Still so up and down!!

Thank you so much for your reply! I have spoken to my doctor and asked to up my dose and she said to wait it out for another 4 weeks on 50mg because she doesnt want me starting all over again with the side effects and she thinks ive been doing really well, she said its totally normal to be up and down until it levels out properly so to wait until around 12 weeks and see how I am.. its just so frustrating thinking you're getting back to normal then going backwards! I really hope you feel better soon, its awful X

Honestly I would try and wait it out I know its hard but Im in a couple of sertraline facebook groups and ALOT of people are saying they didnt get better until between 12 and 16 weeks, I didnt realise how slow it actually works 😦 but its supposed to be amazing when it eventually does level! Hopefully we will feel some benefits sooner rather than later X

I know the feeling hun, genuinely thought i was turning a corner week 6, im on week 8 now and last week and this week have been awful with constant anxiety.. I've been getting some relief back the last few nights though and my doctor said its a good sign to have these ups and downs just have to wait for it to level properly so im going to trust her and wait it out till 12 weeks! I hope you feel better soon Xx

its so horrible feeling like this thats good u have been getting some relief back at nights hopefully thats it levelling out for u i always felt better at nights and sort of myself but not been having that just now and makes me scared that not going to go back to how i was xx

You sound exactly the same as me.. hopefully you will start getting good nights back soon like I am, my days are still full of anxiety though which is just annoying! I dont want to do anything other than lay in bed Xx

hope so as just feel like im getting nowhere do u just constantly think about your anxiety? which makes it worse thats the exact same as me i just want to lie in bed xx

Do you have facebook? Join the zoloft/sertraline support pages on there if you do its been a massive help for me to understand things, so many people feel awful weeks 7/8 and 9 and then start to feel better again its strange! And yes Ive been reading alot and i cant even concentrate enough to do that at the minute, I brought a panic attack on myself the other night cause of the pains i was getting in my chest its just from anxiety i always get them but i focused on them that long that it triggered and attack its awful xx

no i dont have facebook its hard as they tell u that takes 6 weeks to work and i just feel like getting nowhere there could be some hope if people are feeling better after 9 weeks what makes it harder is im just expecting to wake up one morning and back to my usual self but no that it doesnt work like that what are your symtoms of anxiety xx

My most frustrating and scary symptoms is the pains i get in my chest, then i just constantly feel panicked all the time, lightheaded, feel like i have a lump in my throat or im gunna choke, pretty much every symptom to be honest. Xx

mines is the knots in the stomach that are there when i wake up and feeling sick dizzy and just panicky xx

do you all get a good nights sleep? im worried im not . just getting about 4 or 5 hrs a night probably. some nights are worse than others. i get this burning prickling sensation when i try to sleep and then i get panicky. my psychiatrist says its is anxiety but it isnt going away.

no im the same about 4/5 hours then i wake up with the anxious stomach which lasts all day x

has it been that way since you started sertraline and every night?? i started sleeping a little better a couple days and now again almost no sleep. my head feels tightness all day because of it 😩

it was like that to start with then i started sleeping a bit better but since last week im waking up at 5 with anxiety are you having any good days?

right now i have not had one full night of sleep yet..today i woke at 430 and couldnt go back to sleep its horrible and im sleeping late. so probably fell asleep at 1am .. no good days yet .. have you had good days??

are you able to nap during the day?? im not. its like my body doesnt let me sleep more than 5 hrs

no i cant nap during the day either i feel tired but i cant seem to sleep its horrible i have no motivation do u?

u just sound like me i go to bed but i just lie there and cant fall asleep till late i had a goodish week on my 6th week i was feeling not to bad in evening but it didnt last that long and not having that anymore what dose are u on?

i was put on 50mg about a year ago and in about 4 weeks i was feeling good again. Then about 2 months ago i got insomnia again and anxiety when i tried to sleep so upped to 75mg 8 weeks ago today. The psychiatrist wants me to go up to 100mg but im too scared. and no motivation either. its horrible. i feel i just think about the anxiety.

did ur anxiety go away on 50mg till 2 months ago? i think about the anxiety constantly to then that makes me worse wot symtoms are u having? ive heard that it can take 12 weeks to work but the more weeks that pass it gets me worried that its not going to work

yes it actually went away for about a year until 2 months ago. mine is mostly sleep anxiety.. i get hot and tingling feeling when i try to sleep. then im not able to sleep and i wake up super early feeling like a knot in my stomach with loose stools and anxious. im just tired all day with no motivation . and no appetite. its really horrible because i feel like my head is always being like pulled back like a headache. this time it's so different and just taking forever.

it is the most horrible thing isnt it mines started with they said was Labyrinthitis then i started waking up during the night being sick said was gastritis but my heart was racing and sweating and couldnt settle so they said i had anxiety and gave me sertaline the knot in stomach is horrible do u have it all day? i have no appetite either i force myself to eat crackers i just want the day always to end and start again tomorrow but always wake up the same and dont want to get out bed im due back at work next week and no idea how im going to manage

no its not all day but when i wake. i get jittery during the day and get soo tired and my neck gets tense. its horrible but im hoping this gets better soon because i get so down and just no energy. hopefully we will be ok with time. 🤞

yeah i know what you mean makes you so down and depressed fingers crossed the meds start working soon for us

hello, have you had any luck in feeling better? im still sleeping about 5 hours and feeling sleepy and tired all day..

hi

no not really still feeling anxious when wake up And still feeling tired myself im back at work tomorrow so dont know how that is going to go