I am new to the forum so hope I am posting this to the right place.
I started sertraline at 50 mg 3 weeks ago but had such a big reaction to it I was told to take 25 mg for a few weeks to get it into my system. I have now been taking 25 mg for 20 days. I have felt a lot calmer for the last couple of days and really thought I was getting there. Now this morning i habe woken up feeling really anxious and like I'm never going to get better. Will I start to feel better on 25 mg? I'm terrier of taking 50mg as I reacted so badly to this level. Can anyone give me any hope that 25 mg will soon enable me to have a normal life - I'm so worried I'll always feel this way
Hi I'm back at the doctors today about my side effects to the 50mg a day I'm taking, I started bk at work yesterday after 3wks off and I feel like a zombie due to disrupted sleep sweats and shaking. Things will get better I'm sure but maybe a switch of meds is needed. GL to everyone suffering and may all our lives return to the norm.
I went bk after 10 days but didn't have any side effects but a further 7-10 days later I've had so many side effects, obviously work not been helpful which is also making me anxious and stressed to the point where my headaches are so bad my head just feels full of pressure and I can't switch my brain off even when trying to sleep.
Sorry to hear you too are suffering. I'm 20 days in and this morning g I feel dreadful again - after 2 good days I thought I was getting there but then this awful feeling kicks in again - anyone got any good reports for sertraline? I know it takes time but surely you shouldn't feel worse after nearly 3 weeks - I'm getting desperate
It may be time to up your dose. I too had horrible side effects but they went away around two weeks in. At around the 4 week mark I started feeling bad again so my doctor upped it to 75. I was very scared of having the side effects again but I only had slight nausea. Once it's in your system the increases aren't as bad.
I have been on the generic Lexapro for 4 weeks and still am not feeling too well! Very anxious and sometimes shaky! I know they say give it 4 -6 weeks to see improvement, but boy it sure is hell waiting for results! I have tried many meds and had real bad reactions, so I hope this is the med for me!
My doctor has been excellent at giving me time off and my employers too have been great (although I have worked at the same place for 33 years!!). I must say it is so much easier not having to worry about work Paul - you should go back and ask for at least another 2 to 3 weeks to start with - I've been off now for 4 weeks and think it'll be another few weeks before I'm able to get back and then it will be part time - you need lots of time to rest and get back to functioning properly.
I will keep taking the 25 mg for another week me so and then once i start to feel better - hopefully - I'll up the dose gradually I think. I don't mind the slight nausea but the light headedness and faint feelings are awful and i hate being on my own when I feel like that. Hopefully this will pass soon as i really want to give the sertraline time to help me - it's just so hard going through this every day isn't it?
I'm gonna head to the hospital tomorrow to see our mental health team as I just don't know wether to stop taking them like the doctor said or battle through but I can not keep Going like this I have a business & like I said 3 kids & everything is suffering 😩😩😩
hello paul, like some others have said, your doctor doesnt sound like he is on your side (regarding if u need time off work to get better). i had the same problem with doctors in the past so changed doctors until i found one who is actually supportive and understands that, just because the doctor feels ok in his head and health, doesnt mean that everyone he talks to also feels great!
my current doctor is great regarding depression and mental health, and would sign me off as long as i need. i was off for months, but now i am doing better, i am starting a new job soon (about 1 weeks time) and really looking forward to it. and if things go wrong, my doctor will be there to help again. just knowing that makes me feel better, so anyway if your doctor is not as helpful as you would expect, change doctors
Hi Everyone I am new to these forums but i want to tell my story, I got married to the man of my dream ( cheesy ) back in april i had the worst anxiety symptoms leading up to the wedding!!! Just nerves that everything would be perfect and it was!!! When we got maarried the anxiety just left me!! but we have just bought a house and are currently waiting for the keys and all of a sudden the anxiety is back.... Doctor gave me diazepam and sertraline 25mg i did for three weeks it was terrible then 50mg for 2 weeks week one of 50mg was fine started to feel normal again but this week has been terrible i actually had to get an antisickness injection to stop me throwiing up!! Appetite is basically gone!! Currently living with in laws so i am really just looking for some reassurance!! Do i stop the tabs or stick with it? The doctor has said it is situational and will pass but that is sooo hard to accept when you feel terrible... mornings are unbearable!! Please advise x
Just seen my doctor and been taken of sertraline and put on fluoxetene hopefully this stops my shaking nausea and sleeplessness, just want to sleep but I can't so frustrating which makes it worse.
I totally understand tan the only thing I would advise would be to ask your GP about trying different tablets fortnight at a time and see what works best for u. Sounds like this is what I'm doing now after my switch from sertraline to fluoxetene.
Fluoxetene, I suffer with depression and anxiety but only recently admitted that I've got an issue, before I sought help I'd made plans how to seriously hurt other people and myself, better now on medication but the side effects are killing me therefore the change in meds.
I'm glad your doctor actually listened to you and agreed you should try something different - I can never get an appointment at my doctors I've got to wait until a week on Tuesday before i can see her!' It's ok them saying it takes weeks to work they don't have to live with the awful side effects. I've spent the day laid on my parents sofa waiting for my husband to come home as I feel so rotten. I'm 3 weeks in to sertraline and have just had two really good days and then bam it's back again leaving me unable to do anything - I telephoned the doctors surgery and spoke with a different doctor again who said it sounds like it's just side effects and to continue for 4 to 6 weeks - should I really be feeling worse after 3 weeks? I'm at a loss to know what to do - I'm also just starting to take Hrt and so dont know which drug is doing what to me!!!