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First day back at work while on sertraline!

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kevin66749
kevin66749

All I got to say is O MY LORD!!!!! am absolutely f***ed! Had a few wobbles on my feet and had permanent lock jaw and now have tooth ache and pain behind my eye and headache! Had a couple of very short panic attacks that didn't mount into something they usually do so chuffed with that! But jeez am shattered! My pillow gonna get some serious head 2night lololol hope you all had a fantastic day 

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  • kathy_06966
    kathy_06966 kevin66749

    Posted

    Hi Kevin  well done you  first day done  it can only get better  feel proud of yourself  and remember   one day at a time    Have a good kip !!!
    • kevin66749
      kevin66749 kathy_06966

      Posted

      Thanks kathy! Bloody hot flushes and sweating since I got home frigging annoying this tablets! Get sooooo many side effects from sertraline
  • cherry123
    cherry123 kevin66749

    Posted

    Well done Kevin...day one done so u have got over the biggest hurdle. As someone else said just take one day at a time otherwise u could get overwhelmed. Just remember u did it today and u will do it again..and again.  The tiredness will partly be after the tension u had built up just worrying about going back.  I always find that after I've been really tense..it's like the tension leaving ur body or something.  The sweats are absolutely dreadful (for me anyway)...main reason I'm trying to come off them now. Best wishes
  • DavidUSA
    DavidUSA kevin66749

    Posted

    Kevin, my doc said if I experienced lock jaw I should return to see him ASAP. 
    • cherry123
      cherry123 DavidUSA

      Posted

      Hi David..that's interesting ..I remember shortly after I started on them getting really strange worrying feeling in my jaw & could only open my mouth so far & no further.  This happened a couple of times and thankfully never happened again. I had actually forgotten about it. But I didn't know then that it had anything to do with the sertraline & it was never mentioned to me as being a side effect. It was quite frightening at the time
  • hanky
    hanky kevin66749

    Posted

    hi Kev, glad your first day went well if there was a little bit of a worrying time,you got through m8, ( lol at pillow thing ) smile  stay strong m8
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