Swapping paroxatine to sertraline

I wanted to give you both my success story because when I was in the first 8 weeks on Sertraline it’s all I wanted to read to give me hope. I was taking Citalopram for 15 years for anxiety and while it always worked well for me it basically stopped working this past summer. I was really struggling and finally went to my GP who decided I should switch to Citalopram. She put me immediately on 100mg of Sertraline. Looking back I should have been given a slowly increasing dose while withdrawing from Citalopram. Those first 8 weeks were pure hell. I felt no relief, I was depressed and super anxious, had terrible insomnia and nausea. My anxiety actually worsened. I kept going because everywhere I looked people said it took at least 8 weeks at the same dose to feel the positive effect. I can attest it’s true! Toward the end of week 8/ beginning of week 9 I turned a corner. I woke up not dreading the day ahead. I gained my confidence back. I started driving again! I started smiling again. My husband noticed the change in me that week too. He was beyond relieved to have his wife back. It does get better. When you get there you will look back and see how strong you were to go through the hell that is starting Sertraline. All my best to you both.