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Sertraline side effects again!

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don67438
don67438

Hi all really could do with some advice...I'm on week 7 50mg....i've had a rough ride and a month off work. Week 6 felt great back to work. Then this week head spinning , vision blurred like it was in the begging for me . I can't understand this should I try and wean myself off these tablets?

Thanks Donna

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  • janemorgan
    janemorgan don67438

    Posted

    Hi Donna im in the middle of week 4 and also 50mg, last week i felt pretty good, yesterday i was dizzy and felt nausea and depression all day but bit better today. They do take a while to work dont they ! i feel like i go two steps forward and then have a set back its so weird but i am better than i was so i would stick with them a bit longer if i was you.
    • don67438
      don67438 janemorgan

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your reply. And I guess I've come this far so I will try longer just so board or feeling ill. Hope you pick up soon too. Take care
    • janemorgan
      janemorgan don67438

      Posted

      Hi Donna im fed up with it too, its a never ending roller coaster but my Doctor said Sertraline gets good results for most people so what choice do we have.? Hope it gets better for all of us very soon.
  • don45258
    don45258 don67438

    Posted

    Hi I was having g the same problem up and down for 24 weeks so I decided to ween myself of them it's been 4 weeks at 25mg tomorrow I'll be going down to 12 1/2 I feel better than when I was on 50mg but not 100% hoping when I get off them things will level out its so frustrating you think your their then boom keep in touch let me know how u go on

    Thanks

    • don67438
      don67438 don45258

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply....I'll persistent a bit longer but if not start reducing. Maybe they makes these tablets so bad that when you come off them you think wow I feel great! Hope your on the mend up....keep me posted as I feel ill be doing the same too
    • carolyn79
      carolyn79 don67438

      Posted

      We're you on something else before or are these your first meds? Stick with it. You normally start of 50 then go up to 100 which works with least side effects for most people. I am on 100 about four weeks and feel great. Started on 50 as was weaning off another antidepressant. Good luck.
    • don67438
      don67438 carolyn79

      Posted

      I've been on loads of others with horrendous side effects. These seemed okay at first but now getting regrets about taking them. And because I can't sleep I've just been prescribed amitriptyline to have at night. Grrrrrr is all I can say
    • don45258
      don45258 carolyn79

      Posted

      I've been on these tablets for 27 weeks in total 100mg and 50mg surely if they were going to work they would have by now
    • don67438
      don67438 don45258

      Posted

      I don't want to get to 27 weeks and feel the same. ....and yes you would have thought they would have started to work. My sister takes these and has had great results starting at 4 weeks. Saying it's the best she's felt. Still chasing that.....
    • janemorgan
      janemorgan don67438

      Posted

      Amitriptyline are fine, i had those years ago when i couldnt sleep. At least you will get some sleep now and that will make you feel loads better.
    • carolyn79
      carolyn79 don45258

      Posted

      Hi, so sorry keep mixing you up with don67438. Yes I agree they should have worked for you by now. I was on 100mg for a year back in 2012. Restared them in Dec 14 and after 7 weeks of doing nothing to help my anxiety and depression changed to Mirtazapine 30mg in January 15. Why they didnt work second time dont know. I was changed to Mirt as I was losing a lot of weight and not sleeping.

      Went down to 15mg in July myself as hated weight. Asked to change back to Sertraline to give it a go again. Apart from awful wd side effects can safely say 6+ weeks in I am better than ever. No mad cravings and weigh coming off, albit slowly. 

      Never put up with meds that dont work. I am proof that something that was good in the past didnt help and then later did. Sounds crazy but I have had great results with Sertraline with minimum side effects if any. 

    • don67438
      don67438 carolyn79

      Posted

      So glad your feeling better I wouldn't wish anxiety or this feeling of no hope on anyone ......and unless you have experience of it you dont understand. I'm a conseller and always thought I knew how it felt for my clients. I wasn't even coming close. If any good is to come out of this I'll have genuine empathy smile
    • carolyn79
      carolyn79 don67438

      Posted

      Wow good to be humbled I guess. I am attending CBT atm and therapist got really upset when I discussed my past suicial feelings. She is only training but I did feel upset for her then....

      Ironically I worked for Mind charity when my stress went through the roof and I resigned. One thing I hate is whether I am no longer depresssed or meds masking it. I have been told I am trying to intellectualise an illness that effects the emotions. Like thats a bad thing!!! lol. Have a happy day. Its all we have

    • don67438
      don67438 carolyn79

      Posted

      Cbt can really rewarding. ...and she's going to learn from you. I get what you mean...I now looking back through my life events and seeing an anxious person for a long time. You have a good day too!
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