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Sertraline
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About a year ago I was on sertraline for a month or so before I stopped taking it due to my mum not letting me anymore (whole other issue there haha) so didn't really see any improvement. Anyway now I've decided to give it another try and took my first tablet today. So just wondering what peoples experiences are of it, eg did it work/how long, sickness et?
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I have not personally taken this specific medication, but any kind of antidepressant usually takes around 4-6 weeks to build up x
You may find this useful to look at the time scale and side effects (sickness, etc): https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/sertraline/
Antidepressant work for everyone differently, I've heard sertraline helping for people and not helping them. I hope this one helps in some way. Also with any antidepressant you have to also put in the work too otherwise it won't work completly by themselves.
ive tried sertaline but it made me feel sick so I stopped it but side effects don't last the whole time just hated feeling sick tbh. But I hope it helps for you.
Getting through side effects is tough but you know yourself best and if you start feeling like you might harm yourself or others let your gp know ASAP!
I went cold turkey after realising that my medication was inducing really abnormal thoughts. I definitely don't advise doing it unless you're under the supervision of your gp though 😉
Feeling abit sick already but not too bad so fingers crossed it will have had some positive effect by the time I see the doctor again for my next lot
As everyone else has said, different medications can affect people differently, but it's great that you're aware of the side effects and know that they will hopefully pass soon.
When are you seeing your doctor next?
I have a months worth of tablets so maybe in 2 weeks i'll see the doctor again. I'm not entirely sure I want to continue, dunno if its all feeling abit too real taking tablets
How are you feeling so far with the tablets? Do you feel any positive effects? It might be too soon to tell but sometimes they work quite quickly on people.