mg, gradually increased to 200mg which all being well, I will stay on for the rest of my life. I am not aware of any side effects, I deliberately do not read the possible ones as that increases the likelihood of having them ('nocebo' effect, opposite of placebo, there is research to demonstrate it)
I have a variety of issues, social anxiety and others and it seems to help with all of them. I do a lot of CBT courses as well, have done for about 15 years or more. I am 68.
What seems to happen with me is the sertraline reduces the intensity of my obsessive negative thoughts and gives me a chance to think of different ways of viewing the symptom or emotion. A little while ago a chap walked in front of me in a queue in supermarket and I pointed out, politely, I was in front of him. He became very aggressive, ready to start fighting and I said, its not worth arguing about it which he agreed with. I was so proud of myself! Previously, before sertraline, I would have not got into a fight and despite doing anger management, I would have been raging inside. This time I was fine, I could hardly believe it!!
Unfortunately, sertraline does not work for everyone but my experience has been 100% positive.
Hey there, I just started Sertraline about 3 weeks ago, so still in the thick of anxiety and coming here for support so that I can continue despite the side effects. I am also not sleeping well. Mostly in a super light sleep throughout the night and then usually wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning wide awake, eventually going back to sleep an hour or two later and then waking with my alarm. Though I surprisingly don't feel that tired. It looks like you also experienced this. I know that insomnia is one of the side effects and really hoping it will go away soon. Are you sleeping completely normal now? And it took 6-8 weeks to get there? Any encouragement or info to help me manage my expectations would be most appreciated. Thank you!
Hi Taylor. I just started sertraline 5 days ago 50 mg tablet a day. I suffer from anxity and I also have ADHD and sleeping problem. I was self madicating with weed for 6 years to point a started getting even bigger panics attacks, anxity and anger. I stopped smoking cold turkey for my self and my family and decide to go to my GP and get help. I hope like you sertraline will work on me and help me with my isiues. Keep strong
hi there I'm on serteralinine my 4 week now bt my pharmacy changed my brand did you had any problems ever after changing brands of serteraline or you always took the same. thank you for any help
same here, did you have any problems, I did put a question about this in the forum, 1 reply so far
Hi I dont know if anyone is still following this thread but I need some advice. I wanted to come off my antidepressents so I reduced from 20mg of Escitalopram to 10mg and felt amazing for about 5 weeks, then hit a wall and crashed. My doctor started me on Sirtrline 50 mg for 2 weeks and then increased to 100mg and I feel really crap. Anxiety is really bad, horrendous metalis taste in my mouth and really tired, my mood has improved slightly and the headaches have stopped and Im sleeping better but feeling like I want to give up on these and go back to Escitalopram (although they didnt stop my anxiety) should I hold on in there and give it a few more weeks?????? Thanks :)
Thank you. Iām 4 weeks and feel like giving up but will try and hang in there
I am 15 days in on 50 mg sertraline incredible anxiety