Sertraline - my 8 week story

hi there, im not sure how old youre post is but just looking for some reassurance really .

i am now on my third week of sertraline 10days of 50mg and 10 days of 75mg . its been hell anxiety through the roof and got the shakes and upset stomach with feeling very sick. i dont want to give up but this is so hard . do yiu think i should persist?

kind regards jo

hi can you give me some help I've been on sertraline 50mg. for 7weeks still very anxcious and low fuzzy head and ear .I just feel no better do I carry on .or have my dose upt. so fed up .

Rich,

Thanking you very much for your time writing this and now answering all questions

i am on 75mg of Sertraline and I'm at 7 weeks today

first few weeks were very tough as it made anxiety worse and created insomnia as well week 5 it was like a light switch went off and i started to 90 percent myself again this lasted 5-7 days. Then one day i woke up and felt so Nauseous and shaky in the mornings it was horrible, tremors in my hands and legs waking up at 5am every morning no matter what time i go to bed.

based on you and other posts i am hoping week 8 gets better ??!! did you have the period of feeling better earlier in your treatment as well around week 5 ? just seems weird to me that it went away for an extended time and then cones back again

I'm trying to push through the mornings knowing it will get better around 5pm but just wearing me out mentally

thanks again for writing this post and answering all the questions

hi rich thanks for your story. it has given me hope. I have been severely depressed for 8 months

the doc kept me on same AD although I have made progress its is very slow. I have recently been put on setraline 50mgs I'm only on day 5 so long way to go. just hope it works as I'm struggling big time to stay positive. thanks for your post. I hope things are still going well for you! k

hi Richard thanks for your post. I'm really struggling n I'm only on day 9. any advice please?

Hi Richard how are you doing? hope you are feeling good. I have been on Sertraline since 23/12/20 started on 50mg then 3 weeks later 100mg then after 4 weeks was upped to 150mg been on this dose the past 5 weeks and 4 days. during all this time from the beginning I have had lots of ups and downs , for some reason evenings from 6pm are good

still feeling really anxious and low mood my doctor suggested that i go up to 200mg if things haven't improved in three weeks time, )which will make it 8 weeks on the 150mg) really not sure what to do. just praying that the 150mg will work by the time the eight weeks are up 😕 Any words of encouragement please 😃

i cant tell you what to do but i can tell you my experience . I started on 50mg and then after two weeks i went to 75mg I felt horrible foe the first 4 weeks, worse than i ever was before i started meds Then around the 5th week o started to feel better every afternoon around 3 or 4, but next morning i felt horrible again . I finally hit 10 weeks and started to feel great again , the last two weeks have been so much better . Im glad i stuck with it and glad i didn't keep increasing my dosage

Hope this helps, i promised if and when i started to feel better i would keep checking the site and encourage others .

Hang in there, it gets better .

Hi all! I'm about two weeks into 50mg and am sooooo tired. I started taking it at night and that has helped a little but even so, by noon I am just exhausted. And when I sleep I sleep hard, which is good, but this exhaustion is killing me. I have almost no motivation as well, which I struggled with before starting the med. My main reason for taking it is depression, though I do have anxiety as well. It's really tempting to just stop as this exhaustion is killer. Does it really get better? Also, I haven't had any alcohol on the med but would like to have a drink every few weeks or so, do any of yoh do so successfully? Thank You!

Day 28 for me on 50mg and losing hope...not sleeping and diarrhea. Constant knot in stomach. Want to cry but cant. Feel better by about 5pm and hope for better next day but no...please tell me it gets better??

Hi Rich, thank you for your story. I am in such despair right now. I am on week 7 of going back on sertraline after trying to stop it. It's been hell. I am older and literally had been on it for a few decades and just wanted to be drug free. WHAT A BAD IDEA. Anybody reading this... if you really want to get off DO IT LIKE THE FORUMS SAY..10% AT A TIME PER MONTH OR SLOWER. Do not try anything faster like I did sooooo not a good idea. I tell myself "why didn't I do more research before turning myself inside out". By the 5th month of being off it I was a disaster. I went back on it thinking it would just "kick in" NOPE. 7 weeks later, I am still committed to the 8 weeks total before I try a new route. I have every discomfort listed on every forum and website. I'm not trembling anymore but the heightened anxiety is just awful. It's been going on for so many weeks that I just want to throw in the towel. My plan (I made with husband and doctor) is to go the full 8 weeks. I have one more week to go but I can't imagine just all of a sudden not being anxious anymore. Do you think that if I hang in there it will turn around for me like it did for you? I don't remember how I felt going on it all those years ago but this is so very trying. Any encouragement would be appreciated.