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5months on sertraline and still not feeling 100%

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jemma45213
jemma45213

hey everyone so this might be quite long winded but would really appreciate some advice.

my problems began in december when suddenly out of the blue i had a panic attack.. i had never had one before and i had no idea what was happening to me.. honestly the Most horrific experience of my life. This lasted solid for about 2 months I was having panic attacks everyday, it was so debilitating, I couldn’t live my life as normal at all with this constant feeling of fear! In January my doctor started me on 50mg of sertraline and everything got worse, that was the worst 2 weeks ever, developed this lump in my throat that literally felt like it was choking me at times.. I think it may be globus.. I experienced this real dizzy feeling almost as if I was swaying or like as if I was in a boat and extremely dazed, I experienced alit of side effects in those first few weeks, then one day I just felt better.. so much better, the lump went away and I was doing so great and genuinely felt really good and massively relieved! Now for about the last 6 weeks or so the lump feeling is back, I get this real building pressure feeling in my head and Ears at times along with the lump in my throat it feels so suffocating at times! I increased to 100 about 2 weeks ago and I was ok not 100% but ok.. but now when I’m in work I get these dizzy feelings like I’m swaying or that my head goes really light for like a split second, I get these weird sensations that just come over me for a second I don’t know how to explain it’s like I don’t feel quite myself just randomly and then I’m ok again.. I really don’t know if this is all just the panic and the medication or if there could be something else going on or what! I don’t know whether to consider switching to a different medication or what.. I just want to feel 100% rather than always worrying that there is something underlying.. I feel like every other week there is something else.. my skins all breaking out too and it’s all just cracking me up!!! 😢

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  • cormac77253
    cormac77253 jemma45213

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    hi im so sorry to hear that your not feeling the best im surprised to hear your story because im almost the exact same i woke up one day with a panic attack (ive had anxiety for years) but this one was the worst ive every experianced it lasted almost 2 months and then because of the constant panic attacks depression also hit me like a brick wall so was on 50mg for 11weeks and i felt ok still very depressed but less anxious so i moved to 75 for 2 weeks then moved to 100. ive been on the 100s for 3 weeks now and the first 2 weeks were incredable i felt almost back to notmal now this week thr foggy head is back so is the anxiety and the depression. im guessiing this is a result of the dosage increase and it will fade off but i would recomend that you speak to your doctor and try to organise theropy as a pill can only help so much tou need to do the rest. eat health, exersize, concouling and dont drink ! hope you can feel better soon please keep me updated as im in the same position

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