Sertraline - day 1 and feeling awful!

[Isabelle728]

Hi All,

I posted on here yesterday about taking my first sertraline tablet (25mg) which caused either very common side effects as everyone commented was normal or it was a panic attack due to fear of taking meds.

Today I feel awful, I had the worst night sleep, more anxious, felt like I was going a bit insane, I had to just scroll on my phone for ages until I fell back to sleep, I feel horrible this morning, headache, very anxious still, it really myself. I know it’s only been 1 day and I’m on such a low dose but does it really affect you this much straight away or is this most likely my anxiety from worrying about taking the meds?? If it’s the meds making me like this I already want to stop :(

It could be either. It is quite rough when you start on them if I'm honest but if you push through they can really help

The first couple of weeks aren't nice but they helped me such a lot once I got past the initial stages.

Keep at it if you can, I known it's tough.

I would guess it's at least partly psychosomatic as you're on such a low dose.

Do you do any breathing exercises?