Awful first few days on sertraline
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Hi . First time posting but long time anxiety sufferer. I have struggled on and off with this hellish thing since my early 20s, now 39. I have been med free for over a year and a half , then whack!! A week ago I wake up to this again . I went to the docs who have prescribed me sertraline. ( I should mention at this point that I have been on various other ssri meds with various success/failiers) anyway to try and get to the crux of it. ... I feel awful. Anxiety through the roof and can't hold a conversation with anybody without it eating me up. Is sertraline notoriously worse at the start then other ssri's??? I have also been given diazepam which I'm scared to take for obvious reasons. Any help would be gratefully received.
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Dave_Scotland paul69945
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I can very much relate to this. I have been an anxiety / desperation sufferer since I was 19( I am 30 now ) I came off sertraline November 2016 and by June 2017 I was back to square one. I had to take Diazapam for 3 days just to calm me down ( I wouldn’t usually take any benzo’s but I was in a very bad place and wanted it all to stop ) as I was having a melt down, anxiety , intrusive thoughts,I am sure you know the madness of it all, I went back on sertraline and by day 10 “boom “
I felt like a new person, anxiety gone, good moods and sleeping well, I started back on 100mg and recently had a dip with depression ( who I am seeing a psychiatrist about ) and went up to 200mg and I am working through a course of CBT. This medication really does work for me but I like also to help myself and meditate daily , carrying out the CBT and do not drink or take any form of drugs, I have even stopped drinking any caffeinated drinks as that’s a trigger for anxiety for me. Stick with the sertraline mate.
All the best
David x
paul69945 Dave_Scotland
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Thanks for taking the time to read and reply David. Another horrid day . Can't help but think the sertraline making me worse but only on day 6. Don't know weather to take another pill every night! Feels like I've gone back in time. Such a shock when I've been ok for so long.
Dave_Scotland paul69945
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paul69945 Dave_Scotland
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Thanx mate. It's a big help reading other people's experiences. Bloody jaw is clenched so tight it feels like I'm gonna snap my teeth off!!! Feels like I've been on speed for a week. Just wondering if you have been on any other ssri's and how they compared. ?
Dave_Scotland paul69945
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