Sertraline

[Bluebird797]

Posting here for traffic.
I've suffered with my anxiety for a while but I have always managed to pull myself out of the hole eventually. Today, after the most horrendous 4 weeks of not sleeping, not eating, and feeling absolutely terrible, I finally admitted that I can't do it on my own, it's gone too far for that. So I phoned the Doctors earlier and got a phone consultation for this afternoon. I cried to the Doctor, literally sobbed my heart out. Actually all I've done today is bloody cry. But she prescribed Sertraline 50mg for me. I know this topic has probably already been done to death but I'm just looking for reassuring stories, I've read lots about it and I'm fully prepared for a rubbish couple of weeks. I just need to know that there's light at the end of the tunnel.

I have been on it for 11 months, menopause related.

To be honest, I don’t know why I left it so long before going to the dr’s. I would get nervous/an ious about the least little thing, couldn’t sleep, had horrendous sweats and generally felt bloody awful. Within a week of taking it I felt like a new person. I have since gone up to 100mg to combat the 10% of sweats I was still experiencing.

Best decision I have ever made.

Keep with it x

*anxious

It is done to death and it will continue to be so and it absolutely should be.
Whether it's the first time or the fifth time it's good to seek advice or just others that have been there.

Great for getting the sertraline!

I personally work better with citalopram but was on sertraline for a year or so and it helped my depression and PMDD hugely.