Just startted setraline

Today is my second day. I'm off sick because of the nausea.

I was on citalopram for more than three years but we decided to change because it stopped working. I've seriously cold turkey for the last two weeks and now THIS... I don't think I can cope with it. I feel extremely sick.

Since I managed to get off the citalopram maybe this is the right time to get clean.

Hello from Sunny Spain,

I have been for a month now... and it has saved my life....

My head stopped going on and on and on... IT WORKS...

But I have nauseas.... so BUY STOMACH PROTECTORS... (Omeprazol).

My anxaety has settle at long last, stopped pusshing me to take alcohol, tranquilizers... anything to stop thinking and disconnect.

My head still asks me but NOT like before...

I have been so long feeling depressed that I beliebed that was my normal state, and was giving up trying every morning to start positive and failing day after day.

And some days I really could not cope and was thinking to harm myself or get drunk/drugged not to feel.

I was living in an INFERNO! and I weight 53 kg. lost much hair....

I am feel fine now.... in fact fantastic.

but my worry now is that i am having such a good experience with Sertraline that

I am scared to stop taking them... I do now I will be a while on them, but I do not know if I will be able to live without it. I am scared of the day I have to stand up by myself y really am.

To fight SEROTONINE DEFICIENCY

you can get blood test to find out if you have deficiency (5-HT OR 5-Hidroxitriptamina).

you can increase the serotonine with your diet intake of Triptofano (foods), meditation, etc.

and my favorite I run now, go to gym, paint,...

LIFE CAN CHANGE

Hello, I started Sertraline 25mg. I am blah, i want to cry i feel so depressed. I just want to sleep and forget

about everything. I work out as well in which it helps a great deal. I am a outdoor person. I work in a HR office talking about depressing boring. Thank everyone of you for sharing your life stories i thought I was the only one.

Hi Louise,

Do not worry this is going to help you so much. It changed my life.

I work in an accounts office, and I do not get bored ever.

I make my day special, I try to joke all the time.

And most important lots of sports, it helped me so much.

I started running and now I can not stop.

This is a bump in your life.

you have to get up and start your life again.

we can do it with a little help.

Keep up the SMILE

Hi there- just wondering how people r getting on with starting setraline as I've been on 50mg for a week then upped to 100mg start of this week but last few days I've felt crippling anxiety to point of nausea. Never felt constant anxiety like this its terrifying and I feel like no one understands. Will this pass soon? Someone plz help.

Linz

Mine passed but it took a little over six weeks before I noticed s difference with my panics x

I have taken lots of different anti- depressants over the years, some with horrible side effects and some not. I know how unpleasant the side effects can be, they really can push you to breaking point so my advise would be try a different SSRI. It has never been worth me going through a terrible experience with any of them because you can find another what does the same thing with little or no side effects. I had a bad experience with Sert, was terrible. Prozac worked well for me and had hardly any side effects you just have to find one which works for you,. I didn't have any sexual side effects from Prozac either but everyones different. If I was gonna do it again I'd take Prozac

Hi,

I was put on Sertraline at the age of 11. I have ptsd, just stick with it and the nausea will get better. i found eating healthily and getting lots of sleep worked. if it doesnt start going away after a month or two then go back to your gp. i also found that taking diazepam helped with the anxiety... xx

Hi, i suffer from health Anxiety and have been for the last 2 years.. at first i could handle it because it wasn't affecting my daily life.. over the last 6 months ive increase physical symptoms... headache, dizziness palpitations, neck ache, chest pains, concentration problems, nausea, forgetfulness, adrenaline rushes, shortness of breath, physically drained, hot/cold flashes, trouble swallowing food, heatburn, pressure in my head and ringing in my ears.. my left leg sometimes goes numb (which feels more difficult to control) and uncontrollable twiches

also i have a falling sensation when im falling asleep..

the doctor says all these symptoms are due to my extremely high anxiety levels aswell as worrying when my next panic attack will be.

i am always worrying throughout the day

due to this the DR prescribed me with 50mg sertraline... with in 4-6 hours after i taken my first tablet i started feeling sick, dry mouth and increased anxiety aswell has headache... is this possible? or should i see my doctor?

Hi Andrew I want to say I'm sorry things have been so difficult for you lately. This "anxiety thing" is very difficult to understand and to deal with. I did not realize I even had this in me until I was pregnant 4 years ago with my son and the Dr. told me he was sick and had lung issues. Ultimately he was born full term but only lived for 33 days. I first felt anxiety in the car on the way to visit relatives. I felt as though I was getting hot and would pass out. I immediately rolled down the windows and wanted to escape but the main thing was getting AIR. I went on for a year after his birth and it happened several times after that. Of course I am grieving but trying to work and take care of my family. I don't know if you have ever been in counseling and if you haven't you may need to consider it seriously. The Dr. was only able to diagnose a problem. I suggest counseling because ultimately there is a cause for the ANXIETY to be occurring. I discovered in my sessions that I had compounded GRIEF. My only sibling my sister died at 37 then my son. I never sought counseling for my sister but should have. I was devastated. I was prescribed Lexapro. I felt like I could not go on. It made me feel like a ZOMBIE. I was scared. I have to admit during that time the medicine made me feel better faster and I weened myself off after about 6-7 weeks. In addition to the depression medication I was prescribed Xanax which helped tremendously. It keeps the anxiety in its place and not surface. Four years later still experiencing anxiety on occasion I am taking Sertraline 50 mg. I have a 2 year old since all of that. I personally think that on top-of the compounded grief and chasing my 2 year old all day it is harder to shake the symptoms as fast as I did the first time. Andrew counseling should help you to figure out what is going on inside. The anxiety is not happening for no reason. We walk around everyday with buried junk that we have to get rid of- cry it out of our system with a professional. My depression sort of sits in my eye area cause a heaviness. I may feel a bit of postpartum after my daughter. I'm in my late 40's. I rely on God to clear my mind and to get me back on track. I am a healthy person and I have never been so out of place with a sickness. I'm glad you responded. Your Dr. may be limited with your recovery. Get to the bottom of why you don't feel good. Tonyag

im sorry to hear what you have been through.. i myself would not have coped with what you have been through... thank you for your help! i am only on my second day so ill give it a week or 2 before doing anything else. my Son was born 12 weeks ago so maybe that is one of the reasons my anxiety has flared up so much. im only 25.. went to the hospital last night through having another panic attack and the dr at the hospital advised me if i had something wrong with me health wise i would have known by now.. which has given me a little boost but still my anxiety is too much for me to handle

Andrew seems like it will get worse before better. Sertraline will start to balance the chemicals in your body and mind that are affected. Ask about Zanax if you need more help. It keeps a

nxiety suppresed. Once a day may calm you. May work like Abilify with less side effects. Congratulations on your new baby. Try to relax. Play calming music keep environment quiet it will help. Tonyag

Hi all, firstly now I understand why I have been feeling so anxious. I started on 50mg Sertralien 3 days ago, have to increase to 100mg tomorrow for another 3 days and then 150mg. Determined to stick it out until I feel better. Been through one of my worst depressive episodes. My Doctor said he wants to load my serotonin as quick as possible. I was prepared for the nausia, but the anxiety caught me off guard. Now reading some of the posts I see that this is quiet a common side affect, and probably why I was also prescribed a tranquilzer. Rob

I to have changed from citalapram to lustral feel crap not ure if its withdrawal from citalapram or side effects of lustral or both.

just want to feel well again

I am also a new starter to Sertraline, the first night i had palpatations, then i was fine for 2 nights and last night i had palpatations, nausia, hot and cold sweats, teeth grinding, diarrhoea, dry mouth and insomnia!! Surely the insomnia will last less than a week?? I am a single parent and my child off school for Summer Hols!!