Starting Sertraline for a 2nd time!
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Well, I didn’t think I would be back here on this forum so quickly 😦
I got diagnosed with health anxiety 4 years ago, my anxiety was horrendous. I have 2 children & I couldn’t even bring myself out of bed to care for them. It was honestly the worst time of my life. I went to the doctors who prescribed me 50mg sertraline, they sat in my bedside table for a week before I got to the point where I knew I needed serious help & my partner persuaded me to take them. Start up was awful, I had all the side effects. Week 3 I started to be able to actually function eg, having a shower, getting dressed & then there after each week got better & better. I stayed on them until July this year where I slowly started to taper off them (under the supervision of my doctor) all went well, I managed to come off them & I felt happy with my decision.
Speed up to the past few weeks & I have been trying to push aside in my mind all the triggers that were happening to which I knew my anxiety was creeping in on me once again. I thought it would all fizzle out & go away. How wrong I was! Things have got so out of control once again & I know that I need to go back onto sertraline. After speaking to my doctor that’s what we have both agreed.
I re started yesterday on 50mg, woke this morning with every side effect possible. I knew it was going to be hard because I remembered it all from last time but when you’re in the thick of it, it’s much worse then you expected it to be.
Is there anyone on here who has been on sertraline, come off successfully & then going back on? I am scared that it won’t be as successful this time! I’m just back in that deep black hole once again.
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courtney_14456 Bee1010
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Hi Beebee1010
I'm not much help with advice on if sertraline will be a success this time for you (because I'm battling that same demon) but I am in that deep black hole with you. Same situation: came off sertraline a little over a month ago, felt my anxiety creeping in but pushed it aside as one in our situation does and now I am currently drowning in it. Like I said, I cant offer that reassurance that we so desperately seek in this situation but know you're not alone. I have found some amazing people on this forum whom I still love dearly to this day.