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joanne19909
joanne19909

Still feeling really tired on 50mg sertraline been on it 2 months now is this normal

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  • Hoopz
    Hoopz joanne19909

    Posted

    I was so tired it was unreal. I couldn't even go upstairs without crawling and baths and showers knocked me out. I'd have to get dry and dressed on the bathroom floor.

    This was when I was on 25mg then 50mg then 75mg. I gradually started to get a little more energy. This is a very slow working med and a lot of people give up. I am now on 150mg and this med has saved my life. I'm not totally out of the woods but nearly 🤞🤞🤞..Keep going .. and keep posting

    Good luck

    🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

    • jay_babes
      jay_babes Hoopz

      Posted

      Hi i saw your post to joanne so i hope you do not mind me getting back to you, you have been in touch with me before, could you please tell me what you take this drug for if you dont mind, because you said you started on 25mg my doctor started me on 50mg, in 4 weeks 100mg, but you say stick with it , it saved your life, but i have got severe migraines over 30 years no cure, and this makes it worse, that is why i am asking you what you are taking it for, if its a problem that has been solved i am very happy for you, but my illness can not , so i have to decide painful migraines or depression 
    • Hoopz
      Hoopz jay_babes

      Posted

      I was put on it for panic attacks, anxiety and burn out. I really have no experience of migraines so I am not the right person to give you any advice. I can only go by my personal experience. I only know that sertraline has worked for me. I hope you find your answer. Does anything you eat give you migraine..my mother used to have them very badly. She can't eat chocolate or anything with orange in it in the evening. She also can't eat choc and orange together. She can't eat cooked cheese.

      Good luck and I hope you feel better soon

      🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

    • jay_babes
      jay_babes Hoopz

      Posted

      thank so much for your advice i have very kind of you there is no cure for my migraines, suffered over 30yrs, under top people, i have a very rare case but have learned to live with them, but again thank you i just wish these drugs did not make it worse
  • jay_babes
    jay_babes joanne19909

    Posted

    Hi i have only just joined yesterday , new to this ,my name is jay, i suffer severe migraines and depression, i have been put on sertaline, first 50mg for 4 weeks and now 100mg , i feel terrible my head is killing me but i think i feel this way because i suffer migraines, but i do feel tired and lifeless, and have no joy to do anything, but if i come off it , will i go back to all the thoughts i had that the doctor told me that led me to depression
    • kerry56645
      kerry56645 jay_babes

      Posted

      Oh Jay you sound like your having an awful time, 100mg in 4 weeks is. Big increase and will have side effects, have you tried taking it at night  ? 

      I suppose only you know what is your normal migraine and what is being caus d by the Sertraline. I have a friend who takes amitripaline for migraine I think it may also be an anti depressant ! Maybe Sertraline isn’t for you xxx  

      Going back to the origional post I can get tires sometimes but then before I was wired and unable to sleep so it’s a price I’m willing to pay xx 

    • jay_babes
      jay_babes

      Posted

      thank you i am but i have learned to live with the migraines had them for over 30 years, there is no drug the specialists have not given me, amitripaline was one of the first, i can not tell wht i have been through and the amount of money my family have paid for private treatment, this drug now is for like you said depression, so i have to decide what to do its hard, bad migraines or depression, but i will not give up will try and find something that works , thanks again
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