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.

Hi Topaz, I'm on day 26. It made my anxiety go through the roof for about a week -2nd week for me- but that does gradually subside. I have found that keeping a notebook of positive things that happen in the day has helped. You notice as the days go on that there is more and more to add!

I've read your other thread and I applaud you for getting the help you need. Please go easy on yourself. You are a brave person and it will get better.

Thank you macca. Do you think these tablets will help me?
I feel like there is a heavy weight on my chest and I feel so distressed.

I felt like that too. I felt worse than I did before taking them for a while. It does get better. There were a few days where I was so anxious and jittery I could barely function, but they have gone and I am starting to feel better. Please stick it out until your follow up appointment. Hopefully by then you will see an improvement. Be kind to yourself. Talk to yourself how you would talk to a friend. Remember that courage is not the absence of fear, it is being afraid and doing it anyway!

My only worry is that I start feeling better and I end up having a relapse or something.

I think that is a fear for us all. It is the anxiety talking, trying to keep you in a state of terror. It may happen, it may not. If it does there is help out there. If not- great!

2 weeks in for me, I think the majority of the initial side effects have subsided and I've moved it to taking in evening to try and help a little too as it's making me so tired! Anyone have energy return as time goes on?! I haven't actually cried since the day I took my first tablet, which is a major deal to me. First check up at docs tonight so will see if she's happy with me sticking to the 50mg :). What a 2 weeks though, I'm kinda kicking myself for being so reluctant to take them initially. I left things unchecked for much longer than I needed to! Hope everyone is having a good day x

Hi GetOff, it's great that you're feeling better on the 50mg! I'm on 50 too. I'm feeling better than I was, but not quite where I should be yet. Think I may need to go up a little to get the right balance for me. It's quite an empowering feeling isn't it taking that step? I feel the same about letting it go on for too long, but here we are now making the move. It can only get better!

Day 6 of 25mg. . Is it normal to be clenching my jaw, toes and fingers all the time? I have a massive urge to do these. Grinding my teeth is giving me headaches. Squishing play doh helps restless hands! I'm needing diazepam regularly as v agitated. Can't sleep deeply and wake up feeling I'm falling off a cliff. Yesterday night I actually fell out of bed. If I were in a better mood it would all be quite comical. Damn side effects

Hello all, I hope everyone is feeling well and on the road to recovery!

I have a question..... Has anyone here felt that they have viewed their relationship differently whilst being on antidepressants?. As in has anyone felt like they are more distant from their partner or seeing things in a different light?. I don't know what's going on with me lately but I'm worried either they may be clouding my judgement or making me see things more clearly if that makes2 sense.

Ok, odd question, has anyone had their libido increase while on them? Can't work out if its the tablets or me starting to feel better?

Sortingmyself** Yes to clenching jaw and to it causing headaches, has started to improve about a month in, google exercises for TMJ and I booked myself in for a couple of head massages in the evening so I could go straight to bed when I got home.

Sorry I have been absent.

tutty that makes sense to me. For me I think it is just that I don't have the capacity to do relationships as well, the kids have got it in the neck this weekend (not too much) as I couldn't deal with the constant demands.

I am thinking I need to increase again, going to ring GP on Tuesday and go from there (you can't ring on a Monday, the receptionists get grumpy about medication reviews)

Glad I'm not the only one mrgrumpy it's all very strange. Like I'm seeing things more clearly. Sometimes I'm driving and when I look out the window everything seems brighter than normal. I'm still having a few off days but not as bad as the beginning. I'm 6 weeks in today (I think) 2 weeks of 100mg and they haven't half made a massive difference. I'm still clenching my jaw too. Only other thing is im tired. I have a nap most days for a good hour and then still go to bed handy and have no problems going to sleep. That would never happen normally. I'm thinking now they are in my system I might try taking them before bed and see if that helps the tiredness in the day. Can't blame the DC as they've been sleeping really well of late.

Thanks OohAargh it seems my side effects are quite normal although not pleasant!

I'm struggling with DD. She is nearly 7 and quite perceptive for her age. She's realised something is wrong and keeps having emotional episodes and whining about getting dressed etc... at the moment I'm not as patient as I would like. I'm making time to spend with her doing nice activities but I feel quite emotionally distant from her. She cried on the way to school and i just wanted her to stop but struggled to comfort her. She was crying because i shouted at her to stop whining.My 4 year old boy is much more straightforward and obviously younger so he hasn't noticed a change. I work part time so spend more time with him and I think she feels pushed out as I'm finding it easier to deal with my son than her. 😕 feel like I'm getting it all wrong.

Tutty toffee I often nap all evening then sleep all night too. After all the adrenaline pumping round all day I'm just exhausted so need lots of rest. Glad you are feeling better.

Hi all! It's been a while for me since I last posted. I've been on 50 mg for 4 weeks and then a week ago upped to 75mg. I just noticed the last couple days I've had horrible headaches and now I've had body anxiety. Just where I feel weird and a little off. Has anyone experienced this when increasing their dose. Hoping it will go away soon. In general though I feel so much better. Back at work and do most things. Just don't feel 100% yet.

Hi Positive, I'm hoping to go up to 75mg at my review later this week. I'm a bit frightened because my initial side effects when I started at 50mg were really severe. I'm doing well on the 50mg, but not as well as I want to be. Did you find the increase as bad as the start up?

Hi everyone

I feel the same on 50mg - I feel better, but not as better as I’d like to be. Seeing doctor on Mon so will ask about increasing too.

A friend of mine said she felt better / back to normal almost straight away on 50mg (and I can see it myself in how she is), but I don’t feel like that - and I really would like to!

Hope you are all hanging in there. We’re all doing great to be here in the first place and taking the positive step towards feeling better.

Hi everyone wondering if you don't mind me joining? After having a month with the tablets I still haven't plucked up the courage to actually take the 1st one. Everything stems from an incident 3 years ago and I have been diagnosed with ptsd. I know I need to take them but I'm just scared of the unknown I suppose. Hope your all doing well!

Hello everybody.
I’ve been feeling down for months now.
I kept pretending I was ok,thinking that I would just snap out of it and get better on my own.But the last couple of weeks have got a lot worse for me.

I finally made a doctors appointment this morning and took my first sertraline 50mg tablet at about 10.30am.

I’ve been feeling really sleepy today (to the point where my eyes are a little blurry) and
the back of my head also feels quite heavy if that makes any sense.
But I haven’t felt any other side effects luckily.

I’m glad I have found this thread.i have only read 6 pages,and I’m sorry you are all not well too,but it’s nice to know I’m not alone.

Hello new joiners, welcome!

Just to say to anyone just starting on Setraline to push through the side effects if you can, it does get better - I’ve just finished week 3 at 50mg and the side effects have pretty much gone now.

Hang on in there!

Hello marshmallow09er.
Thank you for your advice.i hope you are feeling better now you are on week three.my doc said I should see an improvement in a couple weeks or so.

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing ok. I've been taking 150mg sertraline for a few months now and I also find myself clenching my jaws frequently. Other than that though I haven't had any other side effects. This might be because I am also taking an anti-psychotic.

My mood has definitely been a lot better though. I hope it helps you all too!!

Welcome to the new joiners.snotato all the best as you start and I hope you see a difference soon.

I rang the GP yesterday and have increased to 150mg, so will see how that goes. I am feeling pretty down at the moment. Life seems a big old struggle again, and everything is too much effort.

Still plodding on though. Hopefully this increase will be the turning point.

Thank you MrGrumpy01.
I too feel like everything is too much effort,from getting up in the morning,getting kids ready,shopping,working from home,washing,just everything.
I do all these things because I have to,but god if I had no responsibilities and was well off I could quite easily just stay in bed all day every day.
I feel mentally drained.