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Anxiety and depression!

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panda96255
panda96255

Hi guys, I just wanted to share my story with you as apparently taking is good!

I've had anxiety and depression for years now and I'm only 23, I've been on sertraline before and I felt great! I weened myself off last year but these last few months have been hell!

I have anxiety every night before I go to sleep I worry about absolutely everything there is possible to worry about and I have a burning sensation go through my body!

I've had all sorts of negative thoughts go through my head and I've literally come to the end of my tether. I went to the doctors four days ago and I asked to go back on sertraline and so far my symptoms have been awful so much so that I had an ambulance rushed to me last night....

Anybody that suffers knows that you genuinely feel like you are having a heart attack which the paramedics assured me I'm not and it was just anxiety!

I'm also taking sleeping tablets to help me drift off to sleep as before I would just sit up for hours worrying to go to bed because I knew I would have a panic attack!!!

I have hope that I will feel normal again as I know before it got worse before it got better and it's so nice to read other stories because sometimes I feel like nobody understands....!

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  • michelle14134
    michelle14134 panda96255

    Posted

    Hi panda I too suffer anxiety depression and horrible insomnia I cannot sleep whatsoever without sleeping tablets and even with them get 4 hrs tops I feel ill and exhausted all the time and they keep telling Me it's just anxiety it's been goin on 12 months now xx
  • jane05636
    jane05636 panda96255

    Posted

    Hey. Yeh it gets so much worse before it gets better with sertraline. I had a hell of a time for weeks with side effects and ended up in a and e cos it got so bad. Now I can feel the positive effects of the meds but it took a while. Still on sleeping pills but crazy physical symptoms gone now. Keep going and get plenty of support from GP and friends and family. The insomnia is the worst as it messes with your head and body. Good luck.
    • michelle14134
      michelle14134 jane05636

      Posted

      Hi Jane ye I def agree the insomnia is the worst do u still suffer with this most people say it goes within the 1st 4 wks I've been on sertraline 5 months and still ave it really bad every nite but I also ad it 6 months b4 sertraline what sleeping tablets r u on and how long ave u been taking them I've been on zolpidem for 5 months every nite but they don't work very well xx
  • Tracy7338
    Tracy7338 panda96255

    Posted

    Hello Panda, i think you need to give yourself time to get used to being back on Sertraline. You don't mention the time span you have been back on them if at all. Why did you take yourself off them originally, was it the Sertraline telling you you were ok??
    • panda96255
      panda96255 Tracy7338

      Posted

      Hi Tracey, I've been back on them for a week but no change yet still sweating still heavy breathing and still panicking at night if not worse than before I remember having awful side effects when I first went on them but then I felt amazing in just holding onto that bit of hope that they will work for me again x
    • Tracy7338
      Tracy7338 panda96255

      Posted

      Hi Panda being back on them for one week is certainly not long enough to get over the side effects. As you have taken them before you will have experienced the side effects before but like many things that are happening at the time are awful you soon forget about how bad you felt. It is just the same now and as you have taken them before you know the first few weeks are a struggle and you do feel worse before you start to feel better. You have done it once you can do it again, just think of every day as a step nearer to being better.
  • betsy0603
    betsy0603 panda96255

    Posted

    Hi Panda, 

    I am also wondering how long you have been off the sertraline and how did you weana off of them?  Did you have any withdrawal symptoms?

    • panda96255
      panda96255 betsy0603

      Posted

      I was off sertraline for about 10 months, I would bite it in half for a couple of weeks and then just keep them in my pocket with me just so they were there. I've only been back on them for a week and my side effects are awful at the moment?
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