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Sertraline coming up to 7 months don't know if it's worth carrying on

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lee48631
lee48631

Hi here i am again,been on this now for about 28 or 29 weeks roughly,13 on 50 bad side effects for weeks then settled down a bit but no improvement,then 10 or so weeks on 100 side effects increased anxiety etc for few weeks but not as bad as 50,then increased to 150 for last 5 weeks roughly once again side effects but to a lesser degree again but feel no real difference on this dose anxiety is reduced a little still got the anxiety in chest area ive always had but not as bad,and the worse thing is no motivation or want to do anything or speak to anyone,would u say i have made progress and carry on with 150 for 12 weeks as ive heard it can take up to 12 weeks to kick in?maybe longer then try even 200 after that if not helping,or call it a day and maybe try something else i dont know what to do will this get better ive been on it a long time now and had minimal improvement i feel

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  • c53732
    c53732 lee48631

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    Have only been on 50 mg for 7 weeks but feeling awful a lot of the time. Spend time trying to get reassurance from these forums and will be interested to read your replies.

  • GodsServant
    GodsServant lee48631

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    Lee, the fact that it's reducing your anxiety shows that this med is working for you. Remember, this med helps with anxiety/OCD first. It takes much, much longer to help with depression. Think I told you before, I was on 100mg since Nov 2016 and I didn't really noticed the sun again until around May 2017. So please do not give up. You've gone this far to reduce your anxieties, now it's just a matter of time before you feel like your normal self again. Hang in there. I promise you, you've found the right drug and you will feel better after being on 150mg for 6 months. Forget all the other months. Take care.

    • lee48631
      lee48631 GodsServant

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      At 1 point i would be throwing up and barely eating nauseous 24 hours a day waking at 4am to be sick,this would be on and off and tho i dont feel good at all that has stopped the vomiting and nausea nowhere near as bad but still there a little,Mornings still bad time for me but not as bad as they were so i got to look at that as a positive,the main symptom of my anxiety now is this feeling in my chest 24/7 like a tension cant explain it cant remember a day i not had this feeling this is still there but not as intense so that again another positive,and lastly zero motivation to work socialise anything,everything i do is forced by me its not right people on another forum saying to stop because ive been on it over 6 months feel like its working a little and not if u know what i mean thanks for your reply it gives me hope once again

    • GodsServant
      GodsServant lee48631

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      Lee, I had that chest pain and chest tightness for a long, long time, too. This is a side effect. And you could feeling like a zombie for a few weeks, too, like you want to cry but you can't. But it went away. So trust me on this one. I know it's hard, but you've gone this far, so what's a few weeks more, right? I will wait until you come back to this forum and tell everyone you're feeling better after going through hell on earth. Hang in there.

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