Re: Anxiety and sertraline
Originally Posted by
Kayleigh0910
before my trigger i had been poorly with a sickness bug so missed a couple of tablets, although ive missed a couple before and was fine.
It is possible that the sickness bug and withdrawal from the missed doses had more to do with the return of anxiety and intrusive thoughts than the trigger you're attributing the setback to.
Anxiety and depression are the emotional symptoms of brain changes caused by a type of auto-immune response and they often flare when our immune system goes into overdrive fighting infections. It is also very important that you don't skip antidepressant doses as the withdrawal symptoms can include anxiety and depression.
Does seem to get a little better each day
Which is what I'd expect as the immune system calms down and the quantity of sertraline in plasma returns to its previous level.
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