Stopping sertraline after 6 days!!

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Hi... Well I was on sertraline 25mg for just 6 days nd it was horrible... I had the worst anxiety nd panic attacks ever... I stopped taking them 2 days ago nd I feel a little dizzy like pressure on my head I wake up wit extreme anxiety nd just jittery... Can somebody help me nd tell me if this is normal ??

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    ask your doctor for vistaril. or go get some bynadryl and it will calm u down tool you get to the doctor hopefully. good luck boo and pray pray pray !

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    Danielle, most folks have horrible side effects for several weeks, then sertraline starts "working". I'm going on five weeks and am so glad to have sertraline. I have hope of feeling like I can have a normal life. I had horrible side effects at first, but was determined to get through.

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      I was just worried I thought tht it wasn't working for me ... Nd I thought they were just horrible side effects .. I couldn't do it... Nd everybody keeps telling me tht minimum is 4-6 weeks to feel the effect ??

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    It would have been helpful for me to get a glimpse of what others went through, so I started a discussion here titled  "one person's journey on sertraline" .  I recorded how my symptoms of depression increased before they went away.  Read others' stories on his site, it helped me stick it out.

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