Morning Anxiety!

I know this discussion is now 5 months old but it’s helped to know i’m not the only one. Started Sertraline 50mg 6 days ago. This is my second time on it after weening off it 11 months ago. I remember it being rough to begin with when i first took it that time but i was in a darker place when i was prescribed it then and don’t remember how long it took to settle. This time i wasn’t feeling as bad before i started it but knew i was heading downwards so saw my GP who prescribed it again. Since about day 3 i have yet again been waking early with an increasing sense of dread before i have to get up. The anxiety and low mood have got much worse and i’ve been feeling as though i’ve been poisoned! I feel sick all day, have to force feed myself,  am constantly tired and feel like i have the flu. I am also just a few weeks into a new job which means i have to put a face on throughout the day and going off sick is out of the question. I do get some relief from around 8pm when i calm down and feel more optomistic, hoping that things will be better tomorrow, but i kinda know i’ll wake again and the battle will begin all over. I don’t want to go to bed because i just want to feel calm for a bit longer although i’m very tired. God this s**t is hard! I know it’s early days and i will persevere. Hope you guys are feeling much better now and it’s good to know i’m not the only one to experience this. X

Hi Lewis:) People experiance bad mornings when taking Sertraline. I was on 25mg from 2nd of Jan for 2weeks. Now i m on 50mg (2,5 weeks) and still mornings are Full of restless, anxiety, worries.... But is better, because i started to feel relaxed earlier than 7~8pm. Sometimes it is 3pm... Have good days too:) I know how tuff it is. You are not alone... Keep feith. Hope now U feel better.

hello everyone, I'm back on sertraline 25mg again. I started it the first time about 1.5 years ago and took it for about 6 months. currently it's horrible, I got crazy insomnia like 3 hours of sleep in 2 days. luckily last night I slept from 930 to 4am getting up every 2 hours with heart beating faster. I believe it's been about 17 days since I started it back. my doc told me to up my dose to 2 and my anxiety and attacks got worse for those 2 days so I cut back to 1 again. I've been nauseous and barely been able to eat. after my covid experience till now I've lost 25 lbs. I'm starting to wonder if this medicine will work this second time. anyone else had any similar experience ?

i've posted a few times bow so you can read my story. I also started at 25 and then after two weeks went to 50 and yes some bad days followed . Then i went to 75 and more bad days . My sleep is horrible and i wake up very anxious , seems to settle down around 4-5 pm and then my appetite comes back and I feel good, but next morning i start all over again . Just started 9 weeks and more good days than bad days now so hoping I'm turning the corner.

Let me know if you have any questions

G

Absolutely!! but it's not as soon as I wake up it starts around 9:00 a.m. and of course it gives me the anxiety poops every single morning. my thought is, what if we reverse the times we take it and take it at night so you'll feel better in the morning assuming it doesn't give you a insomnia

hi lewis, yes im on day 19 of 100mg sertraline, mornings were terrible only started to feel better after lunch. doctor gave me a bete blocker to help with panic attacks and with approval of doctor i half my tablet taking 50 mg at 8am and 50mg 8 pm this has helped so far but im am under no allusion that i will have good days and bad days. hope this helps.