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Pins and needles Argh!!!! 25mg

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anonymousgirl21
anonymousgirl21

Getting pins & needles in hands and feet, on 25mg for 5 days now. Anyone else had this? It's really annoying... IS it normal? Xxx

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  • maureen75524
    maureen75524 anonymousgirl21

    Posted

    totally normal, as well as blurred vision, headaches,dizziness, ear ringing, heart palpatitions, itchness, indigestion!  I had them all.  Been off 13  sert for  months and still have periods of nausea, tummy cramps and loose stools.
    • anonymousgirl21
      anonymousgirl21 maureen75524

      Posted

      Oh thank goodness! Thank you smile I've also had some weird blurred vision, itchiness and also heart burn! I've never had heart burn until this week XD

      I don't feel as freaked out now though smile x

  • maureen75524
    maureen75524 anonymousgirl21

    Posted

    This is a good site, I had every side effect and withdrawl sympton going.  My first time on A.D's and it didn't go well.  Good luck on your journey ~ be well.
    • anonymousgirl21
      anonymousgirl21 maureen75524

      Posted

      I have a BNF book (probably shouldn't, totally puts me off all medication) but I'm battling side effects. Been getting a few head aches and pins and needles is annoying but worst by far is the heart burn! I hope they settle down and God knows how I'm ever going to get off them rolleyes xx
  • maureen75524
    maureen75524 anonymousgirl21

    Posted

    What is a BNF book?  You get off of them very slowly!  I was as high as 150 mg. when i said enough, I want off this train!   My Dr. was totally against this, it wasn't her that was suffering terrible side effects.  She took me down slowly 25 mg for 2-3 weeks at a time.  It took me three months to come off of them.  I've been off 13 months and and still awake most mornings with nausea, tummy cramps, and loose bowels!   I finally feel like myself though after two years of hell. 

    many however do well on them.  I have a friend that's been on them for 20 years for depression, no problem, except weight gain.  i also gained 30 lbs ~ ugh!

    • anonymousgirl21
      anonymousgirl21 maureen75524

      Posted

      It's a terrible book pharmacists have which has side effects of basically every single medicine out there haha, terrible for me with health anxiety. Never wanna take any meds.

      I'm not sure whether to continue the sertraline or not, I'm not keen on meds as it is and these side effects are just worrying me that I have MS or something. I'm a little unsure, I only started taking them because I was so depressed x

  • maureen75524
    maureen75524 anonymousgirl21

    Posted

    it will take at least a month to six weeks my Dr. told me to know if they are effective.   I wouldn't worry about MS as I know the pins and needles are a side effect of the med.  You may feel better in time, each of us react differently to meds. I was on them for anxiety due to seasonal effective diorder.

    My son is on effexor for depression, after trying two or three different ones, this one has been effective for him.  It's trial and error and what works best for the individual.  Take care.

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