Sertraline giving negative effects at the begining

Hi I have also just been prescribed these pills although I did only take my first one yesterday so I can't answer your question just yet but I will let you know if I get similar results 😊

Morning, I am on setraline for anxiety, low mood & stress. The first 1-3 weeks were awful as you have already experienced, all tho in week 3 not every day was bad. Week 4 was fine, 5 & 6 my mood dipped again - but nothing like before sertraline. Week 7 & 8 really mild side effects and from then on I've been fine.

I personally think it was worth going through that for how good I feel now. It seems like no time at all and the best way I found to get through it is forcing yourself to be busy and get out the house to sit with an understanding friend/family member.

Not sure about the sex situation, it hindered me in the first few weeks but I've been totally fine since. Good luck!

Hi there! I'm on my 3rd day of Sertraline, 50mg a day, (but I take them in the eve so only taken 2 pills so far) for anxiety and depression.

I noticed an increase in my sexual appetite the morning after I took my first one. Its been basically non-existent for about a year and a half now but luckily my boyfriend has stuck through it with me. So it's nice to have it back.

I've been experiencing queasiness more than any of the other symptoms at the moment. But weather that's because I'm worrying about taking them of if they're the tablet themselves I don't know. Maybe a bit of both?

I also begun to get a really bad headache yesterday eve, but again that could be a cross between the tablet and not eating due to decreased appetite.

I hope you work out with your doctor what's the best to do.

Hi, I'm 47 and have suffered form depression and extreme social phobia since my late teens/early twenties.

In october last year I was put on 50mg/day of sertraline. I became very disorientated, anxious and didn't want to leave the house at all. Because of this I stopped taking it and soon returned to my usual anxious state of mind.

After speaking with my psychiatrist in January of this year I decided to go back on to Sertraline but this time using only 25mg/day - to do this I had to snap the 50mg pill in half, which is easy to do. But by doing this I found I could better cope with the drug without any massive side-effects. From here I had a safe platform for building the dose every week or two by 25mg (and later 50mg) increments without causing any of those initial nasty side-effects.

For me this drug is now working, and working better than I'd hoped for it - so far, at least.

This has been my personal experience of Sertraline. Should you adopt the same strategy the outcome might be different. But the overall details of your case sound quite similar to mine - hence this report. Good luck fellow sufferer, whatever you choose!

@daniel1965. Last night I had a similar experience to yourself. Increased sexual appetite but I also had a Viagra like effect. Couldn't get the old man down haha wouldn't mind if I had a lady friend haha so I looked into it and it would appear this drug is also used to treat premature ejaculation. Think maybe that's where the answer lies

I'm on day 9 of sertraline 25mg and I have a few negative effects but the brief glimpses of peace and normality I am experiencing are helping me to push through. I have had some increase in sexual arousal which is only a good thing but this drug so far is much more positive for me than Floroxetine.

Mark