Sertraline stopped working

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I've been on sertraline for a couple of years I have a 3 month old baby as well as older kids. It seems like the sertraline has stopped working all of a sudden. I'm always in tears and I can't cope with the slightest stress, I get invasive thoughts of suicide trigged by the stupidest of events. I'm on 150mg/day. They can only prescribe 2 months at a time and you have to request a repeat in person at the dr surgery. I cba to keep doing that every 2 months, it stresses me out. Plus they fined me for not having a maternity exemption certificate and they keep sending me fine letters about it which triggers suicidal thoughts, but I just can't cope with dealing with it. I phoned and tried to sort it but they wouldn't help, and I even dragged all the kids to the bloody surgery to fill in a form (which they already had all the fucking information for anyway) for an exemption certificate. It still doesn't sort the fucking fine which I can't fucking deal with anymore anyway, I just want to ignore it and them to go away and leave me alone.

I'm thinking of just stopping the sertraline altogether. I know they say not to, and to wean off, but if it's not working anyway, and the faff and bullshit of taking it is actually making more stress and lower mood, maybe it's best to just go cold turkey and get it over with quicker, like ripping a plaster off?

Has anyone had sertraline suddenly stop working? What did you do?
Thanks.

I found that Sertraline wasn't working for me so my psychiatrist prescribed Venlafaxine Modified Release which works well for me.

Don't stop taking the sertraline without medical advice or you will feel ten times worse trust me!

Sertraline is an SSRI but Venlafaxine is in the group of SNRIs - they are different types of anti depressants.

Maybe you just need a different type, which your gp or psychiatrist will prescribe after you have tapered down the Sertraline under supervision.

Thank you, I'll think about a different type. Dr is engaged but I'll try again and hopefully get a telephone appointment. I haven’t taken my sertraline and so far it's OK. The dog shat on the floor and I didn't even consider suicide, haha! (I know it's not funny but it it's ridiculous how little can usually trigger that in me, you've got to laugh haven't you)!

Just be careful, I remember I stopped citalopram suddenly years ago & had bad withdrawal symptoms after a day.

Hope the dr is helpful.

I’d strongly advise against stopping any SSRI that quickly. The side effects are horrible.

I don’t get on with SSRI, I seem to experience side effects with them all. My GP switched me to a tricyclic, old fashioned, made me dizzy on standing initially but then I felt better. Push yourself to go back to the GP and talk about changing drugs and once you’re more settled that you need them on repeat.