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How did you feel when Sertraline started to work on your depression? I am 3 weeks on 100 (previously on 50 for 6 weeks, 9 weeks on total). I am still waiting for Sert to kick in...my anxiety is slowly improving but I still have no interest in things, no enjoyment, no emotions 😦 Should I already feel better or is this normal a normal process....?
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dodo81786 Ala1483
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I'm starting my week 3 on 100 after 17 days on 50 .
i have still anixety through the day and that when i get instrusive thoughts about my feelings , like am i feeling normal ? when will i feel normal ? am i stuck ? also low mood still not lifted .
i used to love knitting alot but now i dont feel like doing it . i hope this med kicks in .
i used to be on 100 for the bast 2 yrs stopped only for 2 months but i have alot of stress to deal with so i guess it was a bad choice to wean off .
Ala1483 dodo81786
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Yes, such a shame you have to start again! Hopefully you feel better soon x
dodo81786 Ala1483
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also i forgot to me say that i used to like horror movies but now i can't watch it or even hear bad news i get anxious and scared that something similar going to happen to me .
lynn67615 Ala1483
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are you better ali
Ala1483 lynn67615
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Hi, not yet really 😦 depression still bad
lynn67615 Ala1483
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this process takes so long
SerotoninSurfer lynn67615
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If you told me i had to ride it out for 4 more weeks but then i would be better i would take that. It's the agony of not knowing when you'll get better. I find that when i get better eventually i find it hard to empathise just how badly i felt at the time. Before you know, you take it for granted that you skip around, whistling......want my life back so much!!!!!
lynn67615 SerotoninSurfer
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i am on week 8 of pristiq and take 15 mgs of mirtazapine at night, sertraline worked for me at 50mgs for 23 years than pooped out.
SerotoninSurfer lynn67615
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5 weeks into Mirtazipane in total and 3 weeks on 30mg and the anxiety/depression not lifted after initially feeling better. Wondering how long to wait until trying 45mg?
lynn67615 SerotoninSurfer
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could sertralene work again for me stopped at 50 mg pooped out june 2017
SerotoninSurfer lynn67615
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im still on Sertraline too. Augmentation.
Kernel__49695 lynn67615
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Hi Lynne - sertraline worked so well for me for 11 years then i slowly tapered off and was ok until zero and then the withdrawal panic attacks started again and put me back into 24/7 anxiety hell. they have put me back on it but 6 weeks in it isnt helping at all and i just wondered how you came off it after 23 years? the internet is full of all these awful withdrawal stories lasting a long time and i am petrified to come off it again. was it ok for you??
lynn67615 Kernel__49695
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trying to find another that works. on paxil 20 now for 7 days
lynn67615
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they just substituted it with another antidepressant.
Kernel__49695 lynn67615
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so you didnt experience withdrawals from coming off the sertraline when they switched? I hope the paxil works well for you.
i dont know if sertraline will work for me again now after being off it for a few weeks.
lynn67615 Kernel__49695
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it might. in my case it stopped working (break through anxiety) when i was on 50mgs. They tried to raise it and my anxiety got worse. You volenteerily went off.
lynn67615
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no side effects going off.
Kernel__49695 lynn67615
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well thats encouraging thanks. I almost feel like they are making my panic and anxiety worse as the weeks go by. 6 weeks in now and praying for a miracle. I hope you are all doing ok