new user of sertraline, but feel awfull
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hi, i have suffered depression on an off since my late teens, i was clean for 2 years, but recently i
have had a major low point after losing my mother to cancer. i have tried to fight the need to go back on medication, but i now have panic attacks and it is so hard just to get out of the house. so i bit the bullet and went to the doctors, she put me on sertraline as she said they were one the most
successful medications and as i have never had these before it might be just what i need, but i
have spent two days feeling awful, with sickness and a up set tummy, i have had no appetite even
know my tummy is making hunger signs.
ARE THEY WORTH STICKING WITH ?
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bellaseb lorna15391
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I've been on them (this time round) for about 4 months (100mg) for anxiety and the horrid side-effects have passed, thank god. I had such an upset stomach for a while, lost my appetite completely and felt nauseous all the time, but this did go away.
The only thing I'm suffering with at the moment are night sweats which have just started up out of no where, but the good that the meds have done for me far outweigh the negative, so I'm sticking with them.
Of course, everyone is different, but they take about 2 weeks to really kick in. After that, things should hopefully get better for you.
Good luck.
lorna15391 bellaseb
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bellaseb lorna15391
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Sertraline can disturb sleep patterns to begin with though, so hopefully this will also settle down if you usually sleep quite well.
Also, I'm very sorry to hear about your mother. No wonder you are struggling at the moment, it's a terribly sad situation to be in.
lorna15391 bellaseb
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Joe_Slim lorna15391
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It helped when I took the pills with food. Yogurt works for me. Make sure you take the pills with food--WITH food, not before food, or after food. I eat a couple spoonfuls of yogurt, then pop the pill, then take a couple more teaspooons of yogurt. I think the food softens the journey of the pills.
Make sure you eat tummy-friendly foods during the day. Sauerkraut is my friend.
lorna15391 Joe_Slim
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bellaseb Joe_Slim
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Sauerkraut is an excellent recommendation - I second that.
Guest lorna15391
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what ever you take you will have adverse reactions to any thing as your body does not want it in.
if you carry on your body will like it and you willl have o go cold turky to come off.
you need to look at your life and make a change do some thing different and when you do good pat your self on the back. life every now and then taps us on our shoulders and trys to tell us to back off or slow down or have fun. we ignor then your body goes into shock and force you to slow down (depression anxiaty)
i would go to your doc tell tem to put you on a course to make you understand what has been going on. and if you can afford it see a hypotherpist they are experts with the brain and they wiil help .
it did for me i feel better than any thing now .
when was the last time you had a really good laugh and tell your self you a great you are positive ?
g70738 lorna15391
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With full agreement of myself my GP prescribed 50mg of sertraline & to return after 2 weeks to see how I was responding but with the understanding that I would possibly need to increase to 250 over a period of time & that i would need to be taking them for a minimum of 6 months as they can take 4 months to work efectivly.
I started the 50mg a day for the two weeks and after about a week i started to notice a difference, i did have a few of the most common side efects which cleard after about a month by which time i had been increased to 100mg.
As to if you should stick with them, well i would say a very big yes, i have been on them now for 3 months, & not a single one of my problems that caused the depression has gone away, however i feel compleatly different, im able to cope with everything, i feel much more relaxed,my friends have noticed a huge difference in me & where i was breaking down in tears every few hours, i have only had one event of tears , So again from a person who dont like taking medication & was so against this type of drug i would recomend that you really do try them and see how it goes , they have changed my life compleatly in that im able to cope and deal with problems and situations GOOD LUCK!