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antidepressants & period

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l0psy · 16/01/2019 17:08

hello!
I've recently began taking antidepressants- was on 50/75mg of sertraline but that made me manic and actively suicidal. now on 15mg of mirtazapine (on day two...)
my period is now 13 days late- way too anxious to take a pregnancy test this early (had unprotected sex with my ex in december) (as I am in mixed minds about it) but GP said she hadn't heard of sertraline affecting periods that early on.
my period has been pretty regular the past year and a half after not being on birth control so very anxious.
just curious as to if anyone else had those kinds of symptoms?

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snoutandab0ut · 16/01/2019 17:11

I’ve been on various antidepressants including sertraline for over 10 years. Never experienced anything like this. You need to do a pregnancy test

l0psy · 16/01/2019 17:14

also forgot to mention that about a week ago, had pretty consistent cramping for about ten days off/on.

just super anxious about it. i know depression can cause irregular periods, but as i've said before they haven't been irregular for awhile. also, him being my ex that makes things even more complicated.

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thesnapandfartisinfallible · 16/01/2019 18:14

Stress does mine in. Any kind of persistent worry and they're the first thing to go. Since I have anxiety, I quite regularly skip months.

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