Derealization with Zoloft?

i was on 40mg and suddenly in february my anxiety cane back...I loved celexa but for some odd reason my anxiety would come back around that month so ny dr switched me to zoloft

i had a good year on celexa 20 mg then owt of nowhere at xmas i started getting terrible anxiety upped to 30mg but was getting worse so dr switched aswell. its terrible waiting for the medication to work

yes it is.How are you feeling on this medication so far?

alot better than i did , seem to be getting better than il have a bad time with it again, like 1 step forward 2 back , wel get there in the end

i was feeling good week 7/8 then my anxiety came back some people are saying wait 12 weeks so im waiting on that

i just talked to my dr she said to increase to 100 but im bot sure what do cus several people say it takes 12 weeks

i didnt want to increase either but im so glad i did.

time frames are different for everyone, have you had derealisation the whole time you were on zoloft or just recently?

just recently

from my personal experience i would say to increase if you feel comfortable. 100mg is still a low does and i found within a week i felt so so much better

yes,i took my 100mg for the first time hopefully no side effects!!

i actually experienced dp/dr before any medication.Thats what gave me anxiety

same here, was so scary until i figured out what it was.

sounds silly but i used a rubberband on my wrist that i was use to flick my wrist to bring me back to the moment and focus less on the dp/dr.

hope you feel better very soon 😃

thank you sophie same to you:)

Hi Jess

I also suffer with derealisation as a symptom of my anxiety.

I'm on week 7 of Sertraline and last week I had a great week.....from Monday to FridayI felt back. However on the Monday I went up to 150mgs (from 125) and on Friday I started feeling really detached and then my anxiety came back. The detachment seems to have got worse and I find when I'm talking to people that them talking about normal life sounds weird....like it makes sense to me, but at the same time it feels unreal.

I wondered if you can you relate to that at all and do you think its the increased dose thats causing it? I've also had diarrhoea for 5 days straight.

After a great week last week I'm feeling pretty desperate right now. x

hi samantha

have you been on sertaline before, im

no expert but jumping up to 150mg in 7 weeks is alot i can imagine for the brain to handle??

Hi Samantha

Yes,I can relate to how you feel.I also feel unreal at times for me like even when I'm having conversations i don't feel like I'm truly there .Idk what words to use to make sense lol but i really do you know what you mean.I went up 100mg since last monday it was so weird cus tuesday i felt normal all the way till friday night i got it again and ive been having it.Do you have an instagram?

Hi Sophie

No, I've never been on Sertraline before. My Psychiatrist wanted me to increase by 50mgs every 2 weeks to get to 200mgs or even beyond but I established from this forum that its too quick.

I was on Paroxetine for 9 years and Escitalopram for 6, during which time I was symptom free and had a great life. in the last 8 months I've been living a nightmare and just dont feel Ill ever be right again.

No I dont have instagram...why?

I was gonna tell you to follow me lol but thats okay.I actually do have diaherria not all the time tho

have you felt any better?

Hi Jess

Sorry for the delayed reply. I've actually been physically unwell (unrelated to anxiety) with severe diarrhoea, stomach cramps and nausea that resulted in my having to be admitted to hospital for a couple of days as I was severely dehydrated and had very low blood pressure.

As a result, the sertraline wasn't getting a chance to get absorbed into my system so I started getting withdrawal symptoms like brain zaps.

I recovered a week and a half ago so the 150mgs of Sertraline has gradually been getting back into my system and over the last 2 days my thoughts have turned really inward again and the unreality has felt really bad. Today I have felt totally disconnected from life and its really distressing. I'm hoping things will level out soon and then I have to decide whether to increase my dose.

How are you doing now Jess?

I'm sorry to hear that.100mg has actually been working for me and I hope it stays