My Sertraline Story!!

Hi, someone mentioned CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) but having to wait for an appointment. I just wanted to share MoodGym with everyone. I've been working through it and it's helped me. It's a free online CBT for depression and anxiety, that can be done at home in small chunks...no appointment or referral needed! Would recommend it, either on its own or whilst taking AD medication. 

Hope others will find helpful.

After nearly 4 weeks of 50ml and 1 week of 100ml, my anxiety seems to have returned. I feel nauseous of a morning. I also keep going to the toilet (upset tummy). And no appetite. Not sure if this is the tablets or my nerves. Don't know whether to go back to docs or stick it out. Has anyone else suffered these symptoms? xx

I have been on sertraline for 11 1/2 weeks. I was suffering from bad anxiety. My joy for things had tailed right off. I started to want to stay in bed and not leave my room. I then had to put my dog down because he was sick and that was the final straw so in tears I saw the doctor. He put me on 50mg. Almost immediately the side effects started. My tongue swelled up which made it sore. I had dry mouth. A lump feeling in my throat/chest. I had post nasal drip constantly. My face and neck became covered in tiny little pustules. Then I had what I can only say must be acne. My eyelids and surrounding eye area notably swelled. The worse thing was a dreadful tremor in my hands which was worse first thing in the morning. Real shakes. Dreams were vivid and made me restless at night and I sweated badly. I had very terrible tiredness the first couple of weeks. Anyway some of those things have improved but the tongue, acne and tremor thing are still bad. I now have really swollen up around my abdomen and have started gaining weight which is odd as I have lost my appetite. My stomach is occasionally crampy and noisy with the sudden desperate need for the loo. So after all this my anxiety has now also returned with a vengence. SoI called the pharmacist today and have decided to stop the meds. She recommended halving the dose for one week then taking that half dose every other day until stopping. Such a shame as I was so hoping it would miraculously make me well but it hasn't. If you can stick to it and the side effects are bearable then please do. The drug really worked for my sister in law and she can't praise it enough. I guess we are all different so sadly this wasn't for me. I just didn't feel right anymore. Not me and sort of disconnected so what can you do? I will continue to take the odd diazepam as and when needed and will be going to the stress control classes available on the nhs for four weeks. So I will keep trying. Good luck fellow suffers. If you don't have these problems it's so hard to understand. But remember you are not alone. 

I also noticed a severe problem with my short term memory. That started after taking the sertraline..... Felt like I was getting early dementia or something. Was very worrying. I think that is a possible side effect.... Didn't have it before. 

Hi i'm new to this site. I am on my 2nd day of 50mg sertraline and i'm feeling dizzy, nausea(strong urge to vomit), dry mouth, loss of appetite etc. Will these side affects get better because i feel terrible i have also been getting shaky hands on and off mildy. I have had severe anxiety since January and was so scared to take medication but i couldn't cope any longer hence the reason me taking the plunge and starting the sertraline. I can't imagine at the moment being better and being my old self its been so bad for so long i think what if the medication doesn't work and i would then panic thinking its not anxiety. Ive never felt so alone and it would be good to speak to others going through the same. Im 26 and all this started when i had my first and only child :-(  Thanks in advance x