Sertaline Positive stories please x

I went through a similar thing and to be honest sertraline helped me the first time and the 2nd but as soon as I came off it both times I suffered really bad side effects. But only cause I did it cold turkey. Its a really hard drug to come off cold turkey as t works so well when You are on it. I was on 50mg and that worked fine but I'm only 24. They say if you are tired on it you are overdosing so I'd speak to your doctor again as 100 may be too much for you. Hope this helps x

I feel for you. Several things. I really appreciate your honesty. Unlike you I actually cheated on my boyfriend who was like my husband at the time (second year in college); in his mind, he considered himself my husband at the time since he didn’t believe in marriage. And this was after I went thru my first major attack with him. Yeah, I wasn’t always God’s Servant, you see. It’s taken me decades to publicly confess this. So I commend you for being faithful and honest to your husband. In any event, we later got married but he never got over my infidelity and we got divorced after about 15 years together and at least 5-6 attacks. I am 43 yrs now, so these events all happened ages ago, including my divorce in 2009. But enough about me. The point is, it’s okay to have crushes and I feel you and I know how hard it is and I admire how you were able to tell your husband and controlled yourself. I was young and stupid and my infidelity happened in 1997 and I think I’m still working on forgiving myself. BTW, it wasn’t the Zoloft or sertraline that caused my infidelity – it was my poor judgement.

My second point is, YES! This illness makes relationships, ALL relationships, more difficult. But with work and open honesty I believe you can still have deep meaningful relationships. It was ultimately me who gave up on my first marriage because I couldn’t deal with the guilt and wanted to set him free (I was his first gf and we were both virgins when we met and he would never cheat on me, even with my permission – yeah, I was so messed up; as if his cheating on me could make up for my infidelity first). I have been married to my second husband for 1.5 years now and he recently went thru with me my first attack and we are still together although for a while he suggested separation because he couldn’t deal with it. My attack freaked him out and reminded him of his one and only depressive episode after his mom passed away about a decade ago.

Sorry to hear about your husband leaving you on NY’s eve. Sure it wasn’t an opportune time, but I think he’s just angry about your honesty in telling him about your crush and needs some time. We humans are interesting – we always want honesty but sometimes can’t handle the honesty revealed to us. So, on one hand, I don’t want to give you false hope because I don’t know your husband and the relationship you have, but I hope once you are well again and return to yourself, he too will return to his self. And then it’ll be your turn to forgive him for what he did on NYE.

So once I started recovering my husband no longer wants separation. I even offered to free him from me and illness but he doesn’t want to. We are also both Christians and marriage is sacred to me now. What else, yeah, give it 2-3 more weeks with the med and you WILL be better.  I am most confident because this has worked on your before. Same with me. Finally, IF your husband does NOT want to get back with you, ultimately, there is nothing you can do. In that case, I believe someone will come along that is right for you. I know the end of ANY relationship is hard, but I believe you are strong. When God closes a window, he opens a door. No matter what, take care of yourself first and your kids.

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What dosage were you on the first time? I was on it years ago at 100 (ramped up slowly from 25) and it worked great. This time, I need to go to 175 to feel any relief. One thing to realize is that you're going through a very traumatic personal experience and you shouldn't expect to feel OK. However, there is a difference between feeling sad and wanting to sleep and not go outside and feeling that physical reaction in your chest that makes it hard to breathe. 

That beind said, the theraputic dosage for Sertraline is 100-200, so you're just on the lower level at 100 and may need to go up. Increased anxiety and/or depression is a know side effect but shouldn't last more than a few days at a proper dosage.