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Sertraline - definition of anxiety

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PopWop
PopWop

I am taking 50mg sertraline for anxiety set off by one particular trigger over which I have no control.

Can I ask, what is your particular anxiety trigger, or is it more general?

One of the side effects of this drug ironically is increased anxiety. Is your anxiety increased? And what do you feel anxious about?

Desperately trying to understand the mechanics of this horrible illness.

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  • brianaaa
    brianaaa PopWop

    Posted

    My trigger is loved ones getting in cars, my boyfriend 7 years ago was killed in a car accident and now my current partner can’t travel in a car without me having a meltdown, hence why I’ve been put on Sertraline 
    • PopWop
      PopWop brianaaa

      Posted

      How awful for you. My husband was seriously injured in a car accident 15 years ago and I suffered post traumatic stress because I was a passenger and had no control over the situation, replaying every moment in slow motion for years after. I'm fairly sure that is when I started slipping into general depression.

      Is the sertraline working for you? How long have you been taking it?

  • brenda53218
    brenda53218 PopWop

    Posted

    My anxiety has definitely increased with Zoloft, but I am more level headed if that makes any sense. My triggers seems to be a mystery to me right now. I've always been a bit on the nervous side, but with my husband having a heart attack 2010,my mother passing 2017, falling and hitting my head on a rock same day my mother passed, seemed to increase my anxiety to the max. So maybe it's a health anxiety. Went to a psychologist but he said to just breath in and breathe out, no help to me. But anyway that's my story.

    • PopWop
      PopWop brenda53218

      Posted

      Hi Brenda

      Hmm, breathe in breathe out, pretty sure we're all doing that!

      Have you tried Mindfulness? All the rage at the moment and has been scientifically proven to help. I used a free course with "Headspace" to get me started then subscribed. Talks about breathing in a more meaningful way!

    • brenda53218
      brenda53218 PopWop

      Posted

      Thanks popwop, will definitely check into it, I'll try anything once,twice if I like it lol

  • sharon37328
    sharon37328 PopWop

    Posted

    Hi popwop. My anxiety started after my best friend got murdered, my daughter got meningitis, my nephew died and my son got hit in head with a golf club causing a bleed on the brain.

    I was on citalopram for 7 years but it stopped working. Changed to sertraline and had horrible side effects so now a week in on venaflaxine. My normal triggers ate having to get in cars or on a bus! However the underlying anxiety is pretty much always there with a fear of dying. I think CBT helps have you tried it? X

  • mrs_susan74280
    mrs_susan74280 PopWop

    Posted

    HI mine is hypoventilation, also social anxiety, can you tell me how are you getting on with your anti, and how long have you been on them, thank you
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