Awful aniexty prescribed Sertraline but too terrified to take :( please help....
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Hi,
My name is Holly I'm 27 and have been under an awful amount of family stress over the past year. On the weekend me and my partner went away, I had awful aniexty felt like I couldn't breath just wanted to be home....on our return in Sunday I had a full panic attack which resulted in me calling an ambulance as I was home alone. I have never been so scared. After going to the doctors they have prescribed me 50mg Sertraline and Propanolol for as and when my aniexty is bad.
My main issues with aniexty are eating out, feeling trapped, worried I may collapse at any point, light headed, upset stomach, sweaty hands and the shakes.
I want to try the tablets but have read nothing but bad reviews about Sertraline, please can you guys share any good reviews, honest opinions or anything really that you think would help as I feel like I'm going crazy daily tears and very low mood
Thankyou in advance. Xxx
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Mrslolad holly49030
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holly49030 Mrslolad
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MacSandy holly49030
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michael58834 holly49030
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Scampi18 holly49030
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sorry your going through a very time, I take 100mg sertraline daily, I did have the worst side effects for about 3 weeks, it's just the medication getting around your body.
everyone is different with medication, you may not get any side effects at all.
I also took diazepam when bad, now on calms.
why don't you ask GP about starting on 25 and slowly increasing the dose.
I could it take fluoxetine or citalapram because of bad side effects, I can't even take hrt, makes me very angry, I am on sertraline for the menopause, along with hundreds of vitamins, I can't say I am 100% yet but I have turned a corner, and you will too.
your not going crazy, start a mood diary, write down everything your feeling on that day, and keep posting on here.
did your GP give you a crisis no to call if things got bad, if not, there is always the Salvation Army, and the hospital.
you will be ok, it takes time. 👍🏻
wendy64499 holly49030
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I don't know if this will help as I have only been one Sertraline for only two weeks. reading lots of things on here I feel lucky. I have had few side effects, slight headache, stomach upset and tbh not much else. I am taking the same dose as you. I know they will react differently for everyone. I think you also need to take into acount that when people post on a forum often it is because something negative has happened and we are looking for advice ets. So many things you read can sound very negative. Hope this makes sense and I haven't offended anyone.
My advice would be to try and them becasue the side effects might be minamal as they have been with me.
hope this helps