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just started sertraline

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michelle24205
michelle24205

hi people,ive just started taken sertraline ,felt sick shakey dizzy and tired ,now into my third wk and side effects much better now ,just wondering when will start to feel better does anxiousness go away ,just want feel like my old self ago .

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  • GodsServant
    GodsServant michelle24205

    Posted

    Hi, you are almost there. Give it a couple more weeks. If you don't feel better after 2 months, then please let your doc know. I have been on Zoloft on and off for 2 decades. I recently just got back on it, 100mg, and each time I get back on the side effects are not any easier and each time the side effects are a bit different, too. What I hate the most are the jitters, the shackies like you said, the tremors. Ugh! I also get the RLS. This time around I got 3 new things, blurred vision, tingling in hands, and bouts of feeling very cold. 

    You and I, we will get better and we will get to feeling like our old selves. Again. Soon. 

    • michelle24205
      michelle24205 GodsServant

      Posted

      hi ,I really do hope so ,its just time people keep telling me .positive positive positive I no .,hope u keep ur chin up to xx
    • Shadow83
      Shadow83 GodsServant

      Posted

      Did you find that the jitters etc go away later?  I just finished my second week and the jitters are very annoying.  Also having anxiety in the morning bad, anxiety and don't want to get out of bed.  First week was 25mg and this second 50mg.  I realize that it has only been 2 weeks but the thought of going through this for months just to find out that this is not for me is also causing anxiety, it's a vicious circle.

       

    • michelle24205
      michelle24205 Shadow83

      Posted

      yes they do ,I take my tablet 50mg in morning bout 8 cause when took in evening could not sleep at all and bad jetters ,now no side efforts ,so they will go ,so keep going and fingers crossed u feel better real soonxxx
    • GodsServant
      GodsServant Shadow83

      Posted

      Yes, three or four nights ago, I had very terrible jitters but then it went away. This time around, the side effects are stiff neck, kinks, blurred vision, back stiffness, minor headache, middle forehead tension, bouts of feeling extremely cold and I rarely get cold, I live in California, tingling of hands. Diarrhea stopped but still loose stool. Hang in there, it will get better. 
  • hoodriver
    hoodriver michelle24205

    Posted

    chelle, you will never be the same. An this is aa good thing. When you go thorugh what we have, yo grow and become better and stronger. The meds will kick in and things will calm down. Remmeber, you dont want to be your old self, life is handing you a curve ball, time to enjoy the challenge and be optimistic for the future. 

    • michelle24205
      michelle24205 hoodriver

      Posted

      Thank u so much for that ,I had crap day today but that was so lovely and positive just wat I needed ,thanks again for ur kind wordsx
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