I'm having a really tough time.

[BippityBoppity87]

I'm currently on sertraline 100mg, which I thought was working a little bit, but last night I feel like I completely lost the plot. I texted a crisis phone number as I couldn't talk on the phone. Reason being I was feeling quite suicidal.

My paranoia went into overdrive to the point I thought the government were spying on me and it was terrifying. I didn't go to my CBT session today and instead stayed in bed for the majority of the day. My paranoia is still here and I don't know what to do.

Is this a normal reaction to sertraline? I've been on it for 9 weeks now.

Hi bippity, sorry you're going through that and if you go back to your CBT definitely mention it coz it might be something they can help with. I'm over 8 weeks now I think and went up to 100mg this week from 75. Today was a very stressful day for me and I took diazepam 2mg a couple of hours after taking my sertraline. Haven't taken both together until now. It made me feel uneasy, anxious and even a bit paranoid at times throughout the day, so just wondering if you're taking anything else that might be interacting with your sertraline the last couple of days? If so that might be worth looking at. If not, maybe your GP or CMH team can suggest something. Did they reply to your text? Hope they're offering you some support over this. Sounds like bed/home the best place for you until hopefully you turn a corner again very soon. Generally in the last couple of weeks I've been pretty chilled with the sertraline but today unsettled me a fair bit. Hopefully I'll level out again tomorrow.

I have an appointment next Friday, but now I'm worried I'm going to get a telling off for not turning up today.

I only take sertraline 100mg. They did reply to a few of my texts, but weren't hugely helpful. I was so bad at one point I told them I couldn't text any longer because I was convinced the government were taping into the conversation.

Then I didn't recognise my own surname. I thought someone had changed it. Had to write it down over and over and it still didn't look right. Took my partner quite a while to convince me that it was my actual surname.