4wks and 1day on 100mgs sertraline

I just have anxiety on sertraline my depression has been really good since I stopped having afternoon naps in September. I've only been depressed once in 2017 for about 5 days (touch wood) matt you gotta keep telling yourself it's will pass, keep yourself occupied even though you probably feel like locking yourself in the bedroom away from the world. I know what to do when I get depressed, I keep myself busy, play with my son, surround yourself with people and talk talk talk! Eat healthy and get exercise even if it's just a short walk! Get sunshine! Sit in the garden for 10 mins when the sun is out to get your vitimin D. Also look after yourself, shower everyday. Take care matt

Aww thanx Pamela for ure reply. It’s just so scary I just want to feel like myself again. Does it get better the longer I’m taking my tablets? I seem to be getting headaches aswell but I don’t know wether it’s side effects or because I’m not sleeping properly. I still have to take a sleeping tablet every night to help me sleep. I don’t really want to be taking them every night tho. I want to beable to fall asleep naturally. 🌹

I think coming off the Citalopran and starting the Sertraline has messed me up a bit , just over two weeks now on 100mg Sert my anxiety is much improved but I’m really low and have manic crying spells it’s exhausting! Can’t leave the house at the moment.

I have an appointment next week to see a psychiatrist who will assess me , the meds and put a plan in place , it’s another week away so I may see more improvement in my mood with another week of the Sertraline.

Matt 

Hi matt is was on citalopram for 7 years and it stopped working last September and caused me to have crying spells over the severe anxiety and panic attacks I was having, anyway I didn't know it was the citalopram causing all this for weeks and that's when I swapped over to sertraline mid October.It was a horrendous time I was having, I couldn't leave the house, I was pacing about all the time, I couldn't eat I thought I was stuck this way forever! I just didn't feel like myself, I didn't know who I was anymore, I felt crazy! I really wanted to just go to a mental hospital. Anyway it took a while for the sertraline to work, I was on this forum everyday looking for answers (great people on this forum 😉 I have only started to feel better before Christmas I would say I'm 60% better, sertraline takes a while to work and you will get better 😊

Hi does the insomnia get better in time aswell 🌹

What a lift your message gave me , it’s given me some hope !

I still at the crying stage and can’t go out and too would have gladly gone into a mental hospital a week ago , I even made an enquirer to the Priory ! It would have cost more than my husband earns in a year to stay for 4 weeks!

I have an appointment next week with a psychiatrist who will asses me and look at my medication, it might be that as the anxiety is lower that the better mood will eventually come to so he may leave things as they are , will have to wait and see but at least I’ve finally got to see a professional in mental health rather than just the GP , who have been very supportive but don’t have the knowledge of a psychiatrist.

Nearly 3 weeks on 100mg of Sert now , hopefully the Citalopran is now out of my system and the Sert can continue to help.

Just want to be able to get my positive head back on and face leaving the house again and be able to help myself, at the moment it’s just horrible but what you have experienced sounds just like me so your experience has given me some much needed faith that things will improve.

Thank you 

Matt 

Oh well done Natalie! Be proud of yourself 😊😊😊 yes exercise does make a lot of difference for anxiety and depression

Thanks eve how long do they actually take to properly kick in? I just want to feel like myself again and beable to fall asleep naturally 🌹