Sertraline week 1

Hello again

on week 3 now and wow, I will answer my own question this drug is definately worth it. I feel the best i have felt for ten years. i lost an inch all over in a week or 2 . the feeling that your body weighs a thousand tons has been lifted. i keep in waving my arms because i cant believe they feel so much lighter and have a little strength back in my body. the thought patterns in your brain are transformed. generally positive effects yey.

still have not left the house for 2 weeks plus now though still dependant on others not sure how long it will take to feel like u can go out.

to be continued ...........

charlize

hi let us no how you feel now please its my first day tomorow i can off citaploram because of reallyy bad nightmares and stuff and been suscribed this stuff i have a big event i need a clear head for in about 3-4 weeks, will i have a clear head by then ?

thanks for any help

All I can say is that I feel sorry for all you guys who get these horrible side effects from Sertraline. I am finishing my second week, and I feel fine. When I say fine, I mean it did not relieve my depression as of yet, and I have been sleeping a bit more and having vivid dreams and my anxiety worsened a bit. But I am definitely not bed bound and it never made me high or cloud my judgment in any way.

When I first got prescribed 50mg Sertraline I read all these blogs and experiences, and seemed like everyone was having these bad side effects at the begining, no one wrote that they felt normal. I got scared and didn't want to take the pills. Finally I braced myself for several weeks in bed not being able to do much. But it was just a false alarm and I have been coping well ever since I started. So all I want to say is don't be scared of Sertraline, I am sure the majority of people take it rather well and do not experience horrible side effects.

Hope you both are well Charlize and D@ZMX

Hi Charlize, can I ask you how long it took sertraline to work for you. I am on my 10th day and lastnite I feel very calm and thought excited as I felt they were working, well I got up today feeling extremely anxious again and like I needed to be sick. Mark

Hi guys

sorry i didn't check back on this site for a while hope u r all well. Don't remember how long i have been on these tablets now according to the above i started at the start of September, feels like longer. i am sure everyone will react differently to medications depending on what other health complications and meds they have. So i guess i am about 7 months in now, i started to feel more active for a while but then the docs found my blood pressure was off the charts so i got my blood pressure meds tripled, and went back to feeling quite sedated awaiting cardiology referrals.

i would say that it took a couple of months to pick up a pace of life, but i am still too weak to lift and carry and go out for very long but thats could be just my health situation. i kind of feel like there was an initial improvement of situation and then just being left to coast for the next few months.

markus stay with it, it does work after its had a fight inside your head working out getting the receptors to stop sucking out the happy chemical serotonin from the brain, don't rush let it take its time hopefully you have some one around you when need to go out an about , it took me 3 weeks to leave the house literally being pushed out the door standing dazed in the street a few weeks later i wasn't so bothered and after 2 weeks at the seaside i came back working a bit faster and stronger, but if i am doing anything more than a round the block trip i do make sure i have someone with me.

the danger is the doctors forgetting to monitor you closely as it clearly states on the leaflet, so keep in touch with your doctor, and take advantage of the initial weight loss as that wears of too

best wishes

Charlize

Hi,

I started taking Sertraline 50mg last night as prescribed by my doctor. I must admit I was terrified to take it. This is the first drug I've ever taken besides Calpol and the occasional painkiller.

The first few hours were fine which I was surprised about (I seemed to think I would be throwing up as soon as I swallowed the pill!! Hello anxiety!). However, it got to about 11pm (3 hours after taking the pill) and I found myself not being able to get to sleep as I normally would. I lay tossing and turning which is something I never normally do. I also noticed my mind seemed much more silent than usual, I always described my mind as being on full blast, it was never quiet, I was always thinking a thousand things at once (or so it seemed).

At about midnight I then started to feel incredibly sick and did get up several times thinking I'd actually be sick but I wasn't. That was topped off with feeling very hot and getting some really weird and vivid daydreams of things that I found unusually scary (large letter blocks in lines with massive eyes kinda things.. trust me I don't even dream asleep about that kind of stuff usually!).

I went through about an hour of swearing I'd never take the drug again because of how I was feeling in that moment. I eventually drifted off to sleep but as you can probably tell from looking at the time this was posted... I woke up at 3:50am and don't feel tired at all now, hence me writing this post.

I feel a lot calmer right now but my only issue at this very moment is like you, my head feels swollen which isn't a nice feeling. It feels like I have a head cold or something? My brain (as I said before) is also very quiet, I'm only concentrating on writing this rather than several things at once like I normally do.

I'm hoping my first day on Sertraline isn't quite as bad as my night!!

Christina

would love to hear from anyone that has been on sertraline for a while and was it worth it? thanks in advance jools x

Hello Everyone,

I've just started sertraline. Today was my first day. That started me on 50mg so far I had things planned for today.

But I tool my medication this morning around 11am. An by 3pm I was really tired an just wanted to lay down. I fell asleep within seconds. I don't fall asleep that quickly. Now it's 6:17pm and about 30 mim ago I was really nauseous. That feeling went away now. I thought I was going to pass out or puke my lungs out. But I mutual a wet cloth on my head an now I'm okay for the time being. Right now I feel high on something an really focused. Like every detail in the post but me correct. My body does feel weak. And I do feel like I have a little head cold but I know it's just the medication.

I am pregnant an earlier u was super hungry. An when I cooked myself two quesadillas I ate one an I was stuff. And they where small. So I'm not sure how long I can last on this medication. I am 6 months pregnant and my baby needs to eat. So I'm not how this medication will work for me but. I sure hope it helps me with my depression.

I will check back in to let everyone know how it's going.

Thanks everyone 😏

Hi everyone.

I took my first dose of Sertraline 50mg and I honestly felt like I'd taken MDMA. I took it at about 7:00pm and started to feel really sick but nothing came of that. I decided to try and sleep the sickness off which came as no relief as I kept tossing and turning and my mind was racing. I got up because I needed my partners advice and as soon as he saw me he started laughing, my pupils were huge and my jaw wouldn't stop chattering! Then tried to fall asleep again but really struggled to. Today is my second dose, hoping it goes well as I'm at work today.