I was prescribed sertraline this morning after visiting the doctors. I have never taken anti depressents before and i am very nervous about weather or not i need to take them or not. Im 23 and have had bouts of feeling low on and off since i was about 16, the last few weeks i have felt awful randomly bursting into tears, but im still not sure if i accept that i am actually depressed and feel i can maybe sort my life out rather than take anti depressents. What do i do? I dont want to carry on feeling like this but at the same time dont want to start a course of tablets that i will be on for the next year and when i maybe dont need to be...
Hi confused the doctor must have thought you needed the tablets I was the same when the doctor gave them to me and after 5weeks are feeling a lot better but in the end it is what you want please let me know what you do.
Hi just read your e-mail and thought how I felt exactly the same 6 months ago. Let me explaine, the hormone seritonin in the brain is low or unbalanced, when this happens people get depressed and have the same sort of symtoms as you. However you need something to bring the levels back to normal this is why your g.p. has given you Sertraline. Give them a try because I found the medication a god send, you may have some side effects but stick with it as the benifits way outweigh the side effects and the side effects do become less the more you take the tablets. Don't expect miricals straight away this medication takes time to work but you won't regret it when you feel much more uplifted and happy. Good luck.
Dear Confused, I know how you feel as I have also been prescribed them earlier today and also feel a bit wary. My GP thinks I have post natal depression and I feel very low. I am going to give them a try. Maybe you should too? They may help. I've taken one already, 50mg, and I'm sure I can feel it. I feel a bit drugged and my jaw feels odd and I also feel very slightly sick and have not felt like eating ever since taking it. Let me know if you decide to take them and how you get on.