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Positive storie if your in that dark place asking your self when will it work, sertraline!

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kmm14
kmm14

So am on week 10 now and I have literally just started feeling like me again! This didn't start getting easier till week 8! I am on 50mg and before anyone says wow that low it's actually not what a lot of doctors do is do not give a dose long enough to work they say give any antidepressant 8 week to work not this after a week up it or after four! Because your chemicals have been out of whack for so long takes time for them to be right again am no where near 100% better but I no longer suffer ocd or depression I am on my way this time 4 week ago I was sat trying to find the answers when it would work if I was ever going to feel like me I seen it work for people and thought that's not going to be me! But I am living proof that it does if you give it time it will now I am not saying that it will work for everyone but sertraline was the last anti d for me too try and it worked after that they really didn't no what they were going to do with me! First week I had every side effect week two can't really remember I was a mess week 3 I started feeling ok week 4,5,6,7 I felt worse week 8 it was like a switch and it just keeps getting better hang in there people there is light!! 

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  • Guest
    Guest kmm14

    Posted

    Thank you for your post. I am on week3 of 50mg. Was on 25mg for two weeks before that. I have had many side effects, or is it my anxiety? Currently dealing with morning sweats and anxiety until about 1pm. Scared of upping dose. Scared most of the time and in the mornings can't seam to stop worrying about all sorts. I sometimes think I will never feel normal again. It's so tough, but great to read a positive story. Thank you again

    • kmm14
      kmm14 Guest

      Posted

      Side effect it's makes your anxiety worse before better look at it like a black eye the nursing gets worse before it gets better honestly don't up the dose until week 8 I see a really good mental health doctor and he says that doctors are just lazy and just up the dose they don't give the medication enough time to work keep going your doing great and all this will be a distant memory soon!! 

    • kmm14
      kmm14 Guest

      Posted

      Morning sweats will ease with time too I was always soaking when I woke up but that gets better too I was scared to move or anything I was having racing thoughts but now I can't even remember what they were about just that they were scaring and horrible 

  • KatieJ70
    KatieJ70 kmm14

    Posted

    Thank you for your positive story.. I'm on week 5 of 50mg and haven't felt any improvement yet. I keep worrying that nothing will help me after years of being with this and that I am so different to others with anxiety/depression as I have an unusual type of OCD which preoccupies and distresses me from the minute I wake up to when I fall asleep..

    • kmm14
      kmm14 KatieJ70

      Posted

      I have pure o very distressing stick with it tho it will get better 
  • dylan78236
    dylan78236 kmm14

    Posted

    Yea the first time i started sert my gp had me up to 100mg within 16 days. 

    Now the 2nd time im on sert ive taken 25mg for 14 days and i plan to go atleast another week or two before i ramp it up. The 25mg has helped me enough to let me get a decent sleep and to eat and exercise. I may not even go up anymore. I am so sick of seeing people say ‘thats too low of a dose’ cause they take 200mg

  • trishtrash80
    trishtrash80 kmm14

    Posted

    My story’s a bit like yours just that I’m on mine for anxiety and I’ve been on it for almost 5 months and on 25 mg

    Everyone’s different but I to think doctors up the dose way to fast... 

    glad your feeling better

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