I have been on 50mg of sertraline for 1 month, after a mon th of no improvement in my anxiety and depression my GP upped my does to 100mg. I have been on 100mg for 3 days now. When will I start to see an improvement? Will they work? Could anyone on sertraline please share there stories with me.
hi dusty i was 50mg then was upped to 100mg but didnt suit me so now on 50mg sert in morning at 15mg mirtz at night, its takes about 2 weeks /3 weeks to see an improvement x
I don't feel like 100mg is making me any worse I feel like both 50mg and 100mg aren't working for me but like you said i will stick it out on 100mg for a month like I did on 50mg before going back to my GP as everybody is different. How do you feel now? Is your medication starting to work for you, do you feel an improvement?
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Hi Dusty.
I was on 50mg for a month and didnt notice much difference but GP said it's a low dose, so I was upped to 100mg - which I have now been on for 11 days. I havent noticed a huge difference but I think it will work slowly and subtlely. I have felt a bit less anxious in some situations and am certainly better than I was this time last year. However, my GP said often you dont realise the little changes day to day its only looking back in the long term you realise how much better you were than before.
yes the mirtz as taken the side effects of sertraline away and sleeping better! they seem to be mixing well . keep at it and if they dont help maybe a change of meds x
Hi Jane
I think I will stick sertraline out for 4 weeks on 100mg and hopefully I will feel so improvement and this dose will work for me. Do you feel like you have ups and downs? I feel like some days are better than other and some days are just terrible I also have a on and off appitatite apart from that I only had side effects the first two week and haven't had any since. Hopefully you will feel more improvement everyday and you will be back to normal soon. As I think we have all realised that there is no quick fix for these sort of problems.
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Yes I do have those ups and downs! I try not to think about side effects too much and just get on with things, i know it's hard but it helps being distracted! Do you take any other meds? I take propranalol which is also helpful for anxiety
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Yeah I do the same I try not to think about side effects. But atm I find it really hard to leave the house and do normal things such as work and university I have had time off both of them in hope of pulling myself together in the mean time just got to think positive. Nope I don't take any other medication I have been given diazapam for really bad days but I have avoided using them as I have heard they are really addictive and not long term treatment. I am also doing CBT but really early days as I have only had one sessions so far but I have heard it's really effective treatment x
morning dusty, i started on 50mg also and was increased after no improvement after about 6 weeks, 100mg was okay but still had bad down days, so i'm now on 150mg and feeling fine now, it takes 6-8 weeks for each dose increase to get into your system, maybe less for you and others i don't know, but mine was 6-8 weeks :-)
High Dusty like everyone else has commented here it will take time to readjust to the different dosage. I started 6months ago on 50mg and was eventually upped 2 months ago to 100mg and during all this time I like many others have experience down days where I feel its not working etc but everyone whether they are on ADs or not experience their own down days with us its just a bit more acute and more difficult to deal with. When I asked my GP about it he explained it like this. Think of a roller coaster the highs and the lows befor i went onto sert my lows were off the page Sertraline helps to lessen the lows and make them more bearable and as we get used to this we in turn can deal with it I too am doing CBT and its really good because it gets to the root of why we feel like we do and helps us to process the bad thoughts differently. Try not to worry or analyse too much. Just give it time and let the meds and CBT do their job. We are all with you keep posting because talking about it really really helps good luck
Hi Gingermac, have you found 150mg to be helpful compared to 100mg? I have found sertraline to work very slowly, maybe I am just inpatient though.
hey kathy, you're post is really good there, thanks for that, i too had lows that were off the page, and now i find it alot easier to deal with them and can pick up the pieces easier, so happy to hear that someone else has recognised that some people suffer worse than others and need alot more support and guidance than others, i've had people say to me (normal people that have had slight depression themselves in the past) just pick yourself up and don't worry about it. if it was that easy i would not be taking this medication and i wouldn't have been in bits to start with!!
hi jane,
yes, it's been a huge improvement being on the 150mg, i've noticed a definate change. it does take a long time to get into your system, actually i was 9 weeks on 150mg before i noticed any significant changes in my mood, yesterday was the first day in weeks i felt off, but i am due on so that has to have some impact don't you think?? today i don't feel 100% but i'm not like i was last night, couldn't even crack a smile last night!!
Hi Cathy
I'm going to try and be patient and give the tablets 6 to a weeks to work before going back to my GP and hopefully CBT will have an impact on me. I will let you no if I feel any improvement. Atm I'm only have one good day a week if that x
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We just have to be patient as hard as it is. Good luck and hope you start to see an improvement more and more everyday.
Hi everyone
Does anybody on this post get constant racing thoughts where you feel like your brain will not shut up? And threw that it's really difficult to concentrate on reality let me know thanks x
yes, i used to get them all the time, they used to totally consume everything i did and i couldn't think straight at all, i'd stare into space and make mistakes with work etc, was awful. don't get that as much, do from time to time but i just go on the internet and clear my head with something that interests me and i feel okay then. i used to be really bad with that and negative racing thoughts, used to make me ill with it, i'd look worried all the time and preoccupied, i totally feel for you, i understand where you're coming from, the racing thoughts was one of my main issues and was absolutely convinced my boyfriend was messing around and constantly checking his phone etc, i have terrible trust issues anyway from a previous relationship so that didn't help. still get the trust issue thing from time to time, no where near as bad as it used to be. but the sertraline has calmed me down alot with that and i don't get them hardly ever now :-) you will get there don't worry :-)
my memory was awful, couldn't remember anything people told me or said to me, which isn't like me, i ususally have a brilliant memory. but memory loss is a sign of depression anyway.
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That's exactly the same I am i cant think straight on concentrate on anything which has led me to have time off work and university. No matter how much I try to distract myself I can't seem to get rid of it. It's one of my main issues and it's really horrible. Everything you have been threw I am experiencing now. Hopefully I will get there soon as I don't want to mess university up that's my main worry.
Good luck and hope the racing thoughts you have improve more and more everyday.