4 Weeks on Sertraline! Need some reassurance!
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Hello everyone I hope you are all well. I am looking for some urgent reassurance and advice.I have been taking sertraline 50 mg for close to 4 weeks now to combat my anxiety and worrying intrusive thoughts. I find myself having repetitive thoughts on things that haven't happened but are causing my sub conscious mind to worry which is having a knock on effect on my body i.e heaviness of the chest, constant worry, panic attacks, anxiety the list goes on. I don't know if any of you guys have experienced intrusive thoughts but they are horrible, thoughts that certainly are not the person I am! Sometimes I think I feed into them by trying to justify who I am. I don't know if its just the sertraline adjusting to my body as clearly by the the way I felt before taking sertraline there was definitely some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain. Since starting I have felt better on some days but I find that the worrying from my thoughts resets the way I feel so then I feel bad again. I am also taking Propranolol 10 mg, twice 3 x per day to calm the anxiety symptoms sertraline brings on. I find when I wake up in the morning I feel so anxious also! Please guys any hope you can give me would be fantastic as I am struggling here.
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Misteeri87 robbie86846
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Hi, after six weeks my side effects of being on were not worth it for me. However I was put on due to situational anxiety and the doctor I was seen should have never put me on this. If this medicine is meant for you I was told it take that relieves 6 to 8 weeks twerking to level out time to get the full benefit of the medicine however if you decide to go off please taper slowly even if your doctor tells you to do it over a period of two weeks like my doctor did. I am going through severe withdrawals even though I was only on it for a short period of time and the withdrawals are horrible. this medication works for some and not for others I pray that you start feeling better
robbie86846 Misteeri87
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Hi Misteeri,
I am so sorry Sertraline did not work for you! Have you found a substitute? Also what mg was you taking and was you taking it for anxiety or other things also? I know its still early days for me but I think when your in the thick of it its hard to see a way out! It is so draining cause I feel so lonely and anxious which then brings on harmful thoughts. I just keep brushing them off and trusting the process.