Nervous of starting
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hey guys! so I gave birth to my second child 10 weeks ago, ever since I've had crippling health anxiety.. they also think I may have fibromyalgia.. not 100% diagnosed with that yet though as I can't have face to face contact with doctors due to the virus going around. Anyway.. the symptoms I've experienced with anxiety have been insane, chest pain has been my most concerning! Anyway, all bloods are clear, as are head MRI, chest xrays, ecgs and ct scan of the lungs. so anxiety is what it is - and possibly fibro, anyway, docs have been pushing me to try sertraline, because of health anxiety I'm petrified to start them and the side effects.. I just want some reassurance that yes I'll probably get some effects but I'll be ok and it's not as bad as some people say. I'm due to start them tomorrow on 50mg, I'm so nervous!
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MB3040 sophies77
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Hi. Did you decide to start on 25mg after talking to your doctor? Hope you are ok.
sophies77 MB3040
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unfortunately my doctor was poorly and I didnt get to speak to her, hopefully shes back tomorrow and I can talk to her. Not starting it until I've spoken to her. thank you for checking up 😃
louise24797 sophies77
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Hey Sophies77, how are you getting on?
jenna60788 sophies77
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Hello! I am curious, did you start the Sertraline? I tried last week (2 days 25 mg doses) the second morning I woke up with a bad panic attack. Is this normal? I havent had a panic attack in a year before that so I am 99.9% sure it was due to the medicine 😦 I stopped taking it because it scared me but am desperate for relief from this nightmare I am living.
megan75362 jenna60788
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hi! I am on 50mg and soon will be hesding into my 5th week on it. I was in a really rough headspace when i started it. I was not eating anything, felt like i was in a constant state of panic, couldnt focus on anything, had no will to live, and couldnt sleep at night. It honestly has helped me a lot with the eating and panic attacks but it took close to two weeks for that to happen. I know its hard, the mental pain i experienced the last few months have been torture and the fact that this med is a waiting game is very scary but the fact that i can get out of the house and focus on my school work and future is a win This has helped me start to get out of that long anxious/depressive episode. i had basically all of the side effects but i wasnt even phased because of how bad i was beforehand. You got this and i hope you are doing ok!