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Gina4004
Gina4004

I thought I would post on here again as for the past couple of days I've been contemplating speaking to the doctor and I don't know if I should keep going with my current dose or change it, or just stop sertraline.

I was given sertraline to help with my anxiety, mainly health anxiety. I started taking 50mg in april and around 10 days later started experiencing frequent bowel movements. Now I know that sertraline can cause diarrhoea but I wasnt experiencing diarrhoea, I was just going a lot. I spoke to the doctor who thought it was a bug.

After a month I spoke to another doctor as I was still having the same problem, they did blood tests and a FIT test which all came back normal. After that the doctor said it was probably the sertraline causing these problems and that some people have persistent side effects.

Its been 3 months and I'm still having the same issue. It has gotten better, most days I'll only go twice a day, but some days I keep needing to go. Before the sertraline I only had to go once a day.

I feel like the sertraline did help with my anxiety, im doing much better compared to last april, but this bowel issue is starting to get to me.

i dont know if i should keep going with 50mg. The last time i spoke to the doctor they recommended I increase my dose to 100mg but im scared its going to make my bowels go crazy. I have also seen some people saying they decreased their dose or stopped it and their bowel movements went back to normal.

Thanks for reading

Gina

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  • Yorkshirelass62
    Yorkshirelass62 Gina4004

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    Hello

    Why not see if you can try a different anti depressant. If Sertraline is causing this side effect then perhaps its better to try something else. I have had to change meds in the past until i found a good fit for me 😃

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