How does Serttraline make u feel?

Hi jonny, what you are experiencing is quite normal for someone taking this drug.

When life is getting us down and we take meds to help they cannot actually change us. They sedate us, they make us feel floaty or a bit disconbobulated (not sure where I heard that one!) and sometimes confused,calm or even like we are living on the planet Zog.

They cannot make us feel ourselves as we usually are when happy and getting on with our lives. We need to be concious to do that, not under the influence of a drug.

Have you been taking this for long? If you are new to it then it will take a time to get into your system and your body get used to it. If you've been taking it for ages then you should have a chat with the medic who prescribed it for you. There may be an alternative that would suit you better.

It's a difficult one, you may need to go though this part to get through to the other side, when you can lower the dose and return to life once again.

You are still there, you are just having a break from it all for a while, needing to recuperate and give your poor self a bit of help. Hang in there, be kind to yourself.

Sorry I can't be of more help but I know one day you will be yourself again. Fanny Jane.

Hi,

My doctor increased my dose from 50 to 100, ive experienced the same, just inner calm but no emotion, very weird feeling, feel so much better on these tablets but its like emotions have been taken away...i like the calmness though.

Hello johnny... Just wondering how u feeling now on setraline? I've been on them 5 days and I feel sick,

No appetite , feel confused and can't seem to concentrate for long, to be fair they are making me feel worse.are you still on them? Did u feel any of these symptoms? Just dnt feel well on them.thanks

Hello johnny... Just wondering how u feeling now on setraline? I've been on them 5 days and I feel sick,

No appetite , feel confused and can't seem to concentrate for long, to be fair they are making me feel worse.are you still on them? Did u feel any of these symptoms? Just dnt feel well on them.thanks

Hmm, it's kinda complicated. I'm now on 150mg per day, I have been getting counselling (very worthwhile btw)

It's compicated because i have a complicated life, I can say that without these tablets I would be in a worse place, whats different from my original post is that I seem to have a bit more clarity, clarity of thought combined with a better ability to reason. So, what i actually mean is, personal perspective, is rather than 'jump' to a decision/conclusion is allow myself time to think.

Also a big factor in my case is I have realised my self worth. Thats gonna be different for everyone, but for me it's been realising that I don't have to put on a 'front', I AM ME, I can be happy, sad angry, annoyed, blah blah, we all question ourselves, In my opinion too much.

Hope this helps.

Jonny

hi iam on 50g ive bein in on them 3 weeks i felt sick for nearly two weeks. I havent got much appertate. I feel confused,tierd not quite with it. I feel like dont care as much. I a mum with 3kids and a partner. He sayen altime are we ok. Iam much more carmer and more in control. They are werid drug

Hi

Can you let me know if you feel any better and is this all worth it? I feel ill............................. any help would be really appreciated.

Started on 50g for 10 days then increased to 100g today. Everyone just keeps saying stick with it, but feel dreadful. Keep getting anxiety feelings and restless and feel sick..................

Thanks

Jools

Hi jools, personal opinion about staying on them, my father in law is a pharmacist and he said try them for a week and I did but omg!!!! I felt worse than what I did before, more panic attacks, I was soooo nervous about everything, I couldn't focus , concentrate it was awful! I was have horrible thorts it was the worst week of my life and now I look back and think the probs I had before I went on them were not really probs compared to what sertraline did did me...how u feeling?

hi thanks for getting back to me. feel dreadful! all doctors keep saying i will feel better soo x

Ohh bless ya, I cudnt take that messed up feeling it was awful I cudnt wait for them to get out my system, they changed me as a person.worse experience of my life.

:-(

not a nice feeling....... my sleep is totally upside down (sleep - before i started the sertraline through anxiety) my doc says once these r in my system that my sleep will improve. thats the only thing keeping me going with them. x

apparently you have to give them at least 4 weeks to see benefits.

anybody got any positive words for me? :-) x

Yeah they do say it takes a while and everybody says its so much better after the 4weeks and worth it but I just cudnt stick with it.i would of needed 4 weeks off work and kids ..good luck and u will get through the other side.be strong x

ive struggled at work to b honest but still gone in and done my days. could quite easily stop off tho. its the ack if sleep that dosent help x

sorry for typos. on mobile x

Awwww, I have never had a bother with lack of sleep.what about asking for a little low dose of diazepam to get you over the time whilst tablets kick in...just a really low dose? U doctor not suggested so etching to helpxx