Been given sertraline
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Hi
Today I was given sertraline to start taking by my doctor, 50mg a day
After coming home and reading about it and reading all the horrible side effects that can come with this drug I am scared to start taking it and not sure if it is worth starting
I am not badly depressed and a lot of the time I do feel ok, other times are worse when I do feel low and worthless but I'm not sure if maybe kalms for example will help me better because it isn't all the time I feel like this
Please help don't know what to do !
Leanne 
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claire86168 leanne91044
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Hi,
As mentioned previously I to was scared of taking and split my 50mg in half.
I'm on day 4 now (still 25mg) and so far it's not been that bad. I've had slight insomnia. This was one thing I really didn't want as I also normally sleep really well and to me that's the only time my mind gets any peace. However, it's not been as bad as it sounds, I wake a few times in the night but I do go back to sleep. The first night I was waking and getting hot sweats but like said I was getting back to sleep. I also get terrible nausea, heaving in the morning. I too am now dreading the days to come as reading things it seems that it might get worse but I'm also trying to be positive and remember everyone is different so will just have to see how it goes for me.
I don't think I'm going to go upto the full 50mg for a good few weeks as I've got lots of weekend events coming up and work mon-fri so I don't want to experience anything extra right now (even though I
might not)
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