[meds log] sertraline 100mg

[kaberett]

CN food, emetophobia

Went up to 100mg on Monday night. Since then I've been too nauseous to eat properly for no obvious reason, and even when I've tried everything's tasted vile; realised today sertraline's the obvious candidate for that. I've also woken up at 5am two days running after way too little sleep and been unable to usefully get back to sleep. Also, everything hurts and my depression has nose-dived (but that could plausibly be progesterone levels rising).

Plan of action: shift to taking drugs in the morning rather than the evening over the course of tomorrow (still have 50g tabs so can split dose). Hope that helps. If it doesn't, stick this out to the two-week mark, then give the hell up, reduce back to 50mg, and when I see Mark a week after that tell him we're switching me to an SNRI. (Recommendations accepted.)

Comments

[forestofglory]

Thinking of you, hope your plan of action results in you feeling better.

[umadoshi]

Ugh, how wretched. *hugs* I hope adjusting the time helps.

[403]

Best of luck.

My $0.02 on SNRI's: I've been on Strattera, and it worked decently well. Had to split my dose morning/evening because evening-only would leave me with trouble waking up. I'm presently taking Effexor XR, and it seems to be working a bit better. Having it either daily at the same time each and every day, or splitting the dose morning/evening, has been necessary to avoid those withdrawal symptoms it's notorious for. Personally, though? I kinda find them useful because they remind me that I forgot to take my meds - and if I didn't have that one, I also haven't had my preventative asthma medication.

[tim]

FWIW I've been told by at least one psych that it's better to take sertraline in the morning because it's activating.

[pseudomonas]

Likewise.

[davidgillon]

Ugh, why does this have to be so hard on people?

[aoifes_isle]

You have my sympathy; my sertraline is currently giving me such severe acid reflux I've had to stop my pain relief so I have some hope of eating while I try to get to see my GP.

[stephdairy]

FWIW I felt nauseous for the first couple of weeks on paroxetine (Seroxat) and a little less time than that on sertraline (Lustral), so your two week deadline seems like a good one to me. I didn't find the time of day made a difference to the nausea, but taking SSRIs in the morning rather than the evening seems to improve my sleep. (It means I'm more likely to forget to take the damn things, mind.)

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