Hello, My doctor perscribed me 50mg of Sertraline and i have been taking them for 4 days now and feel like im going mad, I feel as bad as somone can with anxity worry panic curled up into a ball, ill have to take more sick days off work, my question is can i switch my meds to 20mg of Citalopram? or will that cause a even worse effect? iv been on Citalopram before and it did a simular thing but i know that it did eventually help! Cant see the doctors till tuesday,
Hi Rhys,
Sorry to hear you are feeling so bad,I cannot take any meds., but I do know others that have and I believe that they do take a time to kickin but if you really cannot tolerate them perhaps go back to GP.I don't think you should swap without asking GP but go and tell him exactly how you feel and don't be fobbed off.I do wish you all the luck in the world and keep posting on here it does help and I am sure there is always somebody that will answer.xxx
Hi joan
Thanks, I have decided to keep going with Sertraline, cant be doing with a restart. x
Hello Rhys
I completely understand what you are talking about. I felt exactly the same when I was on Day 3/4/5 of taking sertraline. I honestly felt I was going mad. My anxiety was crippling, it made me physically shake. I had a white hot burning sensation in my chest, I felt sick and I just felt absolutely terrified of everything and anything. I couldn't bear to be left on my own, but couldn't stand to be with anyone either. Just completely irrational and completely horrific.
I went to see my GP and she prescribed me beta blockers to stop the crippling waves of panic/anxiety - just while the sertraline had chance to start working. They were fanastic, they really helped. They were like a magic pill, honestly. I'm on Day 10 now, and I feel so much better - yesterday I was so chilled out and serene, it was lovely - and I only needed to take 40mg of the beat blockers (had to take 100mg on Tues/Weds/Thurs. Today, I think I won't even need that much?
It WILL get better, my GP explained that sertraline can very often dramatically increase your symptoms while it's sorting out your brain chemistry. Try and see this as evidence that it IS starting to work, and that very shortly you will feel much better.
In the meantime, see if your GP will give you beta blockers because they REALLY help so much.