sertraline?! What's people's experiences

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So the doctors has prescribed me for this to help with my anxiety and depression, what's everybody's view? Did it help? How long did you stay on it for?

Very good for anxiety but couldn’t cry/ orgasm/ feel much at all.

Worked on for me but I felt a bit spaced out.

Worked really, really well a few years later for my then boyfriend.

My pal is on it just now and thinks it’s fine.

Just try it. Give it a month and see how you feel.
Also try mindfulness and tai chi or yoga or something. Take more exercise. That made me feel much better.

I like it, definitely less anxious. I can still cry. Don't have any opportunity for orgasm. Also quit drinking which I'm sure helps.

I have tried taking it twice now and both times, after about 2 weeks, gave me a horrific series of panic attacks.

Can be really helpful. Like others have said the first couple of weeks are rough and you do feel spaced out but after that so so much better. If you've felt bad enough to seek help and be prescribed it, it will 100% be worth any short term side effect to feel better, promise

Helps with anxiety but I have no sex drive

Takes the edge off anxiety for me. I notice if I don't take it. I'm on 150mg a day. Didn't notice much of an impact before that. I worry I am reliant on it now. My sex drive is also nil.

Really helped me. I was on it for about 8 months in the end which isn't long at all really. Very spaced out to begin with but didn't notice any side effects after a few days, except complete lack of sex drive.

I mostly felt numb, unable to cry, disconnected.

I've been on it for 11 years,

It's fast acting but doesn't stay in your system for long, so if you miss a dose, you know about it :-(

I find the withdrawal awful - headaches and extreme mood swing.

I couldn't be without it now, which scares me.

I have to make a huge effort with Sex drive - and I still cry, it doesn't space me out anymore however my short term memory is SHIT

Thankyou for all the reply's!

Well since baby, sex is not up on my to do list so that's nothing new, I'm going to try and take them for the shortest amount of time if possible

I tried it for about six weeks following a longer period on citalopram. I switched because citalopram killed my sex drive completely. My doctor suggested sertraline as an alternative. It also killed my sex drive completely. Both seemed to work well for anxiety though and I didn't notice any other side effects. I didn't fine coming off sertraline particularly hard apart from being very tearful.

If you (and your partner) are happy with that, I'd give it a go.

Honestly it’s given me my life back! I couldn’t orgasm at first but those kind of side effects went away after a while. I would try for at least a month to see if it starts working at all.

I’ve been taking it for about a month. I’m an easily affected person, so relief came quite quickly. The side effects though have been quite hard and I’m going to talk to my GP about taking something else. I have completely lost my appetite. I can manage a meal a day. I’ve had the strangest funny turn as well, which terrified me. The lack of a sex drive is not a problem for me as I am happily single.

I'm exactly the same! Food just doesn't do it for me at all!

I'm literally forcing myself to eat something, I'm not to bothered at the moment at it's only day 3 but hopefully my appetite comes back.

I did go to work today and usually I'm running round like a mad women but my boss noticed said I was a little more focused!
I told her I had started them as I didn't want her to think I was acting strange! But I felt so much more in control today

Good luck

I’m on week five and am noticing differences now. The first two weeks were very hard. Don’t be put off by the side effects, push through and as others have said above give it a month at least. My mood is definitely better and my sleep isn’t affected. I’m not as sensitive, although yesterday in therapy we spoke about some difficult times and I felt so sad but couldn’t for the life of me cry. It wasn’t unpleasant, like a warm fuzzy sensation in my mind but very strange!