Sertraline buddies?

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I started sertraline 2 days ago and I am having a horrible time 🙁 I was hoping there might be others out there starting up too that would like to chat and support each other. I'm a lone parent and only have my mum.

Day 9 for me and the first morning I’ve woken up without a panic attack. My appetite is back with a vengeance!
Had a bad night Tuesday night though not sleeping
Feeling proud though as I’ve managed my first two days by myself with DD all day since my husband went back to work after his paternity leave.

Hope everyone else is ok!

Fingers crossed for a good nights sleep

We will all get there. My 1st week was the worst but after 2 weeks I felt great. Then 3-4 weeks I felt awful again so if this happens to you don't panic. Apparently it's normal around that mark and it doesn't last but my doctor upped my dose anyway. I'm tired and have not felt hungry the past 4 days but when I've eaten i have ate the full meal. Looking forward to happier times ahead.

tutty glad things are looking up for you.

marshmellow Pleased things are better in the morning and that your appetite is back.

sea well done on getting through the first couple of days alone. Hope you all get a good night's sleep.

I'm not too bad, about 10days on the 100mg so will see how that goes over the next week or so. I am slowly starting to loose some weight (I put on over 2 stone on the mirtazapine) so that is a bonus. Appointment for ds with CAMHS tomorrow, so hopefully they will be able to start helping us with his behaviour and therefore help me manage more. He has been pretty dreadful the last couple of weeks. We are also moving towards putting the house on the market, one good thing is that it will give me the motivation to actually tidy up.

Good luck for your appointment today mr I hope you get some help and answers. I'm glad your feeling better and also looking weight you want to. I think I've lost a few pounds too so I'm also happy about that. I've a lot of jobs to do around the house too and lots to sort that I'm aiming to do before Christmas. I'm telling myself that a clean house makes for a clean mind. It's not dirty as I clean daily, just needs gutting out and tons upon tons of clothes and wardrobes sorting

Am I too late to join this thread? On day 20 of 50mg and struggling with side effects. Doc wants me to try another 2 weeks and has prescribed a few diazepam for the really bad days. Morning anxiety is sky high not helped by baby who doesn't sleep through yet!

Hi Maccapacca

Sorry to hear you’re finding the side effects hard going. Hopefully they will ease for you soon.
Morning anxiety is horrible.

MrGrumpy I have my fingers crossed CAHMS were helpful (not to derail this thread but there is always such helpful advice over on the SN boards if you ever visit over there - they have been invaluable for me over the years)

Tutty hope you had a productive day.

Sea hope you are feeling ok today too.

Day 22 and the 1st time in weeks I haven't woken up having a panic attack! I am hoping so much that this means the downs are finally over and the good days will begin!!

Hi Everyone, hope you’re doing ok!

Mrgrumpy hope the appointment went ok!

Macca hope the side effects go away for you soon! Im in the same boat with baby not sleeping through. How old is your LO? My DD is 1 month tomorrow.

Tutty well done on getting the jobs done, always make me feel better when I can tick something off the list!

Marsh well done on managing the morning anxiety and getting out and about in the morning.

DH is now doing the last feed before bed which is helping me to de stress before bed. He’s also doing 1 weekend night of night feeds now which is a real help!
Day 12 for me on sertraline. Having really bad night sweats the last few nights! Other than that everything else seems to have settled. Fingers crossed for a good nights sleep!

SeaShell 6 months. I also have a 2 year old who happens to be a very early riser! Had a good day today with only a few mild anxious episodes. I am going to bed now feeling very positive for the fresh week ahead. I hope all the brave people on this thread have a good sleep and a good start tomorrow.

Had a really anxious couple of days lately but felt ok this evening. Always have that feeling in the pit of my stomach though. Im on 5 weeks tomorrow but 1 week on 100mg. When I started on 50mg I did feel anxious for the 1st 2 weeks so I'm hoping this will die off soon. I really don't want to have to go on a higher dose. Im lucky that my 11 week old DD has been sleeping through since about 7 weeks. It's my 20 month old that's a bad sleeper. Im not worrying about sleep anymore and feel less stressed when going to bed so I'm able to sleep better. Im taking the good with the bad and hoping I'm going in the right direction. Really trying to get in a festive spirit and do happy family things to keep my mood up. As I seen someone else on here say, fake it till you make it!

Hi can i join, I started a couple of weeks ago, so glad to read all the comments about headaches, sore necks and teeth grinding, have been doing them all, please tell me they stop!

tutty we have the same age gap! It's knackering isn't it? I try to go with the flow regarding sleep too. You just get so wound up otherwise. I try to get to bed as early as possible and even if I don't sleep at least I am resting!

OohAah didn't get headaches or sore neck, but did do a lot of jaw clenching. That is definitely easing off for me.

Hope everyone is ok. Thanks for asking about the appt. It went ok and hopefully we are going to get some intervention.

Other than that I am doing ok, I think I may need to consider upping again as I know I am still not quite right at the 100mg. Just feeling everything is still a bit too much.

Hope you all had a good night!
Had a really bad night with DD, couldn’t get her to burp so she was fussy all night. In the plus side I didn’t feel anxious or sad at all about it and quite positive for the day ahead.
Day 14 for me. No night sweats last night either.

Sorry if this is TMI but has anyone else had a lack of sex drive as a side effect?

Out of interest how many others are here due to a SN child?

Ive just been prescribed citalopram... I think it’s the same type of medicine as the one talked about in this thread. Took first one day night and had terrible feeling of nausea and panicky feeling. Scared to take another one now!

*sorry supppsed to say took first one LAST night!!

Hello. I'm on day 2 of 25mg and will increase to 50mg in 2 weeks. Mainly I feel like sounds and movements are echoing round me, I'm spaced out and clenching my jaw and feel sick. Want to lie down but gave too much to do! Can't wait for the evening when I've done my prep for work tomorrow and can have a nice hot bath and go to bed. I'm going to try and keep working this time (last anxiety episode I was off for 3 months). I need a distraction.

Hi everyone

I’m on day 12 of 50mg and I feel like I’m getting used to / having less side effects.
I’m definitely crying less (which is good. I was crying A LOT), but still don’t feel like I have much energy.
I still can’t say I feel quite right and like my old self - but it is still early days.

Hi all. I’m day 1 at 50mg. Feeling not too bad so far, went in and spoke to my new boss today (have been signed off for a couple of weeks just after they joined) which was hard because my anxiety is triggered because I am rubbish at work and over promoted.

I’ve taken various anti ds before so am bracing myself for the side effects.

Hope everyone is doing ok.

Hi everyone. I have just been prescribed these today. Long history of untreated/undiagnosed depression which I just dealt with, but recent events in my life have made me hit rock bottom so it's time I did seek help.
I am on 1 50mg tablet per day. Going back to the doctors in 2 weeks time to see how I'm getting on.

Sooo, here I am joining you all...

Topaz - Sorry things have been difficult lately - Good Luck.

Binky - Hope you don't have too many side effects. Well done for speaking to your boss. I feel rubbish at work too, just feel like I will always mess up.

Marsh Pleased to hear that things are looking up for you.

sorting Good luck. I felt dreadfully sick for a while but it has lifted to a certain extent.

MissSV How did last night go?

sea I hope you all had a better night.

I'm doing ok. House is sorted to go on the market, been really difficult to get myself motivated to get going to do stuff. The house we really liked has had another offer on though - gutted as this is the second house that we have liked that has sold in a matter of days (in an area which usually has a slower market). I think I may need to up to the 150mg in a few weeks. Everything still seems too much again though.

Maca that's what I'm doing now. I feel more able to cope with less sleep. I was getting to a point of keeping myself up at night worrying that I'm not going to get enough sleep. How ridiculous.

Hi all new people. I hope you are feeling well in the early days of taking your meds. The side effects can be tough for some people (I think I got off lightly, although I did suffer a bit. I am know to play things down!) I was feeling very anxious again the past few days but now that's lifted again. I've gotten a lot more productive the last few days too. I do still feel a bit blah, like I'm just going through the motions of life not really feeling anything but at least the anxiety has all but subsided. I did read somewhere though that it helps quicker with anxiety but with depression it takes a bit longer may be 6/8 weeks. I'll be 6 weeks in this coming Monday so fingers crossed for some positive changes.

Mrgrumpy I'm sorry to hear that. Sometimes things like this can happen for a reason and the house of your dreams will come along for you. Your having an extra tough time as you've changed over meds so that may have some effects on you as well as the new Ads.

I took one tablet and I don't know if that one tablet was the cause or if I was just having a bad night, but my anxiety went through the roof!
What can I expect when I start taking them? And when will I start to feel better?