First 7 days 25mg
Then 35 days on 50mg
Last 5 days on 75mg
First 3 weeks, even a month was hell!
I was so dizzy I couln't walk, drive my bike, or any social activity.
Then it started to ease up a bit, but I still felt worse then before I began :S
So I did as the doc said and upped to 75mg, the first 2 days were actually OK, but just OK!!
Today, at day 5 I feel sick again as I've felt a bit yesterday too... So what the **** is with this medicine? I had not even one tiny little benefit from it, and am thinking to quit it and take only benzos for a while, since I suffer only anxiety, and very very mild depression rarely.
And don't tell me I gotta wait or up the dose even more, 'cause I don't wanna try this **** and lose a year of my life waiting for something that may not even happen.
All it sertraline did for me was give me a huge right arm from all that trying to knock one out to no avail !! I was on it for a while and got nothing, I quit cold turkey and got nothing !!
Problem is the doc will just try to give you the same **** with a different name. I agree with you, dont waste any more time, if you have anxiety then get Benzo's.
Screw SSRI type medications. Use low dose naltrexone. Like 1-5mg once, twice even three times a day. Upregulate those beta endorphins and opiate receptors. Naltrexone won't make you numb or emotionless like an SSRI will.
I say we knock up the dosage a bit, take that for six weeks and let me know you feel then. If after six weeks, you don't still feel better, we'll try you on a different SSRI. It will take a few years of tweaking and trying them all out since there are quite a few. This is, unfortunately, a patience game. What works for one patient might not work for another. If after a few years, we still can't find an appropriate SSRI for you, we'll move on to the SNRIs. We need you to sit tight and be patient.
I had those **** brain zaps or what, but it felt like i get weakened for a second like a fainty sensation where i lose control over my body for a second, and then everything cool. Nothing shocking and no electricity like others said... I'm a bit depressed again and anxious like before... but I CAN ****ING DRINK BEER which I missed so much, that I was hungover and it didn't last for a long period next day, coz I'm so happy I can drink again
I think I'll become a benzo addict and live like that.. **** SSRI's! Sulpiride worked ok for me, but made me tired too... I need something to get rid of this fukin tiredness... And Zoloft did **** for that either...
Dont believe it, cos if you take a look to the drugs.com, Lexapro and other ssris have rating over 8 and I personally know few ppl who are doing very well on Paxil.
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