Think serealise has stopped working
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Hi all. Thanks fore taking time to read my post.
I have suffered with anxiety and depression all of my adult life and last June I got to the point I needed help. I have always just tried to manage it as best I can. Anyway the doc started me on 25mgs of Sertaline and then worked up to 50. I'm still on 50 and have been since around September last year. As I started I had the usual side effects but they passed and started to feel good. Anxiety and depression was still there but the volume was turned down.
So where I am today and for the last month is basically back to before the sertaline days. Constant anxiety and feeling really down in the dumps. I'm 48 and been told I'm also going through the menopause 😑 the joys. So today my monthly visitor arrived so not sure if this could be hormone related.
I don't know what I'm looking for posting here. I guess some others experiences.
I do think it's time to maybe up my dose to 75. When I asked my doc she did say wait another few weeks but ofcourse she is on holiday now.
How you you feel on the higher dose? On 50 I'm a little numb emotion wise which is a good thing as previously I was crying even watching the x factor. .I'm not so weepy but scared incase I'm heading that way again.
Any advice welcome. PS I know I need to discuss with my gp just want some experiences of higher doses.
Thanks x
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GodsServant jay98357
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Hi Jay, I think you may need to up your dose to 100mg.
When I first got on 100mg (again) I was all over the place for 2-3 weeks (I felt like a zombie one second and then weepy the next but couldn't shed tears, and derealization) but then I got better. My OCD thoughts started subsiding and now I am pretty much symptoms-free (!!!) although I still have side effects of waking up in middle of night (can always return to sleep), some muscle stiffness (neck), headaches now and then, tiredness, and loose stool - hopefully, they subside or go away soon. I noticed when you up your does it gets worst before it gets better.
jay98357 GodsServant
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Thankyou for your reply. I do think you are right. I tried 75 before but it made me worse but that was when the sertaline was working
I will speak to my doc and up it as it's not working
Great that you are doing well. Well done you. X
GodsServant jay98357
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It's not me. It's all God. But perhaps people say I am lucky drug works for me. On and off it 8 times, so I'm like a cat going on my 9th life. LOL.
Hang in there. It could be the med for you, too! Xx.