Sertraline - My story

Hello All

I have been having some personal problems and I could not afford to break down. My marriage is in trouble and as a husband and father, there is no way I could give up and run away.7 Weeks ago I saw my doctor who prescribed Sertraline (50mg per day) with a few Valium to get me going. The Valium was OK but I only used about 5 of them. The Serttraline started off very well. The first week was great. I was in a light mood for a few days and the rest were OK compared to my mood for the last 6 months. Obviously placebo but great nevertheless.

The second week, I started feeling spaced and tired. I felt quite anxious and my mood was very up and down. l felt very tired. I started taking my tablets at night before I go to bed. I dont know if this helped as I was still very tired avery day. Some nights I woke up in sweats but I did not have any trouble sleeping or going back to sleep. I was tired at work. Every day I felt like I cannot stay awake at work. This was the worst of all the side effects. For two weeks I found it really difficult to stay awake and concentrate for more than a minute. My hands started shaking and I found it hard to hide this. My vision was also a little blurry. I still felt a bit zombified at the end of week 3. Early week 4 the tiredness started to get beter. Some anxiety and worry still lingering around but getting beter.

In week 5 the hand shakes were still quite bad and I noticed that my sex drive was non existent. This had been gone since week 3 I think but I never noticed it. By week 6 there was a clear upward trend in my mood. Some days I felt ok and other days I felt great for part of the day or all day. I started to see my problems from a different perspective. The problems did not go away but I found myself dealing with them much beter. I have also noticed that I am much beter at dealing with problems at work. I am more confident and able to focus on a problem without getting distracted.

Week 6 was even beter than week 5 with a smooth upward trend in mood and slow decrease in hand shaking. By the end of week 6, my hands are much beter and the tiredness is almost completely gone. My mood is great and I feel like a new person. My problems are in perspective and I am prepared for whatever comes my way. No more zombiness. Little handshakes and since last week, my sex drive have been coming and going. I am hopefull for a full return...On a posetive note, I have changed from a 4 minute wonder into complete controll of my climax.  

Sertraline saved my sanity. I know it is not right for everyone. I had serious doubts when after two weeks I could not keep my eyes open. I was very worried when my hands were shaking and I could not hide it from my wife (who does not know that I am on ADs..)

If you are on Sertraline and wondering if you should quit, please please please keep going. I is WELL WORTH THE TROUBLE

Good luck. 

Hang in there. 

Matter

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