Waiting game?
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Hi. I was on citalopram (I’m in the UK,American name of it is celexa I believe) from April 2010 to December 2021 (my dosage was increased through the years to the highest dose available).
In 2021 I suffered quite a few anxiety relapses and it was decided I would move from citalopram/celexa to sertraline/Zoloft as I had reached the maximum dosage of citalopram- I started at 50mg of sertraline daily in december and it was then increased to 100mg late jan of this year.
At first I felt ok, I had a few physical side effects but nothing too heavy.
I’m now just over 2 months in to taking the 100mg dose and I just do not feel that they are helping me at all. I wake up daily with anxiety - most days I can battle through it but the point is I feel like daily I’m just surviving not living and surely this should not be this case if I’m medicated? Daily I’m having an upset stomach too which was not present before starting sertraline/Zoloft.
Over the weekend everything has become too much for me and I’ve spent the whole time out of my mind with anxiety, physically sick, diarrhoea, and just a general feeling of I can’t fight this fight anymore. I’m not the same girl I always was, I over think everything, and I’m not enjoying life.
My main point in this post is to find out if anyone has felt the same after switching to sertraline/Zoloft and should i keep holding out?
Thanks x
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Lola82 rosie-rose
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hey I understand your frustration. I am tapering off of sertraline as I never felt good on it. so many people say it works for them and that is amazing for them but just living is not enough. I have yet to find an AD that works well for me. good luck if you continue. I tried my best and still after 18 wks I still felt weird and not good.