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5 weeks and day 5 still med has not kicked in yet

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rooney_10
rooney_10

Hello this is rooney I hope you all are fine I want to give my five weeks update I am on 5 weeks and day 5 on 50 mg without any dose increase ... still not feeling any benefit and I got all my test from the doctor even physical test still not feeling better .. its seems like my anxiety and depression is increased and everyday I spend more days in the bathroom looking to improve my complexion or worrying about my body at all times even though there is no problem with me but still I am feeling weak mentally as well as physically any advice would be appreciated as when would the meds  improve my mental state or I just want to be normal and enjoy my life I hope sertraline would save my life in 8 weeks hoping for your replys

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  • scott8888
    scott8888 rooney_10

    Posted

    Hello dont panic 6 weeks is still to early i was the same as you im on 3 months of sertraline at 50mgs and its worked wonders. I do need a little increase but waiting untill after christmas to do so as ive still got a few small issues that i need to get over. 8 weeks is when i started to feel it kicking in, by 6 or 7 weeks i wanted to give up as i thought this tablet was rubbish but trust me keep going. If you give up now just remember that you will be back to square one on another med with side effects. 2 more weeks buddy 2 more weeks 
  • nicknack35
    nicknack35 rooney_10

    Posted

    Keep with it Rooney. You will come good maybe you need an increase of the meds. Im on 100mg now. I was on 50mg to start with for 7 days now i have upped it to 100mg from the docs say so. I think 100 should be the dose for a man myself what we got to think is men are bigger builds then Ladies so maybe we need a higher dose im not sure
    • scott8888
      scott8888 nicknack35

      Posted

      Not being funny but im a bloke and 50mgs has sorted me out 80%. 100mgs is  normal dose 50mgs is small but 70% of people only need 50mgs and get on well with it. 

      Dont push on more mgs on anyone as we are all different. I told my advice of sticking with it as 50mgs never effected me untill 8 weeks and pushing on more mgs maybe not what is needed. Sorry to have put that but its the wrong advice. Doctors are so soon to push you up a dose after a week or 2 when in reality who knows what dose you really need and 2 weeks is never enough to say. Sertraline takes months to work trust me. 

    • rooney_10
      rooney_10 scott8888

      Posted

      Thanks for your responses Scott and nickel .Scott I will keep it in mind even though it would be very difficult to go through this two weeks but I will as you never know normal might be around the corner 
    • scott8888
      scott8888 rooney_10

      Posted

      Ive been were you are buddy and if you took others advice on increasing then it would make you feel alot alot worse and take another so many weeks. Chin up son and carry on. My promise to you is next few weeks will work out. 

      Thank me later hahaha

    • rooney_10
      rooney_10 scott8888

      Posted

      Thank you Scott  you are very helpful  and feeling little relieved and surely I will update my health progress in two weeks
  • pamela67873
    pamela67873 rooney_10

    Posted

    I'm afraid I have given up on Sertraline today!  After taking the tablet for one month, my symptoms got worse and I have felt so unwell over this past weekend, unable to go out, weak, weepy, drained, angry etcetc.  Saw my original doctor who wondered why I was changed from Citalopram to Sertraline although, as he said, they are in the same family of drugs. I am now reverting to Citalopram as I never suffered any ill-effects.  Hoping now to get back to 'normal'.  I didn't want to experience the side effects so many of you are suffering!
    • Blu02
      Blu02 pamela67873

      Posted

      Hi Pam, why did you decide to change meds in the first place?
    • pamela67873
      pamela67873 Blu02

      Posted

      I was on Citalopram for over 3 years, and became very depressed because of relationship problems, I went to see a different Dr in our practice & he suggested Sertraline as it was a newer product and apparently better!  He stopped Citalopram & put me on them over the course of one month! Last weekend was probably one of the worst weekends of my life!  I just was not in control, drained, exhausted weepy etc etc!  Saw my original doctor who suggested I return to Citalopram again as I had no ill effects with them.  This is just my second day and already I feel better than I did!  Perhaps he should have weaned me off the Citalopram gradually?  
  • nicknack35
    nicknack35 rooney_10

    Posted

    Im not suffering any really bad side effects apart from bad sweating in bed on a night. I wouldn't push an increase dose on anybody. AD shouldn't really take months to work. Up to 6 weeks id say if you don't feel the benefits id change or up the dose. Thats just me 
  • leanne1480
    leanne1480 rooney_10

    Posted

    Well Rooney I'm on wk 11 and Im feeling worse than I did , I think it was a bad idea my doc putting me on these . I really wish I'd never of started them . I'm not my self anymore and I dnt like it . So after Christmas I'm stopping sertraline 
  • natalie99981
    natalie99981 rooney_10

    Posted

    I would say you are still very early aswell.  At 6 weeks I was back at dr saying I was no better but I reckon at about 7 weeks I noticed improvement and now I must be about 9-10 weeks and pretty much back to myself .. Stick with it smile
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