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Exhaustion

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Hoopz
Hoopz

Hi. Im new to this forum and desperate to get some info from someone about fatigue/ anxiety.

I am female ..61 years old and have worked nights for over 20 years. I felt unwell for a long time but put it down to lack of sleep ..bad diet..nights etc.

However in June of this year i had a bad panic attack in my garden whilst moving some rubbish. I didnt know it was a panic attack and thought i had a virus.

I have not been able to breathe properly since then and was initially prescribed ventolin. ( no asthma before)

I have been off work on and off since and have had ecg..chest xray ct scan and now after a massive panic attack about a week ago i have been perscribed sertraline. I have been taking half a tablet for about 8 days and i feel much worse. Any simple task is flooring me. If i have a bath i am on the floor. Cant sleep ..might i add i am not depressed but will be soon if i dont sort this out. Am awaiting a doctor phone consultation as i type this. I also cannot go outside and an scared i will become agrophobic

Sorry this is very long

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  • pamela51740
    pamela51740 Hoopz

    Posted

    Hi Hoopz I started sertraline early October due to my other antidepressants pooped out and caused severe anxiety and panic attacks. Every day I was in constant panic I thought I was losing my mind, I couldn't sit still, I didn't dare go out but I had too to take my boy to school, I panicked all the way there and back. I wasn't depressed but I felt like I didn't want to live like this and was having scary thoughts. The first few weeks on sertraline are the worse, maybe you could ask your doctor for diazapam to help you for the first week or so. You have to bare with it, it took ages for me to feel 60% better and today I even went Christmas shopping! It's the 1st time I've been somewhere on my own since july! I thought it would never get better every day was like a living hell! I'm surprised I didn't get depressed. Anyways bare with it and it will get better x

    • Hoopz
      Hoopz pamela51740

      Posted

      Thanks for your swift reply Pamela. I've had a phone consultation with my doctor and he has left me a perscription for a mild sedative to help me sleep. He has also upped my sertraline to 50mg from tomorrow. Im pleased about the sedative because i desperately need to sleep but am worried that upping the sertraline will make me worse. I feel like im caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

  • brenda80266
    brenda80266 Hoopz

    Posted

    Hi sorry your not feeling good I was on sertraline since May up to 200mg did absaloutly nothing except make me more anxious ended up in a&e thinking I wea having heart attack seen gp last week and now on fluoxetine after tapering off sertraline feeling so much better no constant chest pain feel more positive was on this a few years ago with good results personally I wouldn’t touch sertraline again hope you improve but don’t leave it to long if there is no improvement Take care x

    • Hoopz
      Hoopz brenda80266

      Posted

      Thanks for the input. It seems everyone is different. I will stick it out a few weeks and see how it goes. Hopefully a good few nights sleep will help. Glad you are feeling better and have a good Christmas 🌲🌲

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