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Not feeling like it's worth taking Sertraline

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holly51044
holly51044

Hi everyone, I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice. I have been on Sertraline since around April of last year. I have recently had my dosage increased from 50g to 100g. I was prescribed the drug due to anxiety. I can't say whole heartly that I see much benefit from being on the medication. I had mananged quite well without it for a long time but had a bad bout of anxiety which is why I was perscribed it. I find that it makes me feel tried and sort of numb. I still have bouts of anxiety and also still feel quite sad. I think the main cause of my problems is my issues with PMS which I have been told by my GP makes my anxiety worse. I don't think i'm being treated the way I should be by my doctors and I somehow feel i'm not being taken seriously and that I am just being medication without anyone really monitoring my progress on it. I don't see the point of being on it anymore, I feel like my PMS is what needs to be treated and it may be best that I take the Pill for this. Does anyone have any advice about coming of the medication or has anyone experienced similar issues as myself? I would really appreciate anything you have to add. Also, I have noticed that the numbess has sort of a block on my naturally creative personality. I can almost sit and stare at a wall and be totaly okay with it, when and one point I would get so bored and try and do something more productive. Can anyone offer any advice? Regards, Holly

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  • ros23426
    ros23426 holly51044

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    I could not agree more, I am an artist and since I have been on (50g) I have become totally disinterested in creative things, feel very little, no passion. I have been on it for 6 years and so wish I had come off it, my primary problem was anxiety too and now I just feel low, low energy and dead emotionally. Actually I have tried to stop taking it and felt so ill with every classic withdrawal sympton, I also feel I was bunged on it with no follow up at all. Reading your post has given me renewed desire to get off it, I know I have to do it slowly maybe over 2 months or so. My opinion is, try to get off it but discuss the plan with a therapist ? I can only speak for myself, and you must prepare yourself (as must I) with good anti anxiety therapeutic routines, like, meditation, yoga, CBT... Good luck, and keep posting your progress and I will too. 
    • holly51044
      holly51044 ros23426

      Posted

      Hi Ros23426, thanks for your response. It's nice to know I'm not alone in the way I feel. I think anti- therapeutic routines would be wise, in helping to cope with the anxiety without being on medication. I am going to make a conscious effort to do this. I think I will go back to my GP and see what they say. I also think talking therapies are also good. I hope you are able to come off it and feel better, I wish you the best of luck. Please do keep me updated on your progress and I shall with mine. Regards, Holly
    • ros23426
      ros23426 holly51044

      Posted

      Yes, let's talk each other through getting off it AND coping with if not getting rid of the problem! There's a strange therapy called EFT (emotional freedom technique) which I found incredible, did it years ago. Keep me in the loop Rxx
  • Zelliez
    Zelliez holly51044

    Posted

    I've been on the same stuff and feel the same as the rest of you! Phew! I'm not the only one! I was put on Sertraline because I was on Citalapram for too long and there were supposedly bad side effects for long term use (none of which I'd had so far). On Sert I feel like I've completely lost my mojo and today have seriously thought about a visit to the docs to start coming off it.  I don't want to spend this year feeling out of the loop, with no energy or inclination to do anything. I too am a creative person and it is that side of me which really seems to have suffered, Sert for some of us seems to kill the sparkle. Good luck to all with whatever you decide to do.
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