Setraline mood swings

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First time poster, long time lurker!

Having been on citalopram for many years and successfully managed to deal with ongoing depression and anxiety, I have recently been switched over to Setraline as I’ve been struggling with horrendous anxiety over the last six months and feel that I’m not feeling the benefits from the citalopram anymore.

i know that as with all new meds you are likely to feel worse before you get better but I’m on day 10 now and the mood swings are debilitating. Day 8 I was a crying mess, day 9 I felt markedly better and positive, day 10 (today) I’m back to a hopeless, crying anxious mess again.

I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had this experience with Setraline? I’m clinging on to the hope that eventually I’ll start to feel better and thought I might have reached a turning point yesterday but feel like I’m at rock bottom again today 😔 have others found this too?

Hi i took citalipram years ago sucessfully..about 2 years ago i needed something & stupidly asked to try setraline..for me it was awful i kept having meltdowns felt manic sometimes i felt like i was out of control. I moved back to citalipram & was much better. Having an awful time at the moment tho.

@Mooga123 thank you for your reply, So sorry to hear you are struggling right now, it’s really tough isn’t it!

Yes sometimes i wish id never started them again as i cant imagine ever coming off them. Have u ever tried natural remedies kalms ashwagandha?.

Definitely had ups and down. I’m 4 months in and still not 100%.
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thank you, I’ll have a look at those @TreeHuggerMum1

to be honest @Mooga123 I’m reluctant to try too many different remedies at once as then you don’t really know what’s working or not! I take vitamin d and b alongside already. I also suffer from quite a sensitive stomach and find if I overload my body with stuff it plays havoc with that!

Do you drink alcohol when taking Setraline? whats the advise?

@madeindevon2 I don’t personally as I’m not a drinker anyway, not sure what the actual guideline are x

I have done, I do find it makes me a little more anxious the next day. (That could just be me) Definitely had drinks over Xmas and no particular side effects per se.

Sertraline was the best swap I did. Citalopram did nothing. Took a month of sertraline to start feeling better and been on it for 9 years, it's been raised twice in all that time

@Ladyj84 thankyou, that’s reassuring to know. I did feel better on citalopram for a long time but maybe I just got to used to it, hoping I will start to feel the effects of the Setraline soon! On day 16 now and still feeling pretty rubbish!