THE EFFECT ANXIETY HAD ON ME

What dose are you on?

HI SORRY I FORGOT THE DOSEAGE I'M ON 50MG. AND THAT SEEMS TO KEEP EVERYTHINK TICKING OVER JUST RIGHT.

I was lovely reading your comments and that there is light at the end of the tunnel

Do you still have panic attacks and also did you get a racing heart when you first went onto the tablets and how long did it take for the side effects to go. My problems seem to be at night when it wakes me up and I cant get back to sleep what had you used to do.

HI I HAD RACEY HEART AND IN TURN THAT MADE MY BREATHING A BIT RAPID AS IF I WAS OUT OFF BREATH. AT FIRST THAT HAPPENED ANY TIME OF THE DAY BUT GRADUALLY WORE OFF OVER TIME SO I DONT GET THAT ANY MORE,ALSO AND I KNOW YOU MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS BUT WHEN I WOKE UP AT NIGHT WITH PANIC ATTCKS WHICH ARE VERY FRIGHTENING I TRYED TO THINK VERY POSSITIVE THOUGHTS UNTIL I DRIFTED BACK TO SLEEP. BY POSSITIVE THOUGHT I MEAN (IM GOING TO BETTER FROM THIS.THIS WONT LAST FOREVER. JUST THINK OF ALL THE THINGS IM GOING TO DO SOON.) THE PANIC ATTACKS I DONT HAVE ANY MORE THANK GOD, HOWEVER SAYING THAT I STILL DO GET MY MOMENTS NOT MANY BUT WHEN I DO WHAT EVER THE SITUATION , I JUST THINK TO MYSELF(YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY I,M GOING TO DO THIS AND I CAN DO THIS SO LETS JUST PROVE I CAN DO THIS) LOOK I HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM A 2 WEEK HOLIDAY IN GREECE SOMETHING I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO 6 MONTHS AGO. I WENT TO EATING PLACES AT NIGHT WALKED AROUND THE SHOPS,DID THE BEACH BY DAY AND ALSO SWAM IN THE SEA. SO YOU SEE, YOU JUST KEEP ON YOUR MED AND KEEP THINKING POSSITIVE THOUGHS AND YOU WILL COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE. THE SIDE EFFECT I HAD FOR QUITE A WHILE, MY WORSE ONE WAS BLURRED VISION AND DIZZINESS AND ALL IN ALL IT TOOK A GOOD 4/5 MONTHS TO GET WHERE I AM NOW. THINGS WILL GET BETTER AND I URGE YOU TO KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT. IN 6 MONTHS TIME YOU WILL FEEL TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU DO NOW. AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO COME ON A WEB SITE LIKE THIS AND BE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AS YOU TRUELY DO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

It was lovely to read your comments it has given me hope I am going to try and think possitive like you have said and I hope to read something else from you again

Thank you.

THATS OKAY JUST SO PLEASED I AM ABLE TO HELP SOMEONE. YOU JUST CARRY ON WITH THE MED AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS, AND DONT GET DISSAPOINTED IF YOU HAVE AN OFF DAY THATS THE POINT OFF BEING POSITIVE TO HELP YOU OVER THAT. I WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN IN THE WEEK. KEEP GOING YOU WILL DO THIS I CAN TELL BY YOUR RESPONCE.YOUR VERY BRAVE. I LOOK ON THIS WEB SITE EVERYDAY SO IF YOU NEED SOME SUPPORT JUST ASK ME. LUCKY

Hi Lucky I have just read your comments that you have put and was wondering if you did have the sensation of going hot for no reason I can be just sitting there Iand I go hot and in the middle of the night that wakes me up did you get it and did it go of I have been on sertraline for 7 weeks should I be feeling better. Wish you were my next door neighbour I would be getting over this.

yes i did have the sweat's most unpleasant but they do stop I use to get this burning sensation inside as if my organs were on fire. I use to get them in the day and at night. The more i took the med the less i suffered with this unpleasant side effect. I remember phoning my g.p. telling him I was most unwell on the medicine and he reassured me that these things do settle down after time. However If you feel that after 7 weeks you should be over this side effect then have a word with your doctor.However 7 weeks is not very long to be on medication of this kind. Also has the sweating become less fequent over the seven weeks.Lucky

Hi LuckyYes the sweating has got less it just seems to wake me up when it starts and then my heart starts pounding and that is when I start to panic.

Hi It's me again, thats fantastic news so you are getting use to the med. Give it a few more weeks , can you tell me how you feel ,tell me how you think you have improved in the short space of time you have been taking sertraline? But keep going your doing so well.