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tracey11164
tracey11164

Just a bit of advice pls been on increased sertraline from 100 to 150mgs 6wks this wed but still getting big spikes of anxiety and feeling really hot and legs goes like all shaky on inside is this normal

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  • lynda70899
    lynda70899 tracey11164

    Posted

    Hi Tracey

    i have experienced both these symptoms.  I get so hot and sweaty.  So uncomfortable.

    lynda

    • tracey11164
      tracey11164 lynda70899

      Posted

      I get really hot up my arms my back is soaked thought would have settled by now lynda x
  • sarah09381
    sarah09381 tracey11164

    Posted

    Hi I've just transferred to sertraline 50mg and don't know how I'm surviving wake up 4.30am feeling sick and anxious cant ea lost a stone diazepam wasnt helping changed to lorazepam not been to wok for 5 weeks feel so guilty and at times suicidal anyone else felt like thins doc says should be some improvement in next few days.
    • wayne76842
      wayne76842 sarah09381

      Posted

      hi sarah

      exactly how i wasfeeling back in may this year

      sertraline for myself took approx 8 weeks to work, first reaction to the drug were not good at all, nausea everyday for around 8 hours each time,dizzy, not eating lost 2 stone in 4 weeks,crying cause i couldnt understand why i was feeling likt this, and yes thought of dying and i just wanted it all to end, these are just some of the symptoms i was getting, after the 8 weeks i was feeling so much better, i still have bad days but nothing like i had in the begining , it does work much faster for some but like me i had to wait 8 weeks , please dont think there is anything more wrong with you i did and it doesn't help, if you can learn how to control anxiety and brush it away you will start to feel so much better. from what i read 50mg is a test dose to make sure it is ok for the user, i managed on 50mg for 6 weeks and then was told to go to 100mg but i idnt fancy the effects so i went to 75mg for another 4 weeks and then i went to 100mg,side effects can subside very early in treatment, but i would defo say that sertraline as helped me to cope with the condition.

    • sarah09381
      sarah09381 wayne76842

      Posted

      Hi Wayne nice to hear I'm not on my own think if I could go back to work I might cope better than being stuck at home all day but I make rally computers and have to be able to consentrate I've never had time off in my life so worried about how I will cope going back when I'm ready but the sickness and crying is getting me so low I'm only still here because of my family x
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