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Sertraline more time?

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pamela51740
pamela51740

Hi all, I have been on sertraline since mid October so 3 months now, I am in a week on 200mg now and to be honest sertraline hasn't done much for me, I am not depressed just GAD and depersonalisation that won't go away (I've had it 12 years) anyway I was on citalopram before sertraline and that didn't do much neither, are sertraline and citalopram like the same kind of drug? I know they are both ssri's. I didn't get many side effects off sertraline cos I cross tapered from citalopram. I spoke to my doctor yesterday and the pyschartrist that I seen before Christmas to assess me got back to my doctor saying I should be on venlafaxine which is a snri and I am dreading tapering off sertraline. I told the doctor I would like to stay on sertraline for 6 more weeks at 200mg to see if that does anything then cross tapered to venlafaxine. But now I am thinking sertraline won't do much for me and to start tapering off it now or should I give it more time?

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  • sarah40069
    sarah40069 pamela51740

    Posted

    Hi Pamela, I’m kind of in the same boat at the moment. I started in September and I’ve been on 150mg for around 6 weeks. I feel a bit better than I was but my main horrible symptom is racing thoughts and overactive brain and I’ve yet to see much improvement in that, although it does get less intense sometimes. I’m still hoping it will work as this is a very slow acting drug, but I’ll be interested to see what other people say. My doctor is not very knowledgeable and they mucked up my referral to a psychiatrist so I don’t know when that will come through. Sorry I don’t have any advice, just a lot of sympathy as I’m also struggling. Xx
    • pamela51740
      pamela51740 sarah40069

      Posted

      Thanks Sarah yeah I am the same with the thoughts, stuck in my head and thoughts all day nothing distracts me from my mind...I'm going to give it 6 more weeks I do feel a lot better then I did but still don't feel like myself.

  • sarah40069
    sarah40069 pamela51740

    Posted

    It’s horrible isn’t it. It’s  so hard for anyone else to get what it’s like and when you try to explain it sounds stupid! It feels like your brain is going faster than everything else or everything else is moving really slow. I’ll keep you posted on how I’m getting on as if I get better perhaps in time you will too. I was on 200mg years ago and felt better but I do remember it taking a long time. I don’t want to go any higher this time because of the side effects and I’m not as bad this time. 
    • pamela51740
      pamela51740 sarah40069

      Posted

      Thanks Sarah let's hope these meds work soon, take care x I will keep you posted too 😊

  • martin28608
    martin28608 pamela51740

    Posted

    Im in the same boat started around same time as you i am on 100mg 3 days now and still feel crap im startin to think sertraline aint for me how long are you supposed to give this stuff i thought i would have been feeling better by now
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