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Setraline with other meds

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brian91812
brian91812

Hi has anyone using there setraline with other medication like calming pills. I have OCD severe at times anxiety and depression from it. Currently just on 50mg on setraline. This wk been a very bad wk the worst in a long time. Docs gave me venlafaxine to go on next wk. I don’t want go down that route after reading the reviews. Back at docs on Monday different doc. To discuss a different route. Anyone got success stories with setraline. Thanks 

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  • julie7525
    julie7525 brian91812

    Posted

    Hi Brian, yes I had a lot of success for anxiety on 150mg sert, after a year reduced to 100mg. Only drawback was weight gain, over a stone on a tiny frame. Doc said changing to prozac can trigger the weight loss but no, hardly! And my anxiety and migraines are troubling me again. I may go back on sert, tho the initial side effects were horrendous, it really did help once i got to the right dose for me. Talk to your doc about upping your dose? Oh and i had betablockers to calm panic attacks, stopped them actually, and 2mg diazepam for the really bad days, very calming. talk therapy helped to an extent and cbt. Hope this helps :-)
    • brian91812
      brian91812 julie7525

      Posted

      Hi thanks Julie ye i will consider upping at 1 point i was on 100g but no effect really. Definitely need calming pills to get me through this anxiety state, my fight or flight response is constantly triggered it’s horrible 
    • Ala1483
      Ala1483 brian91812

      Posted

      Hi Brian, I am on Venlafaxine 225 and it works really well on anxiety- it’s  non existent now, however my depression is still not improving greatly so will start Sertraline 50 alongside on Monday. 
    • brian91812
      brian91812 Ala1483

      Posted

      Sort of put off with venlafaxine. Need to maybe up my dose on setraline and get maybe calming pills also maybe. 
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