How do you personally feel on sertraline?
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So it goes without saying that writing this at 20 to 1 in the morning is for a start never a good time to feel great, but I've gone from what I thought was progress (day 4 of taking sertraline) cheering up today, to find that hearing things from people that I didn't want to made me cry my eyes out and revert back to square one.
My question is ... When things do settle down. How do people describe what they feel like?
Is it like you've found some happy medium? Contentness? Numb?
I'm laying here fed up of the side effects even my teeth and jaw feel weird which I haven't heard other people mention.. and am trying to fathom how/if a pill is going to bring me out of this hole.
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juls31
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Take Care!
greg98786 juls31
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How you described your panic attacks is exactly what I've been going through for the past 5 years, psyching myself up, driving(mostly if it's far from home and never by myself). I'm on my third day of sertaline after years of puting it off, and I just woke up at 5 am, scared as hell feeling weird like my mind has changed. Yesterday wasn't much better I had a headache and was shakey. I know when it comes to take it again tonight I'm going to be seriously conflicted, but I so badly want to be independent again as my wife is about to give birth to our second child, and I don't want to be a bother to her anymore.
moth450
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I did have a dip towards the end of the first week where I felt worse, especially with side effects, but that picked back up and 3 weeks after starting it I was stable enough (and happy enough) to go back to work. I've been on them 3 months now and I feel so much more like my old self. I do have the odd down days but then so does everybody. Take a bad day as just that, one day. But if low mood persists it might be worth a review. I've had a few times where I thought I might need to step up the dose but I noticed that was around the time I was pre menstrual. I'm still on my starting dose of 50mg and that seems to give me the right balance of feeling positive and able to get on with life but still feeling sad when appropriate.
rob74885
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Rob
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annabelle1946 Loco_estrella
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I have just started taking Sertraline a few days ago and I think it's making me feel weird.
I have completely lost my appetite. the thought of chewing and swallowing makes me feel sick.
I feel faint, light, spaced out.
My joints feel tight, elbows, knees, shoulders, jaw. I feel like everything is being clenched.
I also feel like I'm sweating quite a lot, my hands are really clammy and a few hours after I take it I'm shaking terribly. Being out in large crowds is worse than ever.
I'm hoping that this is all pretty normal in the first week or so because today was pretty horrible.
Suprstr399 annabelle1946
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vicki0304 Loco_estrella
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Hi I was on setraline 15 years ago and started again yday... I've woke up with the awful jaw feeling and remember it from before has urs settled yet? X