Possible Medication Change To Sertraline. Any Experiences With It?

Hi there ,

Boy guy sounds like you are having a real hard time, well hope this is the one for you , people I have spoke to either it does not work unless their dose was updated, I start on  50mg  then after a few weeks I had to be put up to 100mg which i have been on for just over one year.

My own opion is that it took quite awhile to kick in but one it did i felt alot better but still down and the tablet just took the edge off it. BUT i missed  a week as i could not get to the GP to get my repeat so I had to come off them for a week and oh boy what side effects I has so dont just stop them. By the sounds of it your are getting good care so stick in there and let  the professionls asnwer to any questions or worrys you have . you are not alone and there is millions of us just in the same boat, stick with this forum as its great to get it off your chest and none of us will judge you as we are also in that dark hole with you just now. x

that should have been poor guy sorry lol

Hi, im fairly new to sertraline (in my 6th week) but with regards to weight, my only experience so far has been a gradual loss - about 1 or 2 lbs per week. Admittedly I always do lose weight when going thru an anxious period and this may have been exasipated by worry over starting ad's but sertraline has undoubtedly suppressed my appetite. I imagine this will slowly return as it all settles down.

Best wishes x

Thank You ingrid26483 & kikidee76 for your experiences and support.

I Really appreciate it

Anytime you feel down get on here and let us know and keep taking your meds , you sound a lovely guy and with a little help you will get there Im really feeling so much better since I went back on them its just getting the right dose or medication .

Josie,

Best wishes, so sorry you've had to go thru so many meds but don't worry about this one.   I've had sertraline, no weight gain, no bad side effects. I tapered off and stopped for awhile, not as hard to do that as paxil but some of the usual sx of stopping ssri; then I restarted because panic reoccured.

SSRIs were made to get severely depressed out of that hole so they could do things to get better.  But if they're energizing, wouldn't they make us more anxious?  Sertraline did increase my physical anxiety, more foot shaking, but that reduced after awhile, it stopped panic and reduced mental anxiety.  I don't think of SSRI's causing weight gain (shouldn't if they energize,) but think I've heard of paxil doing that, nothing like risperdal.

I saw another recent post, guy just wanted to say how much sert helped and let us know to be patient, it took quite awhile to work.   Took a few weeks for me but really stopped  panic attacks.

Take care,

Patrick