Sertraline

[LilyJessie]

Hello,

What's everyone's honest experience with this please?
Does it help you or not?

Thank you 🙏🏼

Yes it helped me! I still get down but bounce back much quicker so it helped me get out of the deep feelings. I’m a lot better since.

Yes! If I don't have it I cry so much about my marriage break up but when I take it I can think clearly and cope better. Give it time to work though. I feel like I clench my jaw in my sleep and wake at 4am as side affects but the difference for me is I can go from feeling sad to the following week feeling like I can manage and nothing has changed in my life yet it feels like everything has. Please if anyone feels depressed etc please just get some help

I had it prescribed for menopausal low mood and motivation. Didn't take it. Roll on a few years and in the midst of deep grief, I started 25mg a day. I felt better within 2 weeks. Just more in control, didn't cry a few times a day, more mental energy. Now on 50mg a day, and managing many stressful life events with ease. Anxieties around travel have eased hugely. I have no idea why I waited so long.

I hope this encourages you to give it a try. Sending best wishes.

I take it for severe anxiety, 200mg a day, it helps me function and actually feel normal. I couldn't even work before taking it but have now been in my current job for 6 years, for me it's a life saver

It helped me massively for PND. Took a fairly low dose, was noticeably better just over 2 weeks later. Stayed on it for about 6 months and never looked back.

A few years later I was prescribed it again for anxiety, at a higher dose. It didn't work - in fact it made it worse. I was assured if I stuck it out things would settle down in a few weeks but I really couldn't tolerate it and gave up after a week.

In hindsight I think it was the wrong approach for the type of anxiety I was dealing with. It was an acute response to a single stressful event rather than GAD. I think I'd have done better with a beta-blocker or diazepam.

Thank you all,
I decided to start.
Anything has to be better than where my head has been!

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Hello, i am 3 months in and game change for me! I honestly don’t know where I’d be without it…

Hi @LilyJessie, how are you getting on? Did you try the sertraline? X

I’ve been on it for a few years, then came off it 6 months ago. Big mistake, a horrendous few months and now trying to get back on track with major PTSD and terrible terrible anxiety. It makes the world of difference once it kicks in. You just feel you can cope, a calm settles over you and everything just eases. Stress comes along but doesn’t send you over the edge. The dark thoughts go, the intrusive voices stop. The sun comes out. I can’t wait until mine starts properly working again having gone back on last week so I don’t feel this shit. Once it’s kicked in you realise how bad things had got.

Hello all,

I am on sertraline, and it has really really helped me so much. Thank you all for replying, it is so appreciated.

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I am a Sertaline user, alongside Lithium and Mirtazapine. I tried changing meds a couple of years back, but ended up returning to the Sertaline. So although I don't have result I would wish for, I do have a satisfactory result instead of the pesky depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. 🙃

Lovely to hear @LilyJessie 🩵