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anne81411
anne81411

hello all new to this tablet , Started 4 days now on 50mg felt sick Monday and Tuesday and have realy loose bowl today 😞 Is this normal ??? Please help . 

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  • LFCste
    LFCste anne81411

    Posted

    as ger00232 said yes this is very normal it will subside in time 
  • weenett
    weenett anne81411

    Posted

    U may find things get worse before better try and stick it out!
  • gaynor63871
    gaynor63871 anne81411

    Posted

    Hi Anne,

    Yep all normal, I am on 50mg per day 5th week now evrything back to normal.

    1st week no side effects 2nd week the dreaded Diarrhia 3rd week same, I spoke to chemist who recommended immodium instant they dissolve on the tounge, i took 2 initially that stopped it for about 2 days still loose but could manage it. then 3rd week the dreaded Dia was back plus sick feeling, took 1 immodium instant stopped it for 3 days, 4th week I took 1 again. the 5th week on sertraline no dreaded dia no sickie feeling, no headache.

    I was also waking up in the night with all sorts of nasty thoughts, so although this all sounds awfull they are side effects and if you read the threads 80% of us have suffered the same, so dont be alarmed its a normal side effect which will go.

    In my 3rd week i saw GP as I thought 50mg might be to much in one dose, I asked if I could break tab in half take half with breakfast and half with evening meal he said as long as I had the 50mg in 24 hrs that was fine.

    When I first started them I also found better to Take seratine in the early evening, that way a lot of side effects calm down whilst you are asleep. You hang on in there really worth it.Your not on your own by any means all normal Yuk but normal

     

    • anne81411
      anne81411 gaynor63871

      Posted

      Hi thank you for the post it's made me feel a bit better , it seems from what I can get from reading on here it gets worse before it get better 🤔 But it makes my anxiety feel bad worrying about it 😡😡

  • krystle55674
    krystle55674 anne81411

    Posted

    Im also on my 4th day....im on them for anxiety ...feeling sick....sleepy all the time...no bad belly yet...but having quite a few palpitations today....im used to the palpitations tho as get them quite often a day anyway...so not to alarmed at that had all heart scans and ecg last year and nothing showed up so they said its anxiety related...just want the aide effects to go now ! There blahhhhhhh
    • anne81411
      anne81411 krystle55674

      Posted

      hi krystle, same here felt sick Monday and Tuesday , but bad tummy today and tired , all this make us feel even more worried . 
  • andrewww
    andrewww anne81411

    Posted

    Yes , unfortunately it continues for a while , I was really sick at first and still not doing well with the toilet situation , 4 weeks in , some days I am really good and feel like I can do anything ! Hope it gets better for you x
    • andrewww
      andrewww weenett

      Posted

      Yes ,. I wanted to walk into traffic on one occasion 🤕

    • andrewww
      andrewww weenett

      Posted

      Went to hospital and given diazepam , now I am really great , take 50 mg most days but have 3 months worth so can take 100 mg 5 days a week if required ,
    • andrewww
      andrewww weenett

      Posted

      Unfortunately it doesn't ever go away , I have had lots of counselling , but taking 100 mg daily and you need to get rid of any negative "friend " x

    • anne81411
      anne81411 andrewww

      Posted

      Thank you Andrew for the info , and hope you feel better soon as well .
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