I'll try explain this briefly. But around 2 years ago I started sertraline and it worked great for around a year so I came off. Felt great and everything was good. Had a relapse and bang I was back to square one.
I went back on it at 100 & then 150 which weren't really effective so now I'm currently on my first week of 200mg a day and I feel so nervous,I can be sitting here and I can remember something from the past and I have a mini panic attack for like half hour,I'm having issues where I'm feeling guilty for no reason and like someone's out to get me.
Is this because of the raise in sertraline? Will it calm down?
Will I get that relaxed feeling and no worry ever again?
I'm really nervous since starting the 200mg
I hope it'll calm down eventually and I'll be back To my usual self.
Seems like a high dosage. I take 20 mg of lexapro. And it calms me down pretty well. I am not a doctor however, so you have to have faith that they know what they are doing. Rule of thumb is whatever worked the last time for you, probably will work again, so they start there. Why a high dose? I have no idea unless your symptoms are overly amplified this time. Look, if it were me and I did not feel myself in a couple weeks, I would have the doctor consider something else.
Hi luke
sorry to read your having a difficult time.I was on 150 mg of sertraline.i started on 50 then 100 then still not feeling good went up to 150. You will feel changes when you up meds but stick with it I'm sure it will be temporary.i was on the meds for 4 years and doing so well that I also came of them in January after doing it slowly over 5 months .At first i was fine but then could feel my mood dropping and becoming anxious again.i put up with it till May when my panic atttacks became very severe and my mood was so low.i tried to go back on them and had a terrible reaction to them.i came out in an all over rash my skin was burning and my panics were even worse so I stopped them .i saw my gp and she started me on 20 mg of fluoxetine and 20 mg of propananol.5 months on I am now on 40 mg and no propananol and doing really well.yes I have side effects which I hate eg insomnia and memory loss and other things but that so much better than going through the hell of how I was feeling.
it certainly has not been an easy few months but it will and does get better.just hold on in there Luke I'm sure it's just the higher dose doing this to you.give it a few days to a week then have a chat with your gp if no change.
stay strong.
Been on 25 50 100 and now I’m on 200, I have had pain for most of my adult life with one thing or another but the 200 mg tabs have stopped that, the feeling of ending all and being scared of practaly every thing has come back as I have no pain to keep my head busy, I have started to give my self pain via cutting, I know it’s not right and Ned to go back to the doctors but am scared