SERTRALINE - really bad side effects, not sure if i should carry on?
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Hi people, iv been taking sertraline for eleven days now and im getting some weird side effects for some reason im still eating, im feeling very weak and motionless, sweating at night really bad and insomnia. Friday i went to see my gp this was after my 10th dose and told him the tablets was making me worse and theirs days i feel so weak i dont wana be here because of the pain im suffering, he told me to up the dose from 50mg a day to 100 which he said take two tablets a day. On friday i did this and my body went into an absolute meltdown my brain exploded with the worst i was so weak i couldnt move, sweats, shaking and i was even close to ringing an ambulance. Saturday i was too scared too take another one so i went without and i was absolutely fine all day more energy, good apetite and friendly with people except the parking warden that kept leeching around my car i told to f off lol. Can anyone help me on this matter, im really confused whether i should carry on or not, im even starting to fink am i actually depressed or is this mind control?
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hanky ryanfreebody
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exactly like me m8, sweats, shaking, insomnia etc I have taken 100mg sertraline for nearly 2 weeks and started on 50mg 11days ago and I'm fighting through it and there is light at the end of the tunnel, keep taking them m8 it will all work out. I have had terrible thoughts, pushed my wife away loads she stuck by me, I felt like ending it really bad went docs and broke down when he said he's going to admit me to a mental hospital I went gulp and fought through it , be strong
ryanfreebody hanky
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godblessed ryanfreebody
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I would have thought maybe the dose needs to stay the same and/or introduced to your body more slowly rather than doubled at this stage. I am no doctor though. Anyway I introduced 50mg sertraline to my body over a four week period and hardly experienced any side efftects-though I understand that everybody's different. I took one quater of the tablet for a week; half for two weeks; then the whole thing.
My feeling is however to decide to administer it, stick with it. Let us know how you get on.
Good luck!
ryanfreebody godblessed
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faye1811 ryanfreebody
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margaret50180 faye1811
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just hope the medication kicks in soon.
briaryhead182 ryanfreebody
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ryanfreebody briaryhead182
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briaryhead182 ryanfreebody
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jose79057 ryanfreebody
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I've been told it takes 3/4 weeks to make effect, for instance my brother was on it for a year with an overall good experience. That's why I am still hanging on. Maybe you want to wait more before withdrawal or increasing the dose. Good luck.
Cliotwo ryanfreebody
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It's scary at first but go back to docs and drop your dose and get them to ease you into it. It's just your body freaking out a bit and some people are more
Sensitive to this drug at first than others.
day_day1989 ryanfreebody
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