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Sertraline - please help

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Yubaa · 31/01/2025 20:02

I’m late 30s and suffered with anxiety all my life. It’s been pretty horrendous. Somehow I’ve managed to hold down a job and on the outside it looks like I have my life together. But I have huge bouts of anxiety which tips me into anger and sadness. I’m sick of living like this.

I have always resisted meditation, I suppose because that in itself makes me anxious. I also now have a toddler and I’m a single parent and I worry that taking sertraline could give me side affects which could in some way impact my child.

Ive tried talking therapies, cbt, etc and the worry and intrusive thoughts and anxiety remained.

ive been prescribed sertraline but I just don’t know what to do, has anyone had any experience please?

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Yubaa · 31/01/2025 20:06

@Yoheresthestory sorry meant to tag to too

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JazzyJelly · 31/01/2025 20:06

The only side effects I noticed were a dry mouth and a bit of difficulty sleeping, both of which went away in about a fortnight. Give it a try if your doctor thinks it's worth a go, you don't have to stay on it.

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Yubaa · 31/01/2025 20:06

popandchoc · 31/01/2025 20:03

I am on my second time of taking sertraline and it helps me massively. Enables me to live a life without constantly being anxious.
If you do have side effects they usually don't last that long. I was lucky not to have many or anything that affected me much.

@popandchoc thanks for replying. I’m sceptical that anything can stop my anxiety as it’s so full on. I feel totally stuck sometimes as I will obsess over and over about a thought that has come into my head, related to a worry. How can a tablet change that? I feel worried about it

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Yoheresthestory · 31/01/2025 20:05

Yes, it was a medication like any other in that it worked great for me and not as well for some other people I’m sure. Everyone I know who have been on it have really done well.

Be brave OP. The irony is that the medication that could fix your anxiety is something you are terribly anxious about! So try to override that and trust your dr.

popandchoc · 31/01/2025 20:03

I am on my second time of taking sertraline and it helps me massively. Enables me to live a life without constantly being anxious.
If you do have side effects they usually don't last that long. I was lucky not to have many or anything that affected me much.

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