Sertraline, long term use and anxiety/anger?

[NotAnotherNoughtiesTune]

I've been on antidepressants since 12.

Came off twice, but unluckily both times weren't a great success. From 12-15 it was Prozac and since then Sertraline. I'm 28.

I find now it's making me really anxious and panicky (it maybe something else is?) but my fear of open spaces is terrible, my worry I'm talked about and hated and my fear of fire are a lot worse.

Not just this but everyone and everything pisses me off. I think constantly angry, bitter and agitated.

I have a 5 and 2 year old so don't want to just come off just like that especially asprevious times were hideous.

Any advice/help/suggestions from people especially doctors/psychiatrists or those gone through similar.

Bump

Hey, I just wanted to post a reply on here as I am currently on Sertraline and am feeling exactly the same as you are. You're not alone. I can't leave my house most days because I'm so scared of the "outside world", dramatic as it sounds.
I get awfully paranoid and lash out randomly.
However, I am also on pregabalin, which is supposed to keep me calm and stop/ease the anxiety. I don't think that it really does.
My advice to you is, as hard as it is, try to speak to your GP. It may be that your current meds aren't working for you as they should?
Do you have a mental health worker or a CPN?
I know how hard it is to ask for help, but if you're feeling like that then it's better to front it out and ask for help than to let it fester and get progressively worse.
I hope you're doing ok, keep me posted on how you're doing please.

Defo go back to the gp and explain what is happening. It may be something as simple as a new medication or an increase in sertraline.

No point suffering in silence when they gp can help you out

Hello,
I was on sertraline for a while. Started off on 50mg but gradually increased to 200mg with increasingly worsening symptoms of anxiety.
Coming off them was a revelation. I've been put on a fairly new anti depressant, agomelatine as it has very few side effects,(prescribed by my psychiatrist) and it's been literally life changing.
Sertraline is too readily prescribed these days without much thought of the person who's actually taking it. Go back to your gp and ask to try something else. It's a long process finding the right anti depressant but the long term benefits are worth it.