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It just gets worse instead of better

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kathryn33357
kathryn33357

Hi. Ive been on 100mg for 8 weeks now and my thoughts and anxiety are as bad as before i started and 10 x worse than on 75mg. I just dont know what to do. Feeling so down

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  • Fatnan
    Fatnan kathryn33357

    Posted

    Hi Kathryn

    Sorry to hear you are no so good. Maybe this particular medication is not for you. I would advise that you take a trip back to your doctor. Don't get despondent, easier said than done I know but doing nothing is not an option. If you feel no better or worse even, change the medication. Xxxx

    • kathryn33357
      kathryn33357 Fatnan

      Posted

      I have the drs in a few weeks so will persevere until then and see what he says. Thank you. Ive tried so many different ones sad
  • UK-Rose
    UK-Rose kathryn33357

    Posted

    Sorry to hear things dont seem to be working out, Im also only giving this a few more weeks and if I see no further improvement my doctor wants to switch me to another AD 😕

    • kathryn33357
      kathryn33357 UK-Rose

      Posted

      Sorry you arent seeing good results either sad i have tried different ones and am starting to feel that nothing is ever going to work sad hope you feel better soon
  • doug00032
    doug00032 kathryn33357

    Posted

    Kathryn, I started at 50mg, went to 100mg after two weeks and when I got to my eighth week was feeling worse than before starting sertraline. I am overly sensitive to medication and haven’t found anything yet that I seem to tolerate. When I called my doc to see what to do, it was extremely disappointing to be told to start tapering off, I was really hoping this would be the one. If you are told to stop, please be sure you get a tapering plan in place. I’ve been cutting down in half each week and it’s been pretty tough at that. The combination of more sustained anxiety and no real change in depression and constant nausea and abdominal issues is what made me throw in the towel. Since reducing, the abdominal issues are improving a bit, I just feel flu like and my neck and shoulders are hurting a lot.  After starting my taper, I saw posts advising a more gradual drop than my doc suggested and kinda wish I went that route. No immediate plans for something new to try, we shall see. Keep in mind, some folks get the benefits of sertraline after a longer start period than others, if you can tolerate what you’re going through a bit longer, you never know, it may be better soon. I just couldn’t tolerate it myself, we’re all different. Best of luck to you. 
    • kathryn33357
      kathryn33357 doug00032

      Posted

      Thank you. I am seeing the dr in a few weeka so will persevere until then and hopefully something will change within that time. Sorry to hear you are having a hard time too and really hope you feel better soon
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