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Sertraline & caffeine

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Claire088
Claire088

As you will know if you have been following my posts I’ve been on sert 50mg two weeks and have awful side effects headaches sickness diahoria tummy cramps now my arms feel all weird and heavy bottom of my legs soar too I e took paracetamol since 5pm yesterday every few hour or so to see if it would help but each paracetamol has 65mg of caffeine in so I’ve had 390msg off caffeine I stopped drinking coffee etc because it made me feel funny I feel ten times more anxious now can this cause me to die I’m tryin to flush out with water as I felt ok last night and this morning a lot worse again 

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  • ljones3
    ljones3 Claire088

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    I don't believe it will cause any life threatening reactions. That amount of caffeine can definitely cause an increase in anxiety because caffeine is an "upper". I've been limiting my caffeine intake since it does tend to make my anxiety worse although now that I've been taking the Zoloft (sert) for several months I'm able to drink caffeine here and there with no issues. You are doing the right thing in drinking water to counter balance the caffeine. Strive to drink half your body weight in ounces (example, if you weigh 150 strive to drink 75 ounces of water). Also, your side effects from the Zoloft will most likely start to subside as you get in to week 3 or 4. If they don't, be sure to follow-up with your doctor.

  • jay_babes
    jay_babes Claire088

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    Hi claire  i have heard so many stories about this drug and how they react to it since i joined the forum a few months ago, the reason being the doctor put me on it 50mg for 4 weeks and nothing up it to 100mg, i felt terrible bad head ,cramps, nausea, so i went back down to 50mg and did not feel anything i was not sure what to do, i hated being depressed and having anxiety , but i also have a lot more health issue, one including severe migraines and this drug made it ten times worse, so i decided to come of it but i had to take very strong drugs for my migraine and they have no caffeine in , but get rid of the pain, but the only problem i have is dealing with the depression and anxiety, to be honest i prefer alternative medicine with certain illnesses , to many drugs can mess with boy and mind, but some we need and others we can chose to do without and be kinder to our bodies, herbal teas are great for relaxing, valerian is great for helping you sleep , and yoga is great for mind and body , caffeine like the other lady said is great for a pick me up but no good for relaxing, hope you start feeling better soon x
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