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too old for this?? :(

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natalie2608
natalie2608

i have severe health anxiety but feel at 43 i should not be getting worse but i am

and i think a lot of people on here are younger than me, is anyone my age with anxiety on sertraline?

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  • tammy39856
    tammy39856 natalie2608

    Posted

    Natalie, I am now 50, and have severe anxiety with mild depression. I just started taking these meds however previously I had been on and off Paxil.

    For me all of this anxiety started in my late 30's... came on out of no where with my first panic attack. Everyone is different and has individual issues that can come on at different Stages of life.

  • lorraine82455
    lorraine82455 natalie2608

    Posted

    I am 62, anxiety and panic hit me eight months ago, leading to depression. No idea why? But getting better weekly. Just want my old life back!

     

  • Psyched_Out_Kim
    Psyched_Out_Kim natalie2608

    Posted

    I'm 45 for a few more days, and have had anxiety for many years. I used to take sertraline for years, but stopped when I thought I could do without it. That was a big mistake, and now I'm too afraid (thanks, anxiety) to start it again, and go through side effects, etc. Currently, my anxiety is the worst its been in a long time, but hormones are at play and making things worse.

    Anxiety definitely doesn't have any age boundaries, and will wreck havoc at any given chance.

  • natalie2608
    natalie2608

    Posted

    thank u for your replies . i am having terrible night sweats and more often then not very loose bowel movements , been on it for nearly 2 weeks. did any of u get this? the thing is i has also started getting sweat a few weeks before so that was panicking me anyway and now i don't know if it's the tablets causing it or something bad sad

    • jacsyd
      jacsyd natalie2608

      Posted

      I didn't get that from setraline, but everyone is different. I'm also on other medication for urinary issues tho, that reduces my ability to sweat. If you were sweating before the setraline, it's possibly hormones. I had terrible night sweats last year, all hormone related.

    • Psyched_Out_Kim
      Psyched_Out_Kim natalie2608

      Posted

      I've noticed some posts where people mention that they had gotten some sweating when they started the medicine, but everyone experiences different side effects.

      Hormones can also cause sweating, and when you add sweating from anxiety to the mix, it's like being a human waterfall. Anxiety alone make me sweat like crazy, yet hands and feet will feel cold.

      Whatever the reason behind the sweating, make sure to keep your electrolyte levels up. ?

    • tammy39856
      tammy39856 natalie2608

      Posted

      Yes i had both with terrible nauseau as well. i dropped from the 50mg to 25 for aweek then went back up to 50 then 100. It seems to have passed now, stick it out for a bit more or call your dr.,
    • natalie2608
      natalie2608 tammy39856

      Posted

      thank u tammy how long u been on them now? have u got health anxiety too?
    • natalie2608
      natalie2608

      Posted

      was it sometimes ok and then diarrhoea again? sorry to ask but just worrying as think it's passed and then today was terrible, like 3 times bad 😢

    • Psyched_Out_Kim
      Psyched_Out_Kim natalie2608

      Posted

      More like a sports drink that has sodium and potassium in it. If you don't like those, try eating potassium rich foods, especially if you feel like you don't need extra sodium.

      I'm currently dealing with a potassium and B 12 deficiency from not eating correctly, or from eating very little. It has caused all over weakness, palpitations, dizziness, feeling faint, internal tremors, concentration problems, hard to breathe, blurry vision, horrible anxiety, and so much more. The anxiety from this feels different, but worse. Quite strange, but you definitely don't want it.

      So, keep well hydrated in general, and maybe add a sports drink here and there. Anxiety depletes us of so much, and med side effects don't help matters.

  • natalie2608
    natalie2608

    Posted

    is nice to be in touch with people

    of similar age , be good to stay in touch

  • carolyn32091
    carolyn32091 natalie2608

    Posted

    I am 46 years old.  My anxiety/depression reared it's ugly head at the beginning of this year (well it may have been before that but everything pretty much came to a head at the beginning of year).  Mine decided to attack with severe insomnia which turned into anxiety about sleeping and then would keep me from sleeping (bad cycle).  I already was worried about work (recent layoffs which luckily I managed to avoid but I always feel like they are just looking for reasons to get rid of more people), plus other financial issues, having a teenager, etc.  I am noticing some help with the sertraline but I am still ramping up my dosage to find that perfect level.  Sleep has gotten a bit better.  I do have Ativan p.r.n. for any breakthrough anxiety which I do have but I try really hard to NOT take it unless it just becomes too much.  I don't think anxiety/depression cares what age anyone is.  It took me a while to admit I was dealing with this, though. 

  • natalie2608
    natalie2608

    Posted

    hello i had my test this morning and my lovely doctor called me as soon as they came in to let me know levels back to under 1, so relieved as literally no sleep last night at all. Trying to chill out at moment. she said i need to try and build up to 100mg if i can but i was only ever on 75mg last time! Just feel

    mentally exhausted 😩 thank u all for your support x

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