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coop46269
coop46269

3 weeks ago I had a panic attack out of the blue, since then I have been suffering from anxiety about the smallest of things. I've also had a few intrusive thoughts and unexplained feelings of guilt and worry. 8 days ago my doctor prescribed me with 50mg sertraline but I don't think it seems to be working. I've passed the stage of having a dodgy stomach, but I still feel really anxious most of the time. Is this normal? I'm keen for the drug to work ASAP! I'm currently having a good day - but that's only because I'm taking diazapam. The dr has only given me 3 days worth, so by Sunday I'll probably be a panicky mess again. I've also noticed that I have really sweaty palms since I started on sertraline. That doesn't worry me, but it's pretty gross! Did anyone else experience an initial increase in anxiety? How long will it take to go away?

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  • Guest
    Guest coop46269

    Posted

    omg i had the same as you fromthe very start .i had very mild anxiaty issuses til i went on sertailne.

    to be honest  i wish i never taken this drug its not for everyone sertainly not for me.i started off on 50mg ,could not take the awfull side effects so i took half at 6am then 6pm after a week i took the whole 50mg i had the worst time up and down . you name it i had it .

    after 4 weeks i felt i needed more so iwent to 100mg .graduly i had 50 at 6am then 6pm,for a week then took the whole 100mg. up and down again . i had hypnosis inbetween which really helped the a cousrse the docs put me on 6 weeks to tell you how to copwe with anxiaty. 

    last week i decided to come off all medication best thing i ever did. every one said stick with it and i did ,but all my god with a price .i couldnt go to work i cacelled a holiday i lost 2 stone .sex life went out of the window night swtts panic attacts and more all this since i took these pills .if i could give anyone any advice see some one who knows see a expert hynotheropy they know the brain better than anyone .its only our thoughts getting us into trouble .and if that was so our imagination can get us out of trouble.

    if i can help more rely ill tell you every stepp i went trough

      

  • Yorkshire
    Yorkshire coop46269

    Posted

    Hello, in my experience the first 2 weeks were the worse and then it got better. 

    It took 8 weeks for me to be back to me fully, but each week got easier and symptoms lessened. It was up and down tho with a mixture of good and bad days. 

    I have been very pleased with how I now feel. Was put on it for anxiety, stress & panic attack. Good luck :-)

    • coop46269
      coop46269 Yorkshire

      Posted

      Hi both 

      Thanks for your reply. My doctor hasn't mentioned hypnotherapy, but it is something that I would like to try. I do have a meeting with lift psychology next week.

      I think I am going to persist with the tablets, even though I am still feeling anxious most of the time. Yesterday was a good day, but today I woke up feeling very anxious. I think I'll just have to try and ride it out and hope I feel like me again in a few more weeks!!

    • Guest
      Guest coop46269

      Posted

      i would think hynosis would work.for you or any one pills will only mask the problem .you have to deel with whats bothering you ,and make changes to your life style. if i was to say if you was holding a pen in you hand,"is that pen a part of you "

      of course its not.

      so if you wanted to you could just let ithe pen go through it away ?

      of course you could.

      then just like anxiaty you can just let it go through it away ,you just say when !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      hyposis will help you do just that  

  • Celt34
    Celt34 coop46269

    Posted

    I've been on sertraline for about 5 weeks, first 3 at 50mg then upped to 100mgs but I'm still anxious and I was also put on seroquel 25mg four times per day. I've found a hypnotherapist who uses it along with cbt so I'm going to make an appointment and hopefully that will help a bit. Gawen, did your doc send you for hypnotherapy?
    • Guest
      Guest Celt34

      Posted

      hi there selt34 i sent my self . i have been before as i had a bad stammer or stutter. and he more or less cured me of that . so i seen the same guy cost me £60 for about 1.20 min had 5 sessions with him he gave me ac/d at the end of the course with all what we spoke about and all my issuses and anxiatys .i play it to my sef with head phones on and it puts me back in the room. feel brillant for it. heallso gave me a short disk with a hypnotist talking about breaking up thought patterns on and that really helped me and can work for anyone who has had issues or problems regarding a feeling you had when you done something and it creaps back into your head over and over again. this disk stops all that. i know you shouldnt give out emails address on sites like this. as i could of sent you the file for you to listen to .?  
  • Celt34
    Celt34 coop46269

    Posted

    I would love that gawen, you can send it to ____

    thank you

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    • Guest
      Guest Celt34

      Posted

      been sent let me know how you get on matey
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