Iv been on sertraline since last september currently on 100mg and have been for 9 weeks now and still dont feel like myself. I have anxiety and quite mild ocd usually obsessive thoughts and thinking. I have been through counselling for a traumatic childhood a few weeks ago and was surprised at how easy it was to talk to someone. I am now waiting for cbt treatment with the nhs. The trouble is i worry about everything iv ever done and said and will obsess about silly little things. I just wish this would go away so i can live my life normally, i have two children i adore and im sick of being like this. Im also terrified of medication and changing them. I can cope with intrusiv thoughts as i know there just thoughts, just cant cope with obsessing. I wish i could wake up normal! On a positive note im training to be a beauty therapist as this is my dream career, i feel sometimes i am hanging on for dear life to try and have some kind of normality. Thanks for listening
I'm on 50mg it's been a week I'm trying remain positive about it because the dread ful feeling during the day alongside the light headed feeling is annoying to me
It took quite awhile for me to get the full effect of sertraline. My doctor added Wellbutrin to my prescription, and that seemed to make all the difference. I had obsessive thoughts, and I always worried about everything. My mind was like a Ferris wheel... As soon as I stopped worrying about one thing, there was something to take its place. This has gotten tons better. Don't give up... I wish medicine started working right away, but it takes time. Keep your head up!
Thank you for your kind replies ladies, do any of you experience a kind of emotional flat feeling on sertraline, like your not happy not depressed just sort of there! Its a weird feeling to describe like a spaced out in a world of your own-stuck in your own mind all the time. I started sertraline in sept 2015 at 25mg then 50 then 75 and now 100mg for the past few weeks, its working on the obsessing a little bit but i just dont feel myself, i want that happy feeling to come back.