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Post by EmmaLou on May 6, 2019 22:03:45 GMT
Hey everyone, I thought it might be a good idea to keep a diary of me changing meds, along with symptoms and improvements etc. I'm quite nervous about it to be honest. Today is day number 3 of no Fluoxetine and today will be my first day taking Sertraline 50mg.
I can already feel the difference if I'm honest. I definitely feel more anxious and fatigued. Fluoxetine never worked the same for me the second time around and I'm hoping Sertraline is what I need to get me through. I've never switched meds before so this will be a whole new experience for me.
I'd really appreciate any advice/words of wisdom from anybody that's gone through a med switch or has started sertraline. I do have Diazepam 5mg to get me through, but I don't want to take those too often.
Emma
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Post by EmmaLou on May 7, 2019 12:56:00 GMT
Sertraline day 1! Before I slept last night I was googling Sertraline side effects and convinced myself I'd die taking it! As soon as I got up this morning I took the tablet without even thinking.
It's the afternoon now and I feel pretty alright. I can tell that I've taken something. My head's a little swimmy, I'm sleepy and my mouth is dry but that's the extent of the side effects so far. If I keep busy and keep talking or reading something then I forget about it, if I stop then I can tell that I'm medicated.
Day 1 has been pretty good. Better than I had expected! I think that the anticipation is almost always worse than the thing itself isn't it.
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Post by EmmaLou on May 8, 2019 16:20:07 GMT
Day 2 on Sertraline. I read a few scare stories about Sertraline so I'm worried about taking it but I'm going to push through. I've had a really good day actually so far. I haven't felt drugged up at all. I woke up early and felt awake, I've seen 3 friends today and had a great time with them. It's only now in the afternoon I'm beginning to feel anxious. I just feel randomly dizzy so keep obsessively taking my pulse, but that's okay as well. I have Diazepam on standby but I'm going to try and not take them, unless I feel like I really need them. I'm not fighting the anxiety away, I'm allowing it to be here and just waiting for it to pass. I think I'll have another early night tonight. I was expecting to have a worse day today to be honest, but it's been pretty good. This is my first wobble. I'm scared I'm going to have a heart attack  |
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Post by EmmaLou on May 9, 2019 19:39:58 GMT
Day 3 - I found it hard to sleep last night actually, I was physically tired but mentally wide awake, my thoughts were racing.
Today I slept late (I got up 15 mins before I left for work), I had some vivid but nice dreams and have been pretty groggy all day. I'm tired and I feel a little bit high in a way? But I'm otherwise okay. Again, I'm happy with how well this transition is going. I'm hoping the 50mg works for me and I don't need to be raised to 100mg. I hear that's quite common.
I really thought there would be more to report than this! X
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Post by missmessymind on May 10, 2019 8:55:20 GMT
I'm glad it's going so well beaut <3
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Post by EmmaLou on May 21, 2019 13:25:49 GMT
I'm on day 15 now and to be honest there hasn't been too much going on! It's been a really easy med-switch and I'm a little disgruntled with myself that I didn't do it sooner really.
The most noteable symptom was the tiredness, I'm still pretty tired now but it's definitely better than it was in the first few days.
Yesterday, so day 14, I felt as though a fog was lifting - which is interesting as I didn't think that I felt particularly foggy! I wonder if that's a prozac fog, or a depression fog, rather than a medication side-effect?
All in all it's been good. The doctor is calling me at work on Thursday and she did say she may increase my dose then, but I'm going to hold off a while longer if possible just to see how I do when the 50mg is at it's full level. They say 4-6 weeks I think?
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