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Does anyone take Sertraline?

Mark

Hello everyone.

My Dr has prescribed me Sertraline for my panic attacks and depression as it’s gotten really bad recently.

The only other medication I’ve ever taken is antibiotics, twice in my life. 

But, I’ve been on these pills since Wednesday and I can’t sleep, I’m waking up at 4am. I’ve probably eaten one meal since then and had a few snacks, i also can’t help going to the toilet. 
my Dr never told me about any of the side effects.

does anyone else take this? He’s given me a months worth to see how I go and take one tablet (50mg)

how were your side effects and how long did they last? 

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  • NOT A PROFESSIONAL 

    from my own experience this medication was awful, i have been on a lot of different mood stabilisers, Anxiety medication and antidepressants and i personal do not respond typically to them. they either make symptoms worse, I become extremely tolerating to them way to quickly or just don't work as intended.     

    You maybe an individual with autism & ADHD and this medications (setraline) may not work as intended as your brain is wired different. It has been known to increase anxiety levels in those with ADHD making general day to day functioning more difficult as it increase the out of sync processing that some people with ADHD or Autism may experience. 

    It can also cause lower tolerance to sensory input or cause difference in sensory perception, if this continues after a month of taking please go and see your general practitioner.

    Like most medications you have to take them for a while (1 month) before seeing any benefits.if you experience toilet trouble such as diarrhea you may be on the wrong medication and they making you increasable stressed. They do initially sertraline has an appetite suppression effect but his often disappears after a month or so.

    This is going to be a weird question and you may not instantly know, But do you think you have depression and anxiety or something else. What is your gut feeling because general practitioners hand out anti depressants like skittles and its often something more complex like ADHD or Hormone imbalances.  

  • in reply to Blue
    Blue said:
    NOT A PROFESSIONAL 

    Which gives you a lot more believability in my eyes...

  • in reply to I Sperg

    is that sarcasm. i can't always tell or are you being genuine ?

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  • in reply to Blue

    No, I'm being genuine. I've been, on the whole, recently quite disappointed by our "professional" classes.

    Dentists who do filling in kids that aren't needed.

    Doctors who clearly don't know what the hell they are doing and then complain when you google up your symptoms and actually find the correct treatment.

    Mechanics who when asked to remove a bit of play in your steering return the car with the air conditioning inoperative, deny any culpability until you SHOW THEM where they broke the pipework taking the rack out.

    Policemen who show up to your burglary and then start looking for issues with the vehicle parked on your drive.

    Aircraft engineers who carefully replace the protective cover over the flying controls of an aerobatic aircraft whilst leaving a bloody great torch inside..

    That sort of thing! I D.I.Y. an awful lot, not because I want to, but because everything is done in such a careless manner by those "experts" who we pay to do things, which means every repair drags on, and on. At least when I do stir myself to work, I GET IT RIGHT FIRST TIME, even as an amateur.

    In fact that seems to be the mark of an "Amateur" these days, an interest in the work itself and not just; "How much Mercedes will it buy for me, and how quickly can I get on to the next "earner"?"