Sertaline 50mg

Oh I see! I hate autocorrect sometimes.
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Sorry, I tried really hard to make sure I got the little words like on, in, if etc right and completely missed that my tablet had changed sertraline to adrenaline.

Sertraline is horrible to start and any dose increase feels a bit rubbish too, BUT yes it all settles in a few weeks and it does work. At least has done for me and I'm no longer riddled with anxiety and can now leave the house and socialise and have fun. The knot in my stomach is gone and I'll happily take my current dose for as long as it works. I was prescribed 50mg with a view to increase later, but I even struggled with that so I have been taking 25mg for twoish years and it still does the trick. I attempted to increase the dose a few months ago and did 50mg for three days and ended up a crying mess. Went back to 25mg and I'm all good again. I think the 50mg would have been OK had I stuck to it, but I felt I had to go back down as the lower dose was suitable for me.

Hang in there, Sertraline is rubbish to start, but can be life changing.

I take 150mg of adrenaline and find it really helpful

Jeez @elliejjtiny I hope not! That would kill you. I think that's a typo.

Bedtime.

And I'm so sorry you've had such an awful time lately.

Do carry on with the tablets. They really help.

I ended up on 200mg. Very effective.

I take 150mg of adrenaline and find it really helpful but for 2-3 weeks after starting it or increasing the dose it can be quite grim with the side effects. Some people struggle with it long term though so if your symptoms are still there a month after starting then you should go back to the gp. There are lots of different medications for depression and some people need to try a couple of different ones.

I started on 50 and struggled with the side effects so split the dose in half, taken morning and night. Once over the first week/10 days the side effects settled and I took one whole tablet in the morning. I’ve been upped to 100mg and a lot of what I was experiencing physically has subsided, but emotionally I feel quite numb, not sure if that’s a good thing or not.

My son started on 50 and moved up to 100 after 2 weeks. He did struggle massively at the beginning. Now 8 weeks on he is starting to feel like a different person. It makes my heart sing that he is finally able to face life more. Life is so hard and you’ve had a terrible time @Kevin1958 Please be kind to yourself. Breathe deep. No beating yourself up. Take some time to feel better. Keep on it. I think it will help x

It will definitely help you. I’m so sorry you are going through this. Life can be so rubbish at times, but you will be ok!

It sounds as though the two of you have a wonderfully supportive and loving relationship.

Sertraline doesn’t come in 10mg tablets,the lowest available is 25mg

It will get better, sertaline gave me my life back. I too had suicidal thoughts but they pass. Life, will get better -as it can't always be shit. I take mine at night before sleeping.

Happy Birthday to your wife.

Oh wow your wife is amazing!!!!!!

It didn’t get better for me. I stopped sleeping completely and although it was prescribed to deal with moderate anxiety, by the time I decided to stop against my doctor wishes, 5 weeks on, I had regular suicidal thoughts. I am convinced that if I had continued on it, I wouldn’t be around anymore.

This is not only an appreciation of mine, search zoloft (sertraline) and suicide, it is well documented. This does NOT mean, however, that you will be in the small minority that react badly to it.

No medication is safe for absolutely everyone, I would say try for a few weeks but if you feel it is making you feel much worse, trust your instincts and ask to be changed to another medication.

OP, echoing the others and say just hang on in there. Take each day as it comes - at the end of the day say to yourself “that’s another day done towards feeling better”.

One day SOON you will wake up and feel like a weight has lifted (my experience anyway).

DH was also diagnosed with depression after a major op and his father dying around the same time a few years ago. He too felt rough for a couple of weeks but luckily I knew he would get through it and he did. Now he’s a huge advocate for seeking help and taking medication (if it’s appropriate).

One last thing, I don’t mean to sound patronising but well done for seeking help. Many men traditionally don’t and so I applaud you. All the best!

It took about a month for me to notice a difference, I had terrible headaches while it settled. I take it in the morning after I've ate, that works well for me.

Sertraline gave me my life back. Hang in there through the side effects, they don't last forever ❤️

I felt like I was going mad the first week of taking sertraline, weirdest feeling. But it does settle and then you feel the benefit after a few weeks. Hang in there.

@Kevin1958 Im on the exact same dose at the moment, started taking in January due to burning out and having horrific anxiety - similar to you, a succession of bad things happening that just piled up on top of each other and then was really REALLY poorly over Christmas which was the straw that broke the camels back.

Sounds like a similar thing has happened with you. It took me two weeks for the meds to settle and then it was like magic - my anxiety lifted and I was able to cope better. I took 6 weeks off work and have also had some therapy which has really helped.

Id recommend taking each day as it comes. I downloaded the calm app to do some meditation and mindfulness stuff which really helped, and tried to get outside in the fresh air every day.

Good luck, you will feel better I promise