Sertraline 100mg

[Lauradd1988]

Hey all.
I’ve recently started having horrific intrusive thoughts, I was attacked last year and thought I had processed it all. I left my job, started a new one, and had a lot of stress. Anyway, I woke up one morning and I wanted to jump off my balcony. Never had them feelings before and the urge to do it was so strong. Suicidal thoughts filled me with terror and urges to harm others around me was taking every moment of my day up.
Doctor started me on 50mg sertraline, was on for 4 weeks and seemed to be levelling out a little, the thoughts stopped being so intense. They upped me to 100mg and I’ve been completely detached from myself, don’t know who I am anymore and 3 weeks in the thoughts have come back. Is this normal? Has anyone experienced this and come through it? My therapist is telling me I need to accept the thoughts are there rather than fight them, but it’s difficult when your mind is telling you you want to die when you know you don’t.

Ask doc to drop them down to 50ml maybe best for you.
Also best advice love it to talk to someone or ask doc about counselling!
Reach out for help Doc could also try you on different meds but sertraline are very good medication however not for everyone 🙏🏼

I had bad headaches on Sertraline and that was low dose. Those thoughts should not be coming back with that higher dose. Def speak to your gp. Good luck

The medication is for stabilising. It sounds like this dose may be too much for you (everyone reacts differently to drugs, especially SSRIs). This is a short-term help and if 50mg was working to some extent that's great, that's what you need. They now need to provide good quality therapy to help you address the underlying issues causing the issue, not just treat the symptoms.

They now need to provide good quality therapy to help you address the underlying issues causing the issue, not just treat the symptoms

Good luck with accessing any of that this side of 2050!!