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Not sure whats happening but its horrifying

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dylan78236
dylan78236

So starting sunday i have been violently nauseous and horribly depressed to the point i cant get out of bed other than to use the bathRoom.  I only want to sit in my pitch black room and cry/sleep. Is this normal? Im on week 5 and felt mostly okay up until now with minor side effects but now this is so bad 

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  • Hoopz
    Hoopz dylan78236

    Posted

    Sertraline side effects I expect. I spent 4 days in bed when I increased to 50mg. I didn't feel sick and I do not suffer from depression but I swear to god I could not get out of bed. I lay there drowning in sweat and I couldn't even be ar*ed to put the tv on. It took until the 5th day for me to crawl out of my pit and have a bath. I then returned to my bed and watched back to back Vicar of Dibley and Absolutely Fabulous. Laughing is good and so is crying ! Side effects from this drug are very varied and I think you need to ride this out. I seriously felt pretty awful until I reached 150mg and pow..I think I've reached my dose. I feel 90% my old self. I can go out now..sounds crazy but I was being floored by panic attacks continuously ..I have not had one actually since I went up to 75mg and my anxiety and palpitations have gone. I wish you all the best. Drink plenty of water and take your med at the same time every day. If you have to lie down just do it. Don't beat yourself over it.

    Are you eating? I know you feel sick but you need to try and eat

    Take care and keep reading and posting..you will get there..

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    • dylan78236
      dylan78236 Hoopz

      Posted

      Yea i cant really eat. I was able to function last week which is why its so concerning now. I didnt up my dose. I went from looking forward to getting better to just wanting to stare at the wall. Thank god for ativan or id still be there now but i managed to make it to my counsellor this afternoon 
  • emma_69792
    emma_69792 dylan78236

    Posted

    I had and have all those side effects to and it’s absolutely horrible so I know what your going through, I’ve noticed on here there are a lot of side effects I didn’t even know about but now I’m aware maybe you need to see your doctor and up your dose it might of started to take effect but not enough to get you through 
    • dylan78236
      dylan78236 emma_69792

      Posted

      I dont need my doctor to up my dose. He could care less. I chose sertraline. He wanted me to take lamotrigine. 
    • emma_69792
      emma_69792 dylan78236

      Posted

      Dylan go see another doctor I did when I first started some are just not understanding and couldn’t care less just give you whatever and send you on your way, I’d really advise you see someone else because it’s wrong you need the help and support and that’s what there suppose to that’s what there for 
    • emma_69792
      emma_69792 dylan78236

      Posted

      This gets me angry I would of gotten up and walked out 

      My blood boils with doctors like this and then they wonder why people go and do silly things when they have asked for help and didn’t get it 

  • Hoopz
    Hoopz dylan78236

    Posted

    I don't think you should up your dose until things settle down a bit. You will start to feel better...not brilliant probably but you should begin to function better. Only then should you up your dose if your doctor suggests it. I would go to to 75mg and then let that settle. This is a very slow working drug and it plays havoc with your body and mind but I am so glad I carried on upping my dose even though I felt like stopping so many times. I think people stop because of the side effects but what they don't realise is that they will need a higher dose but it's a waiting game. You will know when your dose is right.

    Keep on trucking ..and please try to eat ..even if its just fruit or something

    Congrats on getting to your councillor..I couldn't get further than the back garden on 50mg !!!

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  • Giggity
    Giggity dylan78236

    Posted

    I had a lot of days sleeping for 18 hours and watching star wars over and over. After a week on 100mg I felt great for a week, but I can feel the s**t coming back so I'm upping to 125mg tonight. It seems counterintuitive, but I know it's how the drug works.

    • Hoopz
      Hoopz Giggity

      Posted

      I was the same ...up and down and up and very very down. If it wasn't for this forum I would probably have given up. I think my worst was at 50mg though but I've had side effects with every increase. I've been at 150mg though for a good few weeks now and the only side effects I have is waking up sweating to death. I'm also sweaty in the daytime but there again the weather is hot. My main side effect has been unbelievable fatigue and the dreaded bad bum. Really horrid. I'd set off on the school run and have to come back and run to the loo. The doctor sent me for a colonoscopy last week ( Ugh!!) I hate hospitals and I was dreading it. I was so proud of myself as I survived with only one mild panic attack which I managed to breath through. Anyway the procedure was absolutely fine..I kept telling myself that the doctor has seen hundreds of bottoms and it's all in a day's work for him. Anyway they gave me a mild anesthetic and then gas and air. I was in happy land, and couldnt care less what they did. I watched the inside of my large intestine on the monitor. It was very interesting..like being at the cinema. Anyway they found nothing. And since then my bum has behaved itself which is typical.

      I am hoping that 150mg is my dose and I am going back to work on 24th. I have been off since Nov.

      I can quite honestly say sertraline has saved my life.

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  • design51921
    design51921 dylan78236

    Posted

    Dont worry.Everything will be fine.I have been in your situation and i know what are you feelomg but after the second month things will change for better.Dont give up.
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