Side effects
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I have been on sertraline since January and have had numerous side effects on and off. The tiredness has been persistent, well more like exhaustion. I am on 150mg now which has helped slightly with anxiety and depression, picking me up from rock bottom. I have been experiencing teeth grinding, jaw clamping, tongue sucking to the point of getting ulcers. I have also had a painful ear and sore throat. My dreams have always been weird and persistent but on reflection I feel they are more bizarre that before taking sertraline. Diarrhea has also been a concern. This happens in bouts, so I'll have it a few days then it will settle. The most recent bout freaked me out as it was black (malaena) I am in healthcare and know this indicates a bleed in the upper part of the digestive tract. When I started sertraline I didn't read the leaflet as I knew I wouldn't take them although I had an idea of the side effects. I didn't take yesterday's dose and stayed in bed all day, sleeping on and off up to now. I know I need to go to DRs but this triggers my anxiety. I have a big issue with going out seeing people. What to do? Has anyone else experienced these symptoms? I have been off work since nov and know I need to get back to work, feeling pressurised.
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Hollie123 Yoyo1971
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Please go back to the docs !! .. It's important to keep going often, it sets my anxiety off also, but it's very important .. I'm there today & dreading it .. But I must keep telling the doc my symptoms ..
It's now week 4 for me ... I'm not feeling a great difference .. The anxiety is very much real & I have too been off work a long time.. Don't think ill ever return to be like my old self again
You said that's 150mg has helped your anxiety & depression SLIGHTLY ... Is the side effects worth having slight change ? I would go to the docs & discuss this ...
I'm very concerned about this drug ... I don't think it's working at all for me ..
Hope your ok & wishing you all the best ...
Hollie x
Yoyo1971 Hollie123
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seeing cpn tomorrow so will discuss then. I'm sure he'll say see DR. I know I need to but getting there is a battle. Initially the symptoms were manageable but now I have so many I'm weighing up the benefits. I have to say they have helped but then would I have got a little better had I not taken them, who knows. I have a friend on them and she's been fine so I guess everyone's experience is different. It took a while for me to show any recovery and it has been a tough slow battle. Hence why I'm now refered to cpn. Really worried about not working as the chances of getting benefits seem remote. All the crap only adds, compounds feelings when suffering anxiety and depression.
Hollie123 Yoyo1971
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Is there no one who can go w
This is awful isn't it.. I feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel, I have not seen any benefit as yet ... I'm sure when a go today she Wil say put them up to 150mg ..
I feel like I'm fighting a loosing battle
Hollie123 Yoyo1971
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Is there no one who will go with you to the doctors ?
It's an awful situation I feel for you .. As I go through exactly the same ordeal each time ...
I also see a cpn & have been placed on an intensive course of cbt ..
Yoyo1971 Hollie123
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Hollie123 Yoyo1971
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Your right tho ... Only ppl who is / has
Going through this will only no the true sheer hell of just day to day survival ...
I feel like I'm selfish, sometimes .. As I've got to pull family away from there homes to come places with me also .. I have to plan journeys & basically life is planned around how bad I will feel at the time of thing I'm doing ..
So my limit is really my bedroom for now ...
Sad for a 30yr old girl with a boyfriend & nice friends .. Whom I don't see at all ..
I hope one day that we can be anxiety free and just start living .. :D
That would be a dream come true x
I will try anything to beat this .. X
Take care my friend Hollie xx
sue32750 Yoyo1971
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Hollie123 sue32750
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Could I ask .. What do you mean by "feed" your depression?
I read on the NHS site that sertaline takes 7 weeks to work, so I hope your feeling better soon sue xx
Anxiety is vile .. & I think that there's not enough help out there for us ..
I've had this for years now & it's becoming worse ..
Yeah your right, the pressure of being off work just adds to the long list of things to keep this dark anxiety and depression tuning my life into hell ..
But health comes first ..
We are survivors & we have came so far ..
Wishing you the best x Hollie xx
sue32750 Hollie123
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i think she meant that I feel down and then I worry about it more than I should and things get worse. I also have a problem going abroad! The anxiety tends to kick in then, but I am generally ok in the UK! Crazy isn't it?
Hollie123 sue32750
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I have panic attacks on the plane, so I've got to drink & the holiday consists of been overly anxous about going out, roads, wouldn't get in a taxi .. Ext ext ... The list is endless .. That's why I now travel in UK for holidays ...
sue32750 Yoyo1971
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