Have read this site previously but wanted to post. I am an active 47 yr old man. I was disgnosed with anxiety/depression 15 months ago after some major life experiences over last 5 years, divorce loss of parent etc. I had a year on Citalopram 30ml with decent success but although it helped it was very up and down. I came off them cold turkey and after a month or so re visited GP and was precribed 100ml Sertraline. I am now one month in. The first few weeks were pretty bad, headaches, blurred vision, not sleeping properly, fatigue and sexual disfunction (unable to climax and low labido). I kept googling my sympoms looking for answers... read all kinds of horror stories. 3 weeks in i was on verge of asking to switch meds. After 24 days i can honestly say that it was as if a switch has been flicked in my brain. Everything seems back to normal. Life is good again interest has come back and no problems with sex. All returned as before. Most people who get these effects do not tend to post on forums so we just read the worse. I just wanted to share my experience as there may be people like me just starting out on the drug. Hang in there it worked for me and the good thing is apparently it hasnt taken full effect yet!
This is what i love to hear that antidepressants do wrk. I been on Escitalopram 10mg for 3 weeks for anxiaty/depersonalization and i been feeling worse shaky, chest tideness , really confused and nervous and really detached from my body I dont know what to do anymore!!! Should i continou taking it or what!!!
I am starting to loose hope i feel really down and sad i just want to be happy like before😔
I was the same. Then hey presto back to myself. As i said in my previous post. The people who have success tend to just get on with thier lives and not post on forums of this ilk. Thats why i made myself a promise - to come back on here and try to help others who are going through the early side effects
Soo it took 24 days for you to see results! Yes all i see is bad posts of the symptoms and we never see the happy ending thats why idk what to do soo i have 3 weeks i will continou and take them eventhough each day is horrible with all these sidde effects! Did you experienced depersonalization with the high anxiaty too??
Yes, yes i did. It may take up to 5 weeks. Perhaps i am one of the lucky ones bit what i will say is that i tnought they would never work properly too. I am seem to have found the correct medication for me.