Hi all.... I am now on day 7 of Sertraline and If anything, I feel more anxious. Today, my fears of having something sinister wrong with me have completely taken over, to the point where I am sitting at my desk at work and I can't focus on anything else!!!! Had anyone else experienced this? Please say yes 
Hi I started on Sertaline in September 50mg having previously been on citalopram as I have always suffered from really bad anxiety some weeks it is better then others. I was on 50mg for 2 weeks before I went up to 100mg for a couple of weeks. I had to come back down to 50mg because I felt terrible very anxious and dizzy plus spaced out. I still felt like this for a little while on the 50mg I think it takes about 3 weeks to get into your system and to start helping. I work for myself and I was even getting anxious in my own shop which never happens. It was awful but you have just got to ride it out, now I feel okay on it I still do get anxious but it has helped at least I can function through the day normally and do things that need to be done without too many problems. Hopefully in a couple of weeks your body should begin to adjust and you will start to feel some benefits 😊 xx
Thank you. I just want to get through one day without thinking I am dying of something or feeling strange. I need a rest from it all y'know? xx
Hopefully in a couple of weeks the tablets will help and stop making you feel so anxious. I don't get that kind of anxiety. I have terrible anxiety when going out not really day to day stuff but arrangements with friends meeting up and especially in crowds or waiting for things like a bus I worry I will get dizzy and fall over and make a fool of myself and because I am constantly thinking about it I do get dizzy a vicious circle. The sertaline has helped a bit but I still get dizzy which is my main problem and I suppose the anticipation of going out is just as bad. I always feel like I am the only one as everyone around me does not get this but when I come on here it is slightly reassuring that I am not the only one but it is a total pain when things that are meant to be enjoyable start building up in my own mind so I think I would rather stay at home! But you gotta keep going out and challenging these feelings and once I am there I have a good time 😊 xx
Hi Laura I am on Citalopram day 3 and I have the same fears, I have different symptoms in my body, and I am thinking that is something wrong with me
I really hope so because I don't know how much more I can take. 
So you feel a pin or something and automatically think the worst?
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I have health anxiety I am worried about any symptom i feel in my body and yes I am afraid I have something the doctors did not find I lost my appetite, I feel sick, I lost weight because I can't eat normal and I am terrified that I won't get better.Then I just panick I feel a pressure on my chest and hot flushes
I'm also on day 7 of sertraline my doctor said they could make you more anxious before they start to make you better
I too am on day 7 of sertraline and still feeling the side effects, I get the feelings where I feel constantly on edge and cant concentrate, u have made a big step already by going to work. I can't even face that. The side effects do last about two weeks and kick in around week 3/4, I have been on these before so know they work, keep going u will still feel the effects of them working. Keep me posted as would be good to see how u are doing as we are on them at same time.
What side effects do you get with the sertraline tablets iv never been on them before
They are different for everyone but mine have been dizziness, feeling sick and shaky, and feeling on edge so unable to concentrate for long periods of time.
Yeah I go dizzy with them not as much as I did when I first started taking them though I feel tired too with them what mg are u on
Yeah I am constantly tired too but that does wear off. I am only on 50mg but used to be on 100mg before coming off them but my anxiety came back so had to go back on them. What mg u on?
Ooh glad it's not just me then aw I'm glad it does hun, I'm on 50mg too and on beta blockers too, x
What are the beta blockers for? I've heard a lot about them on here but wasn't sure exactly what they are used for.
There used for anxiety to calm your heart rate down they've really helped me as my heart used to pound out of my chest
Oh I see, well glad they are helping you. X
I feel like there is something in my chest and throat. I feel sick, I feel dizzy and I am petrified of these symptoms being throat or lung cancer. I am on edge and I am now shattered because I worked myself up so much.