Sertaline not working??.

Hi there I used to take sertline .the systoms you have I was exactly the same. Definitely panicked even now before I travel. I just came back from holiday and going and coming back has knocked me side ways. Am not on any medication now I feel now that in the long term medication will mess me up more.sertline was not good for me but people are different So I take everyday as it comes.

Hi there - I am going for week 3 now, still not 100% but certainly a bit better..

But let me explain to you how I understand the workings of this drug.. I am not a dr, but was hellbent on finding out how/why and found a site that explained it in detail. As we all know it is a SSRI. It blocks the reuptake of seratonin.. So when you start the medication there is a whole lot more seratonin to take up - but you still only have the receptors you had before taking the meds..So you brain makes more receptors to take in all this new seratonin - this takes weeks.. 

Meanwhile, your brain also picks up that there is too much seratonin and halts the production - explainining why things might seem worse. But as I say I am no dr, this is just the way I understand it..Hope it helps..

So hang in there...

When my dose was upped to 100 mg it was like starting again – it took another 7 weeks to have an effect. So it's worth being patient.

I am at week 6. First two at 50, then upped to 75, now at 100. I have those anxious attacks in the evening almost every day. My Dr. says I nee to be on the 100 for 6 weeks before I can tell if it is working correctly. I feel better than when I was just on Cymbalta, but still hate the evenings.

I'd talk to your Dr and tel him it isn't working for you.

I haven't figured out any triggers. Maybe just the rush of the day sows down. It is hard and I really don't like it. The waiting for meds to work really stinks.