pretoria
06-11-10, 17:39
Hi guys
My name is Nathan, I was prescribed Sertraline a couple of days ago to help with anxiety, a little depression and quite bad OCD. I have been on Seroxat (paroxetine) before and every time I went on them again the side effects got worse. I was prescribed Seroxat at 13 years old for bad panick attacks, which looking back now was such a harsh drug to prescribe me at that age. I have just taken my 2nd tablet this morning, was prescribed 50mg but snapped the tablet in half as with Michael and a few others on here a combination of a phobia of taking medication and previous bad experiences with ssri's have left me over cautious.
I am thought it might be helpfull to other and to myself to view my progress if I posted a diary on here....
Day 1:
Well compared to Seroxat (and considering I halved the dose to sub-theraputic dose) Sertraline seams to make me feel less sick. Though the spaced out feeling, anxiety and weird head is there. Last night I had a panick attack which felt like lot's of shouting in my head and weird sensations. The yawning I find kind of annoying. Seem to yawn a couple more times than I normaly would and seem to get weird spasm feeling in my chest and forearms and my legs would go a bit weak, anyone else get this?
Day 2:
Took another half tablet, pretty ok day, was in a positive mood, did a bit of dance choreography, played some games too keep me occupied. Had a two hour nap in the after noon and getting off to sleep at night (although a little late due to the nap) didn't seem to difficult.
Day 3:
Since I had a positive day yesterday I thought I would take 3/4 of a tablet and see how it went. Slightly regretting it already. Had a weird head all day and had the nagging feeling like I was gonna freak out. My legs have also felt weak and twitchy, anyone else get this? Had a panic attack and called the ambulance (cancelled it before it arrived because my girlfriend managed to calm me down a bit). Felt as if I was losing myself and and my body felt like it was on fire with cold flames. It's 17:38 and feel anxious. Hopefully I can sleep early tonight. Feel crappy like I'm not myself and the nagging feeling in my head is making me anxious.
My name is Nathan, I was prescribed Sertraline a couple of days ago to help with anxiety, a little depression and quite bad OCD. I have been on Seroxat (paroxetine) before and every time I went on them again the side effects got worse. I was prescribed Seroxat at 13 years old for bad panick attacks, which looking back now was such a harsh drug to prescribe me at that age. I have just taken my 2nd tablet this morning, was prescribed 50mg but snapped the tablet in half as with Michael and a few others on here a combination of a phobia of taking medication and previous bad experiences with ssri's have left me over cautious.
I am thought it might be helpfull to other and to myself to view my progress if I posted a diary on here....
Day 1:
Well compared to Seroxat (and considering I halved the dose to sub-theraputic dose) Sertraline seams to make me feel less sick. Though the spaced out feeling, anxiety and weird head is there. Last night I had a panick attack which felt like lot's of shouting in my head and weird sensations. The yawning I find kind of annoying. Seem to yawn a couple more times than I normaly would and seem to get weird spasm feeling in my chest and forearms and my legs would go a bit weak, anyone else get this?
Day 2:
Took another half tablet, pretty ok day, was in a positive mood, did a bit of dance choreography, played some games too keep me occupied. Had a two hour nap in the after noon and getting off to sleep at night (although a little late due to the nap) didn't seem to difficult.
Day 3:
Since I had a positive day yesterday I thought I would take 3/4 of a tablet and see how it went. Slightly regretting it already. Had a weird head all day and had the nagging feeling like I was gonna freak out. My legs have also felt weak and twitchy, anyone else get this? Had a panic attack and called the ambulance (cancelled it before it arrived because my girlfriend managed to calm me down a bit). Felt as if I was losing myself and and my body felt like it was on fire with cold flames. It's 17:38 and feel anxious. Hopefully I can sleep early tonight. Feel crappy like I'm not myself and the nagging feeling in my head is making me anxious.