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Sertraline Positive Stories Please

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pamela51740
pamela51740

So I'm on day 11 of taking sertraline. My mind won't stop racing. Does sertraline calm the mind? I feel like there is someone screaming inside my head! Has anyone got any positive stories on sertraline and when did you feel the benefit? 😊😊😊😊

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  • maria19434
    maria19434 pamela51740

    Posted

    Hi Pamela my mind was racing for the first 2 weeks at least with very negative thoughts ~ it was horrible but it does ease. I used this forum every day for reassurance but I was SO low I still almost gave up. Now at week 4 the racing negative thoughts have almost completely gone and I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there with the meds as for most people they take 4-6 weeks to feel a difference. Just remember you are not alone ~ you will find plenty of positive stories in here about Sertraline I'm sure x

    • pamela51740
      pamela51740 maria19434

      Posted

      Thanks so much Maria for your positive story 😊 I've felt ill for such a long time I just want to feel normal again. I said to my husband when I feel like my old self again I'm gonna run naked around the garden lol

    • maria19434
      maria19434 pamela51740

      Posted

      Haha! I know what you mean. I was very very low before I started taking Sertraline. I can always tell when i am starting to get better because I start doing things again like cooking and making contact with people. I spent nearly 5 weeks in the blackest pit barely able to get out of bed let alone so anything so for me Sertraline has worked. I'm not 100% back to myself but I would say I'm probably 60% so that's positive. X

  • Kmom
    Kmom pamela51740

    Posted

    I did not have that but similar uneasy feeling in my head until about one day ago.  I am on sertraline now for 4 weeks and 4 days.  I felt a clam come over me yesterday and again today after I took the pill-- it actually made me panicked.  I have had some panic attacks today and yesterday but feel an overall calmness that I have not.  Hang int here, this site has helped me hang in- i wanted to give up and was feeling pretty hopeless just 5 days ago-- here's to hoping it works better for you tomorrow

    • ashleyrocks910
      ashleyrocks910 Kmom

      Posted

      Isn’t it amazing how much difference you can see over a few days?  It’s crazy to think that last week I was crying,  thinking there was no hope.  Now I can actually see that there may be a light at the end of this tunnel.
  • lattifa7777
    lattifa7777 pamela51740

    Posted

    Yes you will get better, I had the same, I thought I was going mad I really had a big fear of actually losing my mind, but 5  1/2 weeks I was so much more better, it took 6 months to be 90% me again, I say 90% because I still didn’t like being alone, with lots of prayers and sertraline I’m well now, and I promised that I would stay in this forum to help others. This was 2 years ago now. It’s soooo awful to suffer with depression I’ll never forget it as long as I live. Xx 
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