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Sertraline and PMS ladies!!

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lauren56079
lauren56079

Hi,

So I’ve been on 50mg of sertraline for 10 weeks and I must admit over the last few weeks I seem to be getting back to my normal self. However, a few days before my cycle starts and whilst on my anxiety because REALLY bad to the point I feel back to square one! 

Any other ladies get really bad anxiety during there’s? 

Thanks 

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  • jo84418
    jo84418 lauren56079

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    Hi Lauren, I've been on sertraline 25mg for just over 2 weeks, I should be getting my menstrual cycle soon...with that being said I'm getting the normal symptoms I would get before getting it , however I am experiencing some amxiousness in the am and some at night. I do feel the sertraline helping which is great but seems like at a certain time it levels off. I do take half of a 25mg hydroxyzine to settle the anxiety and also do a lot of putting my thoughts into check which helps. Some days are good but as I get closer to when I am suppose to get it seems like it's just bothering me. I also have the jitters which I can't stand. Yesterday I actually felt so calm that I didn't know what to do and I told myself to enjoy it...i did then it just got me ... so not sure how to deal with that. I just saw my doctor on Tuesday 10/2 and she is keeping me at the 25 mg. Trying to stick it through, I am so groggy in the mornings , that I go to work like that but once I take the sertraline at around 10:30 I get energy, I go for a walk, and it settles down, and I'm pretty good. I do eat small things every 3 hrs, helps my stomach, even if it's fruits, a sandwich, a snack, soup, crackers, ginger ale. It helps. My appetite sucks but I just force myself to eat cause if I don't I het even more jittery.

  • claire29664
    claire29664 lauren56079

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    Hi lauren56079 I'm the same my anxiety goes through the roof 2 weeks before my cycle starts I get the normal symptoms of my cycle which I can deal with but my anxiety god I'm forever checking myself thinking their is something seriously wrong with me I'm on 100mg of sertiline been on them since February but stoped taking them I've just gone back on them been on them a week tomorrow

  • kerry56645
    kerry56645 lauren56079

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    Hi Lauren, I feel a definite drop in mood a week before my period and it’s that bad that it’s the first thing o tell myself... of im due on that’s why I’m crying or frustrated or feeling a bit anxious, it’s when I can’t put a reason to it I start to panic... it’s hard work being a woman ! X 
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