Day 23of taking sertraline
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Today I feel very weak and tired, still very anxious and low mood, the sickness isn’t as bad just in a morning. No motivation everything is an effort. Are other people on this site feeling like this.
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nicole0926 2020
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2020 nicole0926
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nicole0926 2020
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ashleyrocks910 2020
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maria19434 2020
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Yes exactly the same sorry to say. Last week (week 4) I was starting to feel in the mend but the last 4 days I haven't got the motivation to even get out of bed. The awful dark thoughts have gone but now I feel like I'm sort of half here and half not, if that makes sense. I will probably write a post about it seeking reassurance about this. Hope you feel better soon .
julie89512 2020
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Feel the best I’ve felt in a long time. Hope it lasts
Hang on in there, I’m sure things will settle down for you.
maria19434 julie89512
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This is so encouraging to read ~ thank you for posting. I'm about 5 weeks in on 50mg and was feeling a bit better last week but this week have felt awful like I'm living in a disconnected reality. I pray every day that I'm going to feel better x
ashleyrocks910 maria19434
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Are you going to stick it out for 8 weeks, Maria? I have been feeling the same and I am trying to find the post where someone talks about this blip. Going to my doctors today to do my one month review and hoping to not have to increase. I will let you know what he says. <3
maria19434 ashleyrocks910
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Yes I'm going to stick it out because compared to how I was 5 weeks ago I can see improvement. I'm positive enough to see it as a blip. I have seen other posts about this and everyone says stuck it out and because I'm on 50mg and was so low with suicidal thoughts every morning I'm going to give it longer to work because it's got more to fix in my seratonin levels. X
UK-Rose julie89512
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If you don’t mind me asking what dosage became your therapeutic level??
julie89512 UK-Rose
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i like to keep posting on here for other to read, because when I started on sertraline I needed advice and hope from other that had come through the other end.
i take it for health anxiety and with being highly sensitive to medication, I’m still on 25mg and that seems to be enough to keep me calm.
I think doctor up doses to quickly and it doesn’t give it time to settle in our systems, yes it does cause anxiety to heighten in the early stages of taking it and there for, we are told to up it,
give it time, I nearly upped my dose, because I was feeling more anxious but I didn’t in the end.
Yes some need a higher dose than others, but give it chance to settle first,
hope this helps you.
good luck x
UK-Rose julie89512
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Brilliant advice Julie, its fantastic to hear your managing so well on such a low dose.
I agree, doctors are so insistent to icreases you threw the levels because your havnt seen progress in 12minutes!! Lol
My doctor also wanted to increase me to 100mg, but I dont feel ready yet... I want to wait and see what 50mg has to offer me first, and if I increase it will be by quater dosages. I agree alot of this should be down to what you feel comfortable with and what you want to handle.
Slow and steady for me... 🌹
julie89512 UK-Rose
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Glad I’ve been of some help.
You are doing right little at a time to see what dose suits you.
Don’t worry if you up your dose even a little you may get some of your side effects back, but when it settles at that dose once again they will go.
Hopefully you will be ok on what your on. Please keep me posted on how you are doing 🌷
UK-Rose julie89512
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Will do... and Thanks again Julie 🌹
ashleyrocks910
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