I’ve been on a low dose of sertraline for nearly a week now. On the day of my first dose I felt slightly numb, almost like I was in a more relaxed state. I was suspicious it was a placebo effect however the following day something happened that would usually trigger my anxiety massively and whilst it did trigger it, I was pretty calm throughout and I felt almost like I was out of body, like I tried to make myself feel the familiar stress I would usually feel but it was like I couldn’t access it. I don’t know if this makes sense. Like I was trying to feel the usual panic but whilst the anxiety was there, it was as if I couldn’t manage to force myself to get too stressed about it.
Almost a week later I feel like I’ve got this numb feeling in my head. I’ve had mild ringing in my ears too but that has gradually lessened.
I am surprised by all of this and feel a bit scared at the effects of such a tiny dose. I feel like I’m almost reckless about life but not sure if that’s because I was so horrendously anxious before. Just wanting some reassurance I suppose.